Chicago Fire vs Philadelphia Union Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form for both sides

Philadelphia Union have won 10 of their last 20 matches across competitions, drawing four and losing six, scoring 44 and conceding 31 in that spell. That's a decent goal difference and suggests they can be lively going forward.

Chicago Fire: 20 completed matches; Philadelphia Union: 20 completed matches.

Chicago Fire

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

31

Difference

+4

Philadelphia Union

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

48

Conceded

31

Difference

+17

Chicago Fire's record over the same length of sample is slightly worse on paper: nine wins, four draws and seven defeats, with 36 scored and 34 conceded. Neither team has been keeping things especially tight at the back.

Both sides have shown they can score, but also that they leak goals fairly regularly.

Comparative Team Statistics: Chicago Fire vs Philadelphia Union

How recent meetings have gone

These two have faced off plenty of times down the years, and the head-to-head record is genuinely mixed when you look back far enough. But in the last five meetings, Philadelphia have won three, including a 3-0 and a 4-0 away from home, with Chicago taking just one and one game drawn.

That's a small sample and older results in the set stretch back to 2018, so it shouldn't be treated as a guaranteed pattern. Still, it's the most recent evidence of how these two match up on the pitch.

Where they sit in the table

Chicago Fire are fifth with 39 points from 25 games, while Philadelphia Union are sixth on 36 points from 26. There's barely anything separating them right now, and Chicago have a game in hand on their rivals.

This looks like a genuinely tight contest between two similarly placed teams.

Players to watch and fitness notes

Chicago's H. Cuypers has been prolific, with 13 goals in just 11 appearances, though he's currently listed as questionable with a lower-body issue. Philadelphia's M. Iloski also has 13 goals, but across 26 matches, showing a more consistent workload rather than the same scoring rate.

Chicago Fire:

Best scorers:

H. Cuypers - 13

Best assist providers:

P. Zinckernagel - 8

Penalty cards:

T. D'Avilla x 7

Injury list:

J. Bamba

V. Radojevic

J. Shokalook

H. Cuypers

C. Mueller

L. Barroso

Philadelphia Union:

Best scorers:

M. Iloski - 13

Best assist providers:

F. Westfield - 7

Penalty cards:

J. Sery Larsen x 1 x 4

Cavan Sullivan x 1 x 2

E. Alladoh x 1 x 2

Chicago also have a cluster of players flagged around international duty and various knocks, and Philadelphia have a couple of similar entries too. Given the fixture is still some weeks away from when this squad information was captured, none of it should be read as confirmed unavailability for matchday itself.

What kind of game this could be

Put the form and table together and you get two teams who are fairly evenly matched, both capable of scoring but also prone to conceding. The table gap is minimal, and the goals-for and goals-against numbers on both sides point to an open type of match rather than a cagey one.

Recent head-to-head results have favoured Philadelphia, but that doesn't automatically carry over given how tightly matched the current form and standings look.