Chicago Fire defeats Sporting KC 3-1 with 2 goals from K. Przybylko. HIGHLIGHTS

CHICAGO. Chicago Fire beat Sporting KC 3-1 thanks to K. Przybylko who scored in the 30th and 82nd minute.

Chicago Fire defeats Sporting KC 3-1 with 2 goals from K. Przybylko. HIGHLIGHTS

CHICAGO. Chicago Fire bested Sporting KC 3-1 thanks to K. Przybylko who scored in the 30th and 82nd minute. Chicago Fire got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from K. Przybylko (30′) and X. Shaqiri (50′). Sporting KC tried to recover with a goal from R. Espinoza (56′). However, the contest was closed by a goal (82′) scored by K. Przybylko for Chicago Fire.

The match was played at the Soldier Field stadium in Chicago on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. In front of 9,352 spectators.​ The referee was Timothy Ford with the collaboration of Chris Elliott and Gjovalin Bori. The 4th official was Calin Radosav. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.7 degrees Celsius or 42.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
  • 13 Total 8
  • 4 On Target 2
  • 9 Off Target 6
  • 3 Shots blocked 3
  • 98 Attack 145
  • 34 Dangerous attack 52
  • 73 Ball safe 60
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 1
  • 5 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 15 Total 17
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Chicago Fire had a superior ball possession 55% while Sporting KC was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting KC was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Chicago Fire succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Chicago Fire shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting KC shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Chicago Fire received 2 yellow cards (F. Herbers and X. Shaqiri). Talking about the opposition, Sporting KC received 2 yellow cards (A. Fontas and G. Zusi).

Match Timeline

30'
35'
Andreu Fontàs- Yellow
Fabian Herbers- Yellow
37'
Xherdan Shaqiri(penalty)
50'
53'
Graham Zusi- Yellow
56'
Róger Espinoza(goal)F. Hernandez
62'
Marinos Tzionis- sub ->C. Duke
Brian Gutierrez- sub ->S. Ivanov
63'
73'
Federico Navarro- sub ->M. Pineda
73'
Xherdan Shaqiri- Yellow
74'
80'
Logan Ndenbe- sub ->B. Sweat
82'
86'
Jake Davis- sub ->R. Espinoza

Standings

After playing this match, Chicago Fire will have 8 points to drop in the 3rd place. On the other side, Sporting KC will stay with 3 points like Seattle Sounders to sit in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Chicago Fire will host New England on the 8th of October with a 23-18 head to head statistic in favor of Chicago Fire (13 draws).

Sporting KC will play away agasint Dallas on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head statistic in favor of Dallas (9 draws).

Chicago Fire – Formation

Chicago Fire
G
Gabriel Słonina 1.United States
6.6
D
Rafael Czichos 5.Germany
6.8
D
Boris Sekulic 2.Slovakia
6.7
D
Wyatt Omsberg 20.United States
7.3
D
Miguel Navarro 6.Venezuela
7.0
M
Mauricio Pineda 22.United States
7.1
73'
M
Xherdan Shaqiri 10.Switzerland
7.6
74' Goals50'
M
Gastón Giménez 30.Paraguay
7.1
M
Stanislav Ivanov 99.Bulgaria
6.4
63'
M
Fabian Herbers 21.Germany
6.8
73' 37'
F
Kacper Przybyłko 11.Poland
8.3
Goals30', 82'
Substitutes
G
Spencer Richey 18.United States
D
Kendall Burks 27.United States
D
Jhon Espinoza 14.Ecuador
D
J. Bornstein 3.USA
6.6
73'
M
Federico Navarro 31.Argentina
6.4
73'
M
Javier Casas 37.United States
M
Brian Gutierrez 40.United States
7.0
63'
F
Victor Bezerra 33.United States
F

Chicago Fire started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ezra Hendrickson decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Chicago Fire made 3 changes: S. Ivanov for B. Gutierrez (63′), F. Herbers for J. Bornstein (73′) and M. Pineda for F. Navarro (73′).

Sporting KC – Formation

Sporting KC
G
Timothy Melia 29.United States
5.1
D
Graham Zusi 8.United States
6.1
53'
D
Andreu Fontàs 3.Spain
7.0
35'
D
6.3
D
Ben Sweat 2.United States
6.4
80'
D
Kortne Ford 12.United States
6.1
M
Róger Espinoza 15.Honduras
7.4
86' Goals56'
M
Rémi Walter 54.France
6.6
M
Felipe Hernández 21.Colombia
6.8
M
Cameron Duke 28.United States
6.4
62'
F
Nikola Vujnović 19.Montenegro
6.8
Substitutes
G
John Pulskamp 1.United States
D
Kaveh Rad 48.United States
D
Logan Ndenbe 18.Belgium
6.3
80'
D
Kayden Pierre 24.United States
D
Robert Voloder 4.Germany
M
J. Davis 17.USA
6.5
86'
M
Marinos Tzionis 27.Cyprus
6.1
62'
F
Osvaldo Cisneros 25.United States

Sporting KC started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Peter Vermes played with: .

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 3 changes: C. Duke for M. Tzionis (62′), B. Sweat for L. Ndenbe (80′) and R. Espinoza for J. Davis (86′).

Results of the day

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