Philadelphia Union and Chicago Fire will take on on Saturday the 13th of August at 23:30 in the 32nd week of the Major League Soccer. The match will be staged in Chester at the Subaru Park.
Philadelphia Union is in the 1st position in the standings with 45 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Cincinnati in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Thus far, it has won 12 times, draw 9 times, and lost 3 times.
Chicago Fire is in the 11th place in the standings with 27 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against Charlotte in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (18 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (18 times), 4-1-3-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
is expected to play against Chicago Fire with the following players: A. Blake, K. Wagner, J. Elliott, J. Glesnes, O. Mbaissidara Mbaizo, J. Martínez Torres, L. Flach, A. Bedoya, D. Gazdag, M. Uhre and J. Carranza.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Philadelphia Union would be 27.00.
Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (22 times or 91.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (22 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
is expected to play against Philadelphia Union with the following players: G. Slonina, M. Navarro Zárate, M. Pineda, R. Czichos, B. Sekulić, J. Espinoza Izquierdo, G. Giménez, F. Navarro, X. Shaqiri, C. Mueller and K. Przybyłko.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Chicago Fire would be 26.55.
will probably not be able to employ S. Oregel Jr. because of injury.
W. Omsberg, C. Terán Díaz and S. Ivaylov Ivanov will definitely miss the match.
