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Philadelphia 3-1 Chicago Fire - September 23, 2017 / MLS 2017

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MLS 2017 - Round 29 - Eastern Conference

Talen Energy Stadium - Chester - United States

September 23, 2017 - 19:00

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Philadelphia

3 - 1

Chicago Fire

Assist by Keegan RosenberryChris Pontius

10'

Chris Pontius

55'

Assist by FabinhoC.J. Sapong

64'

67'

Luis SolignacAssist by Nemanja Nikolics

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10' - Goal Chris Pontius10

16' - Yellow card Matt Polster

42' - Yellow card Johan Kappelhof

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55' - Goal Chris Pontius55

60' - Substitution David Accamis substituted by Luis Solignac

64' - Goal C.J. Sapong64

67' - Goal Luis Solignac

68' - Substitution Arturo Alvarezis substituted by Djordje Mihailovic

78' - Substitution Dax McCartyis substituted by Jonathan Campbell

79' - Substitution Fabrice-Jean Picaultis substituted by Marcus Epps79

85' - Yellow card Keegan Rosenberry85

86' - Substitution C.J. Sapongis substituted by Jay Simpson photo Warren Creavalle

86' - Yellow card Warren Creavalle86

92' - Substitution Fabinhois substituted by Raymon Gaddis92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Philadelphia

3 - 1

Chicago Fire

Philadelphia Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

Philadelphia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

17Sapong6486

C.J. Sapong

United States

B.date27/12/1988

Age28 years

H1m85

positionStriker

22Picault79

Fabrice-Jean Picault

Haiti

B.date23/02/1991

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

13Pontius1055

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

11Bedoya

Alejandro Bedoya

United States

B.date29/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

2Creavalle86

Warren Creavalle

Guyana

B.date14/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

33Fabinho90+2

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

3Elliott

Jack Elliott

England

B.date24/08/1995

Age22 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

12Rosenberry85

Keegan Rosenberry

United States

B.date11/12/1993

Age23 years

H1m73

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	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jack Elliott		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Richie Marquez		25	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Fabinho	90+2	32	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Keegan Rosenberry	85	23	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Warren Creavalle	86	27	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Alejandro Bedoya		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Haris Medunjanin		32	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Chris Pontius	1055	29	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Fabrice-Jean Picault	79	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	C.J. Sapong	6486	28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chicago Fire

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Nikolics

Nemanja Nikolics

Hungary

B.date31/12/1987

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

8de Leeuw

Michael de Leeuw

Netherlands

B.date07/10/1986

Age30 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

11Accam60

David Accam

Ghana

B.date28/09/1990

Age26 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

12Alvarez68

Arturo Alvarez

El Salvador

B.date28/06/1985

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

6McCarty78

Dax McCarty

United States

B.date30/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m75

positionBox-to-box midfielder

18Conner

Drew Conner

United States

B.date18/02/1994

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

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

4Kappelhof42

Johan Kappelhof

Netherlands

B.date05/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

2Polster16

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	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Johan Kappelhof	42	27	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
66	D	João Meira		30	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Drew Conner		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Matt Polster	16	24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Brandon Vincent		23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Dax McCarty	78	30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Michael de Leeuw		30	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Arturo Alvarez	68	32	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	David Accam	60	26	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Nemanja Nikolics		29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	John McCarthy		25
5	D	Oguchi Onyewu		35
28	D	Raymon Gaddis	90+2	27	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Marcus Epps	79	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Roland Alberg		27
27	F	Jay Simpson	86	28	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Charlie Davies		31

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
45	G	Richard Sanchez		23
16	D	Jonathan Campbell	78	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Michael Harrington		31
13	M	Brandt Bronico		22
14	M	Djordje Mihailovic	68	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Luis Solignac	6760	26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	David Arshakyan		23

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Warren Creavalle

Ilsinho

OUT

Fabrice-Jean Picault

Marcus Epps

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

João Meira

Jonathan Campbell

OUT

Michael de Leeuw

Luis Solignac

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Curtin

132

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

34 %

Curtin vs Chicago Fire

3 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2017

Curtin vs Paunovic

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Veljko Paunovic

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Paunovic vs Philadelphia

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2017

Paunovic vs Curtin

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2017

Referee

Robert Sibiga

7 victories	3 draws	7 losses	Philadelphia17 matches	General total	Chicago Fire10 matches	2 victories	3 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Philadelphia2 matches	Season total	Chicago Fire2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 25, 2021					Latest figure on September 06, 2020

4th official

Ted Unkel

3 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Philadelphia6 matches	General total	Chicago Fire5 matches	2 victories	0 draw	3 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Philadelphia3 matches	Season total	Chicago Fire2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 04, 2021					Latest figure on July 12, 2023

Video referee

Jonathan Weiner

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Philadelphia1 match	General total	Chicago Fire1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Philadelphia1 match	Season total	Chicago Fire1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 23, 2017					Latest figure on September 23, 2017

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Comments

Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 19/08/2017).

