Chicago Fire overcomes Houston Dynamo 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CHICAGO. Chicago Fire overcome Houston Dynamo to win 2-1.

By
Mark Hall
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Chicago Fire overcomes Houston Dynamo 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

CHICAGO. Chicago Fire topped Houston Dynamo to win 2-1. It was Chicago Fire to strike first with a penalty of Xherdan Shaqiri at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 65′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Brian Gutierrez gave the win to Chicago Fire in the 78′ minute with a goal. Houston Dynamo lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Soldier Field stadium in Chicago on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Malik Badawi with the help of Corey Parker and Gianni Facchini. The 4th official was Allen Chapman. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 7.27 degrees Celsius or 45.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Chicago Fire

2 - 1

Team 1

Houston Dynamo

  • 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
  • 8 Total 14
  • 6 On Target 4
  • 2 Off Target 6
  • 1 Shots blocked 4
  • 84 Attack 114
  • 33 Dangerous attack 43
  • 79 Ball safe 76
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 6
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 14 Total 10
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Houston Dynamo had a strong ball possession 59% while Chicago Fire was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Houston Dynamo was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Chicago Fire managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Chicago Fire shot 8 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Houston Dynamo shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Chicago Fire received 1 yellow card (Rafael Czichos). On the other side, Houston Dynamo received 1 yellow card (Erik Sviatchenko).

Match Timeline

Xherdan Shaqiri(penalty)
10'
44'
Erik Sviatchenko- Yellow
62'
Brad Smith- sub ->Ján Greguš
65'
Ibrahim Aliyu(goal)Amine Bassi
Rafael Czichos- Yellow
68'
J. Dean- sub ->A. Souquet
69'
Brian Gutierrez- sub ->Chris Mueller
69'
Brian Gutierrez(goal)Xherdan Shaqiri
78'
G. Koutsias- sub ->Hugo Cuypers
83'
F. Navarro- sub ->Xherdan Shaqiri
83'
84'
Latif Blessing- sub ->Sebastian Kowalczyk
84'
Tate Schmitt- sub ->Erik Sviatchenko
Mauricio Pineda- sub ->Kellyn Acosta
88'
90'
Gabriel Segal- sub ->Artur

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter Miami
24
12
Cincinnati
21
11
Toronto
19
11
New York RB
17
11
Columbus Crew
15
10
Philadelphia Union
14
10
DC United
14
11
Charlotte
14
11
New York City
14
11
Atlanta United
12
10
CF Montréal
12
10
Nashville SC
11
10
Chicago Fire
10
11
Orlando City
9
10
New England
7
10

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Real Salt Lake
21
11
Minnesota United
20
10
Vancouver Whitecaps
18
10
LA Galaxy
18
10
Colorado Rapids
18
11
Austin
16
11
Los Angeles FC
15
11
Houston Dynamo
14
10
St. Louis City
13
10
Sporting KC
11
11
Portland Timbers
10
11
Seattle Sounders
9
10
Dallas
8
10
SJ Earthquakes
7
11

After playing this encounter, Chicago Fire has 8 points like Charlotte to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Houston Dynamo will stays with 10 points like Sporting KC and Los Angeles FC to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

Chicago Fire – Formation

Chicago Fire
G
C. Brady 34.United States
7.1
D
A. Souquet 2.France
6.4
69'
D
Rafael Czichos 5.Germany
7.7
68'
D
Tobias Salquist 14.Denmark
6.7
D
Allan Arigoni 27.Switzerland
7.0
M
Maren Haile-Selassie 7.Switzerland
6.3
M
Chris Mueller 8.United States
6.4
69'
M
Xherdan Shaqiri 10.Switzerland
8.4
83' Goals10'
M
Fabian Herbers 21.Germany
7.0
M
Kellyn Acosta 23.United States
7.5
88'
F
Hugo Cuypers 9.Belgium
7.0
83'
Substitutes
G
S. Richey 18.United States
D
W. Omsberg 16.United States
D
Mauricio Pineda 22.United States
6.7
88'
M
Brian Gutierrez 17.United States
7.5
69' Goals78'
M
J. Dean 24.United States
6.7
69'
M
G. Giménez 30.Paraguay
M
F. Navarro 31.Argentina
6.8
83'
F
T. Barlow 12.United States
F
G. Koutsias 19.Greece
6.6
83'

Chicago Fire adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Frank Klopas decided to play with the following team: C. Brady (7.1), A. Souquet (6.4), Tobias Salquist (6.7), Rafael Czichos (7.7), Allan Arigoni (7.0), Kellyn Acosta (7.5), Fabian Herbers (7.0), Maren Haile-Selassie (6.3), Xherdan Shaqiri (8.4), Chris Mueller (6.4) and Hugo Cuypers (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: T. Barlow, W. Omsberg, S. Richey, G. Koutsias (6.6), Mauricio Pineda (6.7), G. Giménez, F. Navarro (6.8), J. Dean (6.7) and Brian Gutierrez (7.5).

Substitutions

Chicago Fire made 5 changes: A. Souquet for J. Dean (69′), Hugo Cuypers for G. Koutsias (83′), Xherdan Shaqiri for F. Navarro (83′), Chris Mueller for Brian Gutierrez (69′) and Kellyn Acosta for Mauricio Pineda (88′).

Player of the match: Xherdan Shaqiri​

The player that probably impressed the most for Chicago Fire was Xherdan Shaqiri.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 37 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Houston Dynamo – Formation

Houston Dynamo
G
Steve Clark 12.United States
7.0
D
Franco Escobar 2.Argentina
6.4
D
Ethan Bartlow 4.United States
7.3
D
Griffin Dorsey 25.United States
7.0
D
Erik Sviatchenko 28.Denmark
6.8
84' 44'
M
Artur 6.Brazil
7.0
90'
M
Amine Bassi 8.Morocco
8.1
M
Ibrahim Aliyu 18.Nigeria
7.0
Goals65'
M
A. Carrasquilla 20.Panama
6.8
M
Ján Greguš 21.Slovakia
6.4
62'
M
Sebastian Kowalczyk 27.Poland
6.8
84'
Substitutes
G
Andrew Tarbell 13.United States
D
Brad Smith 3.Australia
6.8
62'
D
Daniel Steres 5.United States
D
Tate Schmitt 22.United States
6.7
84'
M
Latif Blessing 15.Ghana
6.4
84'
M
O. Sylla 26.
M
B. Raines 35.United States
F
Gabriel Segal 17.United States
90'

Also Houston Dynamo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ben Olsen played with: Steve Clark (7.0), Griffin Dorsey (7.0), Ethan Bartlow (7.3), Erik Sviatchenko (6.8), Franco Escobar (6.4), Ján Greguš (6.4), Artur (7.0), A. Carrasquilla (6.8), Sebastian Kowalczyk (6.8), Ibrahim Aliyu (7.0) and Amine Bassi (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Brad Smith (6.8), Daniel Steres, Andrew Tarbell, Latif Blessing (6.4), Gabriel Segal, Tate Schmitt (6.7), K. Sargeant, O. Sylla and B. Raines.

Substitutions

Houston Dynamo made 4 changes: Erik Sviatchenko for Tate Schmitt (84′), Artur for Gabriel Segal (90′), Ján Greguš for Brad Smith (62′) and Sebastian Kowalczyk for Latif Blessing (84′).

Player of the match: Amine Bassi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Houston Dynamo was Amine Bassi.

His rating is 8.1 with 64 passes (87% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​