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Chicago Fire 3-2 Philadelphia - October 15, 2017 / MLS 2017

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MLS 2017 - Round 32 - Eastern Conference

Toyota Park - Bridgeview - United States

October 15, 2017 - 16:00

17 616

3 - 2

Philadelphia

Assist by Brandon VincentNemanja Nikolics

(penalty) Nemanja Nikolics

64'

Assist by Brandon VincentNemanja Nikolics

78'

Johan Kappelhof (o.g)

13'

Alejandro BedoyaAssist by Haris Medunjanin

logo Chicago Fire CF

3' - Goal Nemanja Nikolics3

6' - Own goal Johan Kappelhof

13' - Goal Alejandro Bedoya

45' - Yellow card Matt Polster45

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46' - Substitution Drew Conneris substituted by David Accam46

64' - Goal Nemanja Nikolics64

75' - Substitution Chris Pontiusis substituted by Marcus Epps

78' - Goal Nemanja Nikolics78

83' - Substitution Fabrice-Jean Picaultis substituted by Roland Alberg

90' - Substitution Jack Elliottis substituted by Jay Simpson

91' - Substitution Nemanja Nikolicsis substituted by David Arshakyan91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

Philadelphia

Chicago Fire Philadelphia

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Nikolics7836490+1

Nemanja Nikolics

Hungary

B.date31/12/1987

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

9Solignac

Luis Solignac

Argentina

B.date16/02/1991

Age26 years

H1m84

positionStriker

18Conner46

Drew Conner

United States

B.date18/02/1994

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

12Alvarez

Arturo Alvarez

El Salvador

B.date28/06/1985

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

14Mihailovic

Djordje Mihailovic

United States

B.date10/11/1998

Age18 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

6McCarty

Dax McCarty

United States

B.date30/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m75

positionBox-to-box midfielder

3Vincent

Brandon Vincent

United States

B.date01/05/1994

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

66Meira

João Meira

Portugal

B.date30/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

4Kappelhof6

Johan Kappelhof

Netherlands

B.date05/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

2Polster45

Matt Polster

United States

B.date08/06/1993

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

28Lampson

Matt Lampson

United States

B.date06/09/1989

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
28	G	Matt Lampson		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
66	D	João Meira		30	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Johan Kappelhof	6	27	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Drew Conner	46	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Matt Polster	45	24	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Brandon Vincent		23	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Dax McCarty		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Djordje Mihailovic		18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Nemanja Nikolics	7836490+1	29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Luis Solignac		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Arturo Alvarez		32	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Philadelphia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Sapong

C.J. Sapong

United States

B.date27/12/1988

Age28 years

H1m85

positionStriker

22Picault83

Fabrice-Jean Picault

Haiti

B.date23/02/1991

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

25Ilsinho

Ilsinho

Brazil

B.date12/10/1985

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

13Pontius75

Chris Pontius

United States

B.date05/12/1987

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

6Medunjanin

Haris Medunjanin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date08/03/1985

Age32 years

H1m88

positionBox-to-box midfielder

11Bedoya13

Alejandro Bedoya

United States

B.date29/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

33Fabinho

Fabinho

Brazil

B.date16/03/1985

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

16Marquez

Richie Marquez

United States

B.date26/05/1992

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

3Elliott90

Jack Elliott

England

B.date24/08/1995

Age22 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

28Gaddis

Raymon Gaddis

United States

B.date13/01/1990

Age27 years

positionRight full-back

18Blake

Andre Blake

Jamaica

B.date21/11/1990

Age26 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Andre Blake		26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jack Elliott	90	22	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Richie Marquez		25	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Raymon Gaddis		27	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Fabinho		32	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Alejandro Bedoya	13	30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Haris Medunjanin		32	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Chris Pontius	75	29	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Ilsinho		32	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Fabrice-Jean Picault	83	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	C.J. Sapong		28	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
45	G	Richard Sanchez		23
16	D	Jonathan Campbell		24
5	D	Michael Harrington		31
22	D	Patrick Doody		25
13	M	Brandt Bronico		22
11	F	David Accam	46	27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	David Arshakyan	90+1	23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	John McCarthy		25
5	D	Oguchi Onyewu		35
12	D	Keegan Rosenberry		23
21	M	Derrick Jones		20
10	M	Roland Alberg	83	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Marcus Epps	75	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jay Simpson	90	28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Drew Conner

Michael de Leeuw

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Chris Pontius

Marcus Epps

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Veljko Paunovic

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Paunovic vs Philadelphia

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 15, 2017

Paunovic vs Curtin

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 15, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Curtin

135

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Curtin vs Chicago Fire

3 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 15, 2017

Curtin vs Paunovic

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 15, 2017

Referee

Allen Chapman

9 victories	1 draw	8 losses	Chicago Fire18 matches	General total	Philadelphia24 matches	11 victories	6 draws	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Chicago Fire2 matches	Season total	Philadelphia2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on October 21, 2023					Latest figure on September 23, 2023

4th official

Marcos de Oliveira

4 victories	5 draws	7 losses	Chicago Fire16 matches	General total	Philadelphia27 matches	11 victories	8 draws	8 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Chicago Fire3 matches	Season total	Philadelphia4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 20, 2023					Latest figure on April 14, 2024

Video referee

Luis Guardia

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Chicago Fire1 match	General total	Philadelphia3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Chicago Fire1 match	Season total	Philadelphia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 15, 2017					Latest figure on March 17, 2019

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Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 09/09/2017). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/09/2016-05/08/2017 time period (14 matches).

It's the first time Alejandro Bedoya scores 1 goal vs Chicago Fire in his professional career

Chicago Fire keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 23/09/2017).

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

	1	Toronto FC	68 pts	33 rd
	2	New York City FC	56 pts	33 rd
+1	3	Chicago Fire	55 pts	33 rd
-1	4	Atlanta United	54 pts	33 rd
	5	Columbus Crew	53 pts	33 rd

General ranking

+1	7	New England Revolution	42 pts	33 rd
-1	8	Impact de Montréal	39 pts	33 rd
	9	Philadelphia Union	39 pts	33 rd
	10	Orlando City	39 pts	33 rd
	11	D.C. United	32 pts	33 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChicago Fire 4-1 New England Revolution05/08/2017

LChicago Fire 1-3 Toronto FC19/08/2017

LChicago Fire 1-2 Minnesota United26/08/2017

DChicago Fire 1-1 New York Red Bulls09/09/2017

VChicago Fire 3-0 D.C. United16/09/2017

DChicago Fire 1-1 New York City FC30/09/2017

Overall

VCF Montréal 0-1 Chicago Fire02/09/2017

DChicago Fire 1-1 New York Red Bulls09/09/2017

VChicago Fire 3-0 D.C. United16/09/2017

LPhiladelphia Union 3-1 Chicago Fire23/09/2017

VSan Jose Earthquakes 1-4 Chicago Fire27/09/2017

DChicago Fire 1-1 New York City FC30/09/2017

Current form

Away

LNew England Revolution 3-0 Philadelphia Union29/07/2017

DSan Jose Earthquakes 2-2 Philadelphia Union19/08/2017

LToronto FC 3-0 Philadelphia Union23/08/2017

DMinnesota United 1-1 Philadelphia Union09/09/2017

DNew York Red Bulls 0-0 Philadelphia Union17/09/2017

LAtlanta United 3-0 Philadelphia Union27/09/2017

Overall

DPhiladelphia Union 2-2 Atlanta United26/08/2017

DMinnesota United 1-1 Philadelphia Union09/09/2017

DNew York Red Bulls 0-0 Philadelphia Union17/09/2017

VPhiladelphia Union 3-1 Chicago Fire23/09/2017

LAtlanta United 3-0 Philadelphia Union27/09/2017

VPhiladelphia Union 2-0 Seattle Sounders01/10/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	34	8
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	12	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	9
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	10
545	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	694
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
15	Victories (Competition total)	10
11	Victories (Home / Away)	1
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
3	Draws (Home / Away)	6
10	Losses (Competition total)	13
2	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

58	Goals scored (Competition total)	42
38	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	43
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	23
1.81	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.31
2.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
1.31	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.34
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.44

Betting aid

23	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
8	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	11
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
3-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (4 times)

