MLS

FT Saturday, May 13, 2023
St. Louis CITY SC WDWLL 0
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Chicago Fire FC LWDLW 1
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CHI101
Soldier Field · 18,231 att.

Match Report

Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports

Chicago Fire edge St. Louis in first MLS game since coaching change

Rafael Czichos came off the bench to score as the Chicago Fire FC held on for a 1-0 victory over visiting St. Louis City SC on Saturday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
2
48.5
Possession
51.5
9
SHOTS
9
2
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
296
Accurate Passes
330
403
Passes
438
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
9
0.1
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
51
24
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
13
22
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
18
8
Effective Clearances
31
8
Clearances
31

Head to Head

CHI leads series 1-0

Lineups

CHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 34Chris BradyG
  2. 22Mauricio PinedaCD-L
  3. 4Carlos TeránCD-R
  4. 6Miguel NavarroLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 10Xherdan ShaqiriAM
  7. 30Gastón GiménezLM
  8. 31Federico NavarroRM
  9. 23Kei KamaraF
  10. 17Brian GutiérrezAM-L
  11. 21Fabian HerbersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Jairo TorresSUB
  2. 27Kendall BurksSUB
  3. 18Spencer RicheySUB
  4. 32Missael RodriguezSUB
  5. 3Daniel AcevesSUB
  6. 19Georgios KoutsiasSUB
  7. 16Wyatt OmsbergSUB
  8. 5Rafael CzichosSUB
  9. 11Kacper PrzybylkoSUB

STL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Roman BürkiG
  2. 22Kyle HiebertCD-L
  3. 24Lucas BartlettCD-R
  4. 14John NelsonLB
  5. 2Jakob NerwinskiRB
  6. 19Indiana VassilevAM
  7. 10Eduard LöwenLM
  8. 28Miguel PerezRM
  9. 11Nicholas GioacchiniF
  10. 12Célio PompeuAM-L
  11. 7Tomas OstrakAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Joshua YaroSUB
  2. 46Caden GloverSUB
  3. 25Aziel JacksonSUB
  4. 8Jared StroudSUB
  5. 20Akil WattsSUB
  6. 39Benjamin LundtSUB
  7. 30Isak JensenSUB
  8. 23Jon BellSUB
  9. 6Njabulo BlomSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Miguel Perez (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Rafael Czichos replaces Carlos Terán because of an injury.
  3. 40' Goal! Chicago Fire FC 1, St. Louis City SC 0. Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri following a set piece situation.
  4. 43' John Nelson (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Njabulo Blom replaces Miguel Perez.
  6. 49' Nicholas Gioacchini (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 64' Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Isak Jensen replaces Tomás Ostrák.
  10. 64' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Jared Stroud replaces Jake Nerwinski.
  11. 70' Second yellow card to John Nelson (St. Louis City SC) for a bad foul.
  12. 72' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Kacper Przybylko replaces Kei Kamara.
  13. 72' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Georgios Koutsias replaces Fabian Herbers.
  14. 77' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Caden Glover replaces Eduard Löwen.
  15. 77' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Joshua Yaro replaces Lucas Bartlett.
  16. 89' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jairo Torres replaces Brian Gutiérrez.

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