MLS

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Nashville SC WLLWL 0
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Chicago Fire FC LWWLW 1
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CHI101
Soldier Field · 22,348 att.

Match Report

Chicago shut down Nashville in one-goal affair

Fabian Herbers scored in the 34th minute, and host Chicago Fire held off charging Nashville SC to win 1-0 on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
10
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
2
58.3
Possession
41.7
18
SHOTS
6
2
ON GOAL
1
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
410
Accurate Passes
286
489
Passes
355
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
2
28
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.1
56
Long Balls
41
30
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
8
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
4
19
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
11
9
Effective Clearances
36
9
Clearances
36

Head to Head

NSH leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

CHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 34Chris BradyG
  2. 5Rafael CzichosCD-L
  3. 22Mauricio PinedaCD-R
  4. 6Miguel NavarroLB
  5. 24Jonathan DeanRB
  6. 10Xherdan ShaqiriAM
  7. 30Gastón GiménezLM
  8. 21Fabian HerbersRM
  9. 19Georgios KoutsiasF
  10. 17Brian GutiérrezAM-L
  11. 7Maren Haile-SelassieAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Kei KamaraSUB
  2. 27Kendall BurksSUB
  3. 36Justin ReynoldsSUB
  4. 25Jeff GalSUB
  5. 11Kacper PrzybylkoSUB
  6. 3Daniel AcevesSUB
  7. 4Carlos TeránSUB
  8. 32Missael RodriguezSUB
  9. 20Jairo TorresSUB

NSH · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Joe WillisG
  2. 5Jack MaherCD-L
  3. 3Lukas MacNaughtonCD-R
  4. 2Daniel LovitzLB
  5. 18Shaq MooreRB
  6. 7Fafà PicaultM
  7. 6Dax McCartyCM
  8. 8Randall LealAM
  9. 54Sean DavisLM
  10. 19Alex MuylRM
  11. 12Teal BunburyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Luke Haakenson
  2. 16Laurence Wyke
  3. 24Jan Gregus
  4. 10Hany Mukhtar
  5. 27Tah Anunga
  6. 23Taylor Washington
  7. 22Josh Bauer
  8. 30Elliot Panicco
  9. 11Ethan Zubak

Timeline

  1. 34' Goal! Chicago Fire FC 1, Nashville SC 0. Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Maren Haile-Selassie.
  2. 37' Randall Leal (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Nashville SC. Hany Mukhtar replaces Sean Davis.
  4. 64' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Carlos Terán replaces Gastón Giménez.
  5. 64' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Kei Kamara replaces Georgios Koutsias.
  6. 71' Substitution, Nashville SC. Luke Haakenson replaces Fafá Picault.
  7. 71' Substitution, Nashville SC. Ján Gregus replaces Alex Muyl.
  8. 77' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Kendall Burks replaces Jonathan Dean.
  9. 77' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jairo Torres replaces Maren Haile-Selassie.
  10. 81' Kei Kamara (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Daniel Lovitz (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Substitution, Nashville SC. Ethan Zubak replaces Randall Leal.
  13. 87' Substitution, Nashville SC. Taylor Washington replaces Daniel Lovitz.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Alonso Aceves replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.

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