It's the first time C.J. Sapong scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

The last time Chris Pontius scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career , it was on the 29/06/2016 (avec Philadelphia Union vs New York Red Bulls )

Read the next 17 key stats

General ranking

	7	Impact de Montréal	39 pts	29 rd
	8	New England Revolution	38 pts	30 rd
+1	9	Philadelphia Union	36 pts	30 rd
-1	10	Orlando City	35 pts	29 rd
	11	D.C. United	31 pts	30 rd

General ranking

	1	Toronto FC	62 pts	31 rd
	2	New York City FC	52 pts	30 rd
	3	Chicago Fire	48 pts	30 rd
+1	4	Columbus Crew	47 pts	31 rd
-1	5	Atlanta United	46 pts	28 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPhiladelphia Union 1-0 D.C. United24/06/2017

VPhiladelphia Union 3-0 New England Revolution02/07/2017

VPhiladelphia Union 3-0 Columbus Crew26/07/2017

VPhiladelphia Union 3-1 FC Dallas05/08/2017

LPhiladelphia Union 0-3 CF Montréal12/08/2017

DPhiladelphia Union 2-2 Atlanta United26/08/2017

Overall

LPhiladelphia Union 0-3 CF Montréal12/08/2017

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

LToronto FC 3-0 Philadelphia Union23/08/2017

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

Current form

Away

DPortland Timbers 2-2 Chicago Fire05/07/2017

LNew York City FC 2-1 Chicago Fire22/07/2017

LSporting Kansas City 3-2 Chicago Fire29/07/2017

LColumbus Crew 3-1 Chicago Fire12/08/2017

LCF Montréal 3-0 Chicago Fire16/08/2017

VCF Montréal 0-1 Chicago Fire02/09/2017

Overall

LCF Montréal 3-0 Chicago Fire16/08/2017

LChicago Fire 1-3 Toronto FC19/08/2017

LChicago Fire 1-2 Minnesota United26/08/2017

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

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	1	5
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	General ranking (Competition total)	3
9	General ranking (Home / Away)	6
765	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	625
16	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
8	Victories (Competition total)	14
7	Victories (Home / Away)	3
9	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
12	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
39	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
19	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	26
1.28	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.79
1.79	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.07
1.34	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.36	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.86

Betting aid

18	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
3-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (2 times)

Bookings

48	Yellow cards (Competition total)	41
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

C.J. Sapong	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	18 goals	Nemanja Nikolics
C.J. Sapong	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	David Accam
C.J. Sapong	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Nemanja Nikolics
C.J. Sapong	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	David Accam
Chris Pontius	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Michael de Leeuw
Chris Pontius	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Dax McCarty
C.J. Sapong	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Nemanja Nikolics

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

5 v

2 d

2 l

15 gf

13 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

3 d

5 l

9 gf

13 ga

Total

19 matches

7 v

5 d

7 l

24 gf

26 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

5 v

3 d

2 l

13 gf

9 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

2 d

5 l

13 gf

15 ga

Total

19 matches

7 v

5 d

7 l

26 gf

24 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	October 03, 2012
Home	4 - 3	June 22, 2016

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 03, 2016
Away	3 - 1	August 12, 2012

Latest head to head

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

August 12, 2015 - US Open Cup 2015

Philadelphia

1 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

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
Antoine Hoppenot	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Danny Mwanga	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Leo Fernandes	1 goal	2014 - 2014

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 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
Arne Friedrich	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 Chicago Fire

Sébastien Le Toux	14 matches	2010 - 2016
Brian Carroll	13 matches	2011 - 2016
Raymon Gaddis	11 matches	2012 - 2015
Fabinho	9 matches	2013 - 2016
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.

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.

They played in both sides

Justin Mapp

46 matches

207 matches

2003 - 2011

Austin Berry

6 matches

67 matches

2012 - 2014

Bakary Soumaré

4 matches

128 matches

2007 - 2014

Corben Bone

2 matches

23 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

46 matches

207 matches

2003 - 2011

Bakary Soumaré

4 matches

128 matches

2007 - 2014

Austin Berry

6 matches

67 matches

2012 - 2014

Corben Bone

2 matches

23 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	62	31	18	8	5	67	33	+34
2	New York City FC	52	30	15	7	8	51	38	+13
3	Chicago Fire	48	30	14	6	10	53	40	+13
+14	Columbus Crew	47	31	14	5	12	48	47	+1
-15	Atlanta United	46	28	13	7	8	61	35	+26
6	New York Red Bulls	42	29	12	6	11	43	39	+4
7	Impact de Montréal	39	29	11	6	12	49	49	0
8	New England Revolution	38	30	11	5	14	47	52	-5
+19	Philadelphia Union	36	30	9	9	12	40	40	0
-110	Orlando City	35	29	9	8	12	32	47	-15
11	D.C. United	31	30	9	4	17	27	49	-22

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Philadelphia 3-1 Chicago Fire - September 23, 2017 / MLS 2017

Philadelphia

3 - 1

Chicago Fire

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

Curtin vs Chicago Fire

Curtin vs Paunovic

Manager

Paunovic vs Philadelphia

Paunovic vs Curtin

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 Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against Philadelphia

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Philadelphia

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking