CHICAGO. Real Salt Lake defeats Chicago Fire 4-0 after playing a incredible match. A. Gómez (24′), Cristian Arango (33′), Cristian Arango (37′) and D. Luna (90′).
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 Marcos de Oliveira assisted by Jose Da Silva and Adam Wienckowski. The 4th official was Calin Radosav. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 11 Total 16
- 5 On Target 9
- 4 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 137 Attack 104
- 54 Dangerous attack 53
- 80 Ball safe 83
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
Fouls
- 16 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Chicago Fire was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Real Salt Lake that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Chicago Fire was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Real Salt Lake found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Chicago Fire shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake shot 16 times, 9 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Chicago Fire received 1 yellow card (Kellyn Acosta). Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake received 1 yellow card (A. Gómez).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this encounter, Chicago Fire stays with 9 points like Orlando City to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Real Salt Lake will has 15 points like LA Galaxy and Colorado Rapids to move up in the 3rd place.
Next matches
Chicago Fire – Formation
Chicago Fire
28'
15'
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 , A. Souquet , C. Terán , Rafael Czichos , Allan Arigoni , Kellyn Acosta , F. Navarro , Chris Mueller , Xherdan Shaqiri , Brian Gutierrez, Fabian Herbers and Hugo Cuypers .
The home team had on the bench: T. Barlow , Andrew Gutman, W. Omsberg, S. Richey, G. Koutsias , J. Dean, G. Giménez and Mauricio Pineda.
Chicago Fire could not rely on the presence of G. Koutsias (injured) and T. Barlow (injured).
Substitutions
Chicago Fire made 3 changes: Xherdan Shaqiri for G. Koutsias (28′), G. Giménez for T. Barlow (60′) and F. Navarro for G. Giménez (46′).
Player of the match: C. Terán
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Chicago Fire was C. Terán.
His rating is with 62 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7.
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
24'
Also Real Salt Lake adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: G. Beavers , Andrew Brody , Bode Hidalgo , Bryan Oviedo , Alexandros Katranis , Emeka Eneli , Braian Ojeda , A. Gómez , Matt Crooks , F. Barajas , Cristian Arango .
They had on the bench: N. Palacio , Maikel Chang , P. Quinton , Anderson Julio , K. Storlie, Zavier Gozo, Zac MacMath and D. Luna .
Real Salt Lake could not rely on the presence of N. Palacio (injured).
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 5 changes: A. Gómez for D. Luna (56′), Braian Ojeda for P. Quinton (74′), F. Barajas for Maikel Chang (82′), Matt Crooks for Anderson Julio (82′) and Alexandros Katranis for N. Palacio (73′).
Player of the match: Cristian Arango
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was Cristian Arango .
His rating is with 2 goals, 24 passes (0% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 17.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Chicago Fire – Real Salt Lake – 0-4
- Houston Dynamo – Austin – 0-1
- Sporting KC – St. Louis City – 3-3
- Colorado Rapids – Dallas – 2-1
- Los Angeles FC – New York RB – 2-2
- Seattle Sounders – Vancouver Whitecaps – 0-2
- Charlotte – Minnesota United – 0-3
