San Jose Earthquakes vs Chicago Fire Prediction: Chicago Fire are opportunists

San Jose Earthquakes are under immense pressure to turn what seems to be an outrageous losing run around. They had headed back to home stadium after visiting St. Louis City in their last match, and now they take on Chicago Fire in this upcoming game. And for Chicago Fire, they don’t do very well, but they managed to snatch a win against Philadelphia Union last time out. They will turn their attention to the San Jose Earthquakes, who appear to be in a poor state, and they will try to win another game.

Chicago Fire is currently number 13 on the eastern conference table and they have 21 points, while Chicago Fire is number 14 on the western conference table with 11 points.

Being the poorest team in the western conference has to be a huge burden for the Earthquakes, and which is why their situation seems more difficult to turn around. The Earthquakes have been on an incredibly long run of defeats, that’s lasted more than a month. They had their last taste of a win back in May against Portland Timbers, when they won 4-2 and ended the game with 10-men. Since then it's been downhill for the San Jose Earthquakes.

In terms of form, San Jose Earthquakes lost their last 6 games in a row, and they are winless in 9 straight games (LLDLLLLLL). Looking at their home form, it's equally terrible, as they had 4 defeats and 1 draw in 5 home games (LDLLL). And across 10 league games, they had 1 win, 1 draw and 8 defeats (WLLDLLLLLL).

The San Jose Earthquakes played against St. Louis City SC in their last match and it ended in a 2-0 defeat. They conceded both goals in the 28th and 41st minutes and the game stayed that way until the very end. The stats of San Jose Earthquakes in that game were: 43% possession, 0 big chances, 6 goalkeeper saves, 5 corner kicks and 1 shot on target.

Chicago Fire are coming in as strong favorites to beat San Jose Earthquakes, despite also being a poor team generally. Their outstanding win over Philadelphia Union last time out, doesn’t erase the fact that they are one of the poorest teams this season. But coming up against an even poorer San Jose Earthquakes’ team is a huge opportunity for them.

Chicago Fire’s recent form shows they had 3 wins and 2 defeats in 5 matches (WWLLW), and away from home their stats showed 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats (LDWLL). And across 10 matches, Chicago Fire had 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats (LLLDDWWLLW).

Chicago Fire saw an opportunity against a struggling Philadelphia Union team and took it. They defeated Philadelphia Union 4-3 at home in that game. Maren Haile-Selassie opened the scoring for Chicago Fire in the 30th minute, but Philadelphia Union replied with 2 goals just before the end of the first half. And in the 48th minute, Philadelphia Union added another goal, but Chicago Fire put on a show late in the game, scoring 3 goals in the process to win the game. Hugo Cuypers (82’ & 90+1’)) and Gaston Gimenez (89’) were responsible for the late turnaround by scoring 3 goals to help Chicago Fire win the game. According to stats, Chicago Fire had 47% possession, 7 big chances, 1 goalkeeper save, 4 corner kicks and 10 shots on target.

In 18 matches played between both clubs, San Jose Earthquakes and Chicago Fire both won 7 matches, and 4 matches ended in a draw.

H2H Streaks

San Jose Earthquakes won the last 3 matches

Chicago Fire is without a clean sheet in 5 matches

4/5 matches ended with more than 2.5 goals

Both teams scored in 8/10 matches

5/6 matches ended with less than 10.5 corners

I think the Chicago Fire are an ideal opportunist team and they will see this game as another opportunity to win. So, we expect Chicago Fire to throw their lives into this game and go for all 3 points. The San Jose Earthquakes are totally poor in every respect, but we believe they might be able to get a goal against the Chicago Fire defense, which is not the strongest right now. A goal for each side seems like a fair ask in this game.

• 3 Way Total San Jose Earthquakes Over 1 Goal at 1.73 Odds
• Both Teams to Score and Over 2.5 Goals at 1.65 Odds
• Over 10 Corners at 1.83 Odds