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Chicago Fire v Charlotte : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 2nd Aug, 01:30 BST, Soldier Field, Chicago

Gregg Berhalter's Chicago Fire side will have home backing in the Major League Soccer on Sunday morning, as Dean Smith's Charlotte visit the Soldier Field. Recent form, head-to-head stats, predictions and the best odds are all laid out below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. We've backed over 2.5 goals, but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

All things considered, our prediction for Sunday's match is over 2.5 goals, meaning that we expect Chicago and Charlotte to score 3 goals or more between them during the standard 90 mins. 2 goals or less would mean it's a losing tip but, with statistics below suggesting both teams have goals in them, we think it looks like a great bet.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Chicago are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.50.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Chicago 59%	49/100	1/2
Draw 21%	7/2	10/3
Charlotte 20%	4/1	19/5
Chicago 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Draw 1-1 9%	17/2	15/2
Chicago 2-0 9%	17/2	8/1
Chicago 1-0 8%	10/1	17/2
Chicago 3-1 7%	10/1	9/1
Chicago 3-0 6%	11/1	10/1
Draw 2-2 6%	14/1	11/1
Charlotte 2-1 5%	16/1	14/1
Charlotte 1-0 4%	20/1	16/1
Chicago 3-2 4%	18/1	14/1
Draw 0-0 4%	20/1	18/1
Chicago 4-1 4%	18/1	16/1
Chicago 4-0 3%	20/1	16/1
Charlotte 2-0 3%	33/1	22/1
Charlotte 3-2 2%	33/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	4/9	4/9
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	17/10	13/8
Home 1st Goal 55%	4/9	4/9
Away 1st Goal 43%	13/8	9/5
No 1st Goal 2%	20/1	18/1
BTTS - Yes 60%	4/7	8/15
BTTS - No 40%	5/4	13/10
BTTS - Home Win 32%	7/4	13/8
BTTS - Draw 17%	9/2	4/1
BTTS - Away Win 12%	7/1	13/2
Home/draw 80%	1/6	1/6
Away/draw 41%	11/8	7/5
Home/away 79%	2/11	1/5
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1/8	1/8
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	5/1	9/2
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	11/10	11/10
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	4/6	4/6
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	5/2	5/2
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	2/7	2/7
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	11/2	11/2
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/9	1/10
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/66	1/150
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	18/1	18/1
Home DNB 74%	2/9	2/9
Away DNB 35%	3/1	29/10
Chicago win to nil 28%	9/4	-
Charlotte win to nil 8%	10/1	-
Chicago / Chicago 37%	5/4	6/5
Chicago / Charlotte 2%	33/1	33/1
Chicago / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Chicago 17%	15/4	19/5
Draw / Charlotte 7%	11/1	11/1
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	13/2
Charlotte / Chicago 5%	16/1	16/1
Charlotte / Charlotte 10%	8/1	13/2
Charlotte / Draw 5%	16/1	12/1

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

Clean sheets

/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

/ 0

Conceded

/ 0

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/ 0

Failed to score

/ 0

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Chicago

Charlotte

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 4

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

2 / 4

CHI

CHA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Chicago
Chicago	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Charlotte
	0 - 2	Charlotte
	2 - 3	Charlotte

Charlotte

Chicago

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

CHI

CHA

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Charlotte
	1 - 4	Chicago
Charlotte	4 - 3
Charlotte	2 - 1
	2 - 3	Chicago

Goal Statistics

Chicago Fire's forwards have been superb of late, finding the net twice or more in 4 consecutive Major League Soccer games. A PG of 2.1 suggests that run should continue on Sunday morning.

	Chicago 4th	Charlotte 6th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.1 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 12% 1 26% 2 27% 3 19% 4+ 16% There is a 62% probability that Chicago will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 32% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 68% probability that Charlotte will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season

19%

better

CHI

CHA

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Games scored	15		13
Failed to score	1		4
Scored first	11		8
Goals scored	30		28
Avg. goals scored	1.9		1.6
Avg. shots per game	10		9
Avg. shots per goal	6		6
Conversion rate for	18		18
Avg. XG for	2.1		1.6
KickOff rating		+19%

19%

better

CHI

CHA

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Games conceded	10		14
Clean sheets	6		3
Conceded first	4		8
Goals conceded	22		25
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	15%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+19%

Chicago v Charlotte Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Chicago Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
16	5	7	6
C Brady	P Zinckernagel	P Zinckernagel	D. D'Avilla

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Brady GLK	16			1 -
M Haile-Selassie MID	16	3	3	1 -
P Zinckernagel FWD	16	5	7	4 -
D. D'Avilla MID	15			6 -
R Lod MID	15	3	1	1 -
J Elliott DEF	14		1	4 -
A Salétros MID	14			3 -
J Dean DEF	13			1 1
J Waterman DEF	12	1		3 -
A Gutman DEF	12	1	2	3 -
M. Mbokazi DEF	12			2 -
M Pineda DEF	11			-
J Bamba FWD	11	2	2	2 -
P Dithejane FWD	10	1		2 -
J. Shokalook FWD	9			-
V. Radojević DEF	8			2 -
L. Caetano Barroso DEF	8		2	1 -
C Mueller FWD	5			1 -
D. Borso FWD	4			1 -
S Oregel MID	3			-
C. Cupps DEF	2			-
R Lewandowski FWD	2			-
S Rogers DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	15	7	11
P Zinckernagel	P Zinckernagel	P Zinckernagel	P Zinckernagel

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Zinckernagel FWD	5	15	7	11
M Haile-Selassie MID	3	10	3	7
R Lod MID	3	5	1	1
J Bamba FWD	2	7	2	5
J Waterman DEF	1	1		1
A Gutman DEF	1	3	2	2
P Dithejane FWD	1	4
D. D'Avilla MID		3
J Elliott DEF			1	1
A Salétros MID		4		5
J Dean DEF				1
M. Mbokazi DEF		3
M Pineda DEF		1
V. Radojević DEF				1
L. Caetano Barroso DEF		2	2	3
C Mueller FWD		1
D. Borso FWD		1
R Lewandowski FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
898	33	96
J Elliott	P Zinckernagel	P Zinckernagel

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Elliott DEF	898	13	50
A Salétros MID	883	23	33
D. D'Avilla MID	678	21	49
J Waterman DEF	676	12	33
M. Mbokazi DEF	636	21	48
C Brady GLK	504		8
P Zinckernagel FWD	497	33	96
M Haile-Selassie MID	448	10	38
A Gutman DEF	387	20	46
J Dean DEF	385	22	52
J Bamba FWD	339	21	56
M Pineda DEF	318	13	28
R Lod MID	249	19	49
L. Caetano Barroso DEF	220	10	23
V. Radojević DEF	68	2	12
P Dithejane FWD	58	1	13
S Rogers DEF	55		1
S Oregel MID	49	2	4
C. Cupps DEF	32	1	1
D. Borso FWD	29	4	9
R Lewandowski FWD	27		7
C Mueller FWD	25	1	5
J. Shokalook FWD	21

Charlotte Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	8	5	6
K Kahlina	P Biel	P Biel	A Westwood

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Kahlina GLK	17			2 -
P Biel MID	17	8	5	2 -
K Vargas FWD	17	3	4	-
Idan Toklomati FWD	17	5	1	1 -
N Byrne DEF	16			3 -
M. Agyemang DEF	16	2		2 -
A Westwood MID	16	2	1	6 -
D Diani MID	16		1	3 -
A. Goodwin FWD	15	3		1 -
B Bronico MID	13			1 -
L Torre MID	13		1	-
T Ream DEF	12		1	-
H Toffolo DEF	12		2	2 -
L Abada FWD	11	1	3	2 -
D Schnegg DEF	9	1	1	3 1
A Privett DEF	8			2 -
T. Smalls FWD	8			-
R. Aloko FWD	7			-
W. Cleary DEF	4		1	-
H Kessler DEF	1			-
A. John MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	15	5	8
P Biel	P Biel	P Biel	P Biel

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
P Biel MID	8	15	5	8
Idan Toklomati FWD	5	11	1	3
K Vargas FWD	3	10	4	2
A. Goodwin FWD	3	7		1
M. Agyemang DEF	2	4
A Westwood MID	2	4	1	6
L Abada FWD	1	9	3	3
D Schnegg DEF	1	3	1	2
D Diani MID		1	1	1
B Bronico MID				1
L Torre MID		1	1	1
T Ream DEF			1	1
H Toffolo DEF		1	2	1
A Privett DEF		1		1
T. Smalls FWD		1
R. Aloko FWD		2
W. Cleary DEF			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
926	24	70
A Westwood	H Toffolo	M. Agyemang

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Westwood MID	926	9	30
M. Agyemang DEF	870	17	70
T Ream DEF	724	11	31
N Byrne DEF	709	8	33
K Kahlina GLK	546	1	7
P Biel MID	511	15	44
H Toffolo DEF	482	24	52
A Privett DEF	347	6	15
D Diani MID	321	18	41
K Vargas FWD	317	16	64
L Torre MID	306	10	17
D Schnegg DEF	256	7	20
B Bronico MID	231	18	26
L Abada FWD	196	7	19
Idan Toklomati FWD	191	6	63
W. Cleary DEF	74	2	7
R. Aloko FWD	53	6	21
H Kessler DEF	53		2
A. Goodwin FWD	26	2	11
T. Smalls FWD	26	2	9
A. John MID	7