Bookings

45	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nemanja Nikolics	21 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	C.J. Sapong
Nemanja Nikolics	16 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	C.J. Sapong
Nemanja Nikolics	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	C.J. Sapong
Nemanja Nikolics	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Roland Alberg
Michael de Leeuw	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Haris Medunjanin
Michael de Leeuw	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Haris Medunjanin
Nemanja Nikolics	5 goals, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 5 matches	C.J. Sapong

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

5 v

3 d

2 l

13 gf

9 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

2 d

6 l

14 gf

18 ga

Total

20 matches

7 v

5 d

8 l

27 gf

27 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

2 d

2 l

18 gf

14 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

3 d

5 l

9 gf

13 ga

Total

20 matches

8 v

5 d

7 l

27 gf

27 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 03, 2016
Home	3 - 0	September 03, 2016

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 23, 2017
Away	3 - 1	October 03, 2012

Latest head to head

September 23, 2017 - MLS 2017

Philadelphia

3 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

September 03, 2016 - MLS 2016

Chicago Fire

3 - 0

Philadelphia

June 22, 2016 - MLS 2016

Philadelphia

4 - 3

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

April 02, 2016 - MLS 2016

Chicago Fire

1 - 0

Philadelphia

August 16, 2015 - MLS 2015

Philadelphia

3 - 3

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against Philadelphia

Kennedy Igboananike	3 goals	2015 - 2016
Dominic Oduro	3 goals	2011 - 2012
Patrick Nyarko	2 goals	2013 - 2015
Chris Rolfe	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Mike Magee	2 goals	2013 - 2014
Pavel Pardo	1 goal	2011 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/06/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Sébastien Le Toux	4 goals	2010 - 2015
Jack McInerney	3 goals	2012 - 2013
Roland Alberg	3 goals	2016 - 2016
Chris Pontius	2 goals	2017 - 2017
Fernando Aristeguieta	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Antoine Hoppenot	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/06/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Philadelphia

Sean Johnson	15 matches	2010 - 2016
Patrick Nyarko	12 matches	2010 - 2015
Logan Pause	10 matches	2010 - 2014
Jeff Larentowicz	8 matches	2013 - 2015
Alex	8 matches	2012 - 2014
Gonzalo Segares	8 matches	2011 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/06/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Sébastien Le Toux	14 matches	2010 - 2016
Brian Carroll	13 matches	2011 - 2016
Raymon Gaddis	12 matches	2012 - 2017
Fabinho	10 matches	2013 - 2017
Amobi Okugo	9 matches	2011 - 2014
Michael Farfan	8 matches	2011 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/06/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Justin Mapp

207 matches

46 matches

2003 - 2011

Bakary Soumaré

128 matches

4 matches

2007 - 2014

Austin Berry

67 matches

6 matches

2012 - 2014

Corben Bone

23 matches

2 matches

2010 - 2014

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Justin Mapp

207 matches

46 matches

2003 - 2011

Austin Berry

67 matches

6 matches

2012 - 2014

Bakary Soumaré

128 matches

4 matches

2007 - 2014

Corben Bone

23 matches

2 matches

2010 - 2014

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Toronto FC	68	33	20	8	5	72	35	+37
2	New York City FC	56	33	16	8	9	54	41	+13
+13	Chicago Fire	55	33	16	7	10	61	44	+17
-14	Atlanta United	54	33	15	9	9	68	38	+30
5	Columbus Crew	53	33	16	5	12	51	47	+4
6	New York Red Bulls	47	33	13	8	12	51	46	+5
+17	New England Revolution	42	33	12	6	15	50	59	-9
-18	Impact de Montréal	39	33	11	6	16	50	55	-5
9	Philadelphia Union	39	33	10	9	14	44	46	-2
10	Orlando City	39	33	10	9	14	38	52	-14
11	D.C. United	32	33	9	5	19	30	58	-28

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Chicago Fire 3-2 Philadelphia - October 15, 2017 / MLS 2017

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

Philadelphia

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Paunovic vs Philadelphia

Paunovic vs Curtin

Manager

Curtin vs Chicago Fire

Curtin vs Paunovic

Referee

4th official

Video referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Philadelphia

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Philadelphia

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking