Two sides at the bottom half of the Major League Soccer will face each other this week at Gillette Stadium when New England Revolution will clash against Chicago Fire. Kickoffs on September 1 at 02:30 EAT.
The Revs currently sit ninth in the Eastern Conference, two points adrift of Columbus Crew in the race for the last playoff spot albeit having played a game more. Thursday’s hosts will be looking to get back to winning ways on their own patch as soon as possible, coming off the back of a first home defeat since April last time out.
New Eng. Revolution will want to make amends after 1-2 MLS defeat to Los Angeles Galaxy in their previous fixture. In that match, New Eng. Revolution managed 63% possession, 19 shots with seven of them on target and a goal scored by Carles Gil (82′). Los Angeles Galaxy got seven shots with five of them on target and goals by Daniel Aguirre (4′) and Javier Hernández (15′).
Chicago Fire on the other hand remains bottom but one in the Eastern Conference and their hopes of clinching a place in the postseason continue to diminish as the weeks go by. Chicago Fire fell to a second straight home loss in their most recent game.
Chicago Fire will aim for better results after 0-2 MLS defeat at the hands off Montreal Impact in their previous game. In that match, Chicago Fire managed 58% possession and 11 shots with four of them on target. Montreal Impact got 10 shots with six of them on target and goals by Ismaël Koné (19′) and Romell Quioto (24′).
New England Revolution vs. Chicago Fire head to head
Each sides claim 27 victories while 14 matches ended in draws from the 63 head to head encounters between these two sides since 2003.
- New England 2-2 Chicago 17/10/21
- Chicago 2-3 New England 23/09/21
- Chicago 2-2 New England 18/04/21
- Chicago 1-2 New England 07/09/20
- New England 1-1 Chicago 07/03/20
Home
- New England 1-2 LA Galaxy
- Montreal 4-0 New England
- Toronto 2-2 New England
- New England 1-0 DC United
- Orlando 0-3 New England
Away
- Chicago 0-2 Montreal
- Chicago 0-2 New York City
- Philadelphia 4-1 Chicago
- Charlotte 2-3 Chicago
- Chicago 0-0 Atlanta
New England Revolution team news
Bruce Arena will be without the services of Jacob Jackson and Dyland Borrero who have been ruled out through injuries.
Chicago Fire team news
Wyatt Omsberg and Stanislav Ivanov will be sidelined for this game as they rcover from iinjuries for the visitors.
Prediction and odds
- New England Revolution Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
