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Chicago Fire First Half Goals
In 160 MLS matches, 72.5% of Chicago Fire’s first halves produced a goal, 17th of the 30 published clubs in the division. They scored before halftime in 47.5% of them and conceded in 46.9%.
What Chicago Fire’s first halves look like
The back line is a different proposition on the road: 55.0% of away matches bring an early goal against Chicago Fire, next to 38.8% at home. Home advantage is worth a little to Chicago Fire rather than a lot: 50.0% of home matches bring an early goal of theirs against 45.0% away.
An early goal in Chicago Fire’s matches tends to be the only one: a second follows just 49% of the time, where the division manages 52%. A Chicago Fire away first half is worth 1.50 goals on average, a home one 1.18.
Two goals before the break is unusually hard to come by, 35.6% of Chicago Fire’s matches against 38.6% across the division. Chicago Fire guard the first half better than they attack it: 15th of 30 in the division for early goals conceded, 18th for scoring them.
Every figure on this page rests on 160 completed Chicago Fire matches over 5 seasons (2022 to 2026). That is enough to separate a clear tendency from noise, and not enough to split it much further by venue or opponent.
Chicago Fire first-half profile
| A goal before halftime (over 0.5) | 72.5% |
|---|---|
| Two or more (over 1.5) | 35.6% |
| Three or more (over 2.5) | 16.9% |
| Average first-half goals in their matches | 1.34 |
| Matches in which they scored before halftime | 47.5% |
| Matches in which they conceded before halftime | 46.9% |
| First-half goals scored per match | 0.64 |
| First-half goals conceded per match | 0.70 |
| Matches counted | 160 |
| Seasons covered | 5 (2022 to 2026) |
The over rows count goals by either side; the scored and conceded rows split that between them.
Home and away
| Venue | Over 0.5 | Over 1.5 | Scored | Conceded | Avg goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 71.3% | 33.8% | 50.0% | 38.8% | 1.18 | 80 |
| Away | 73.8% | 37.5% | 45.0% | 55.0% | 1.50 | 80 |
Chicago Fire score before halftime 50.0% of the time at home against 45.0% away, a gap of 5.0pp. Each row rests only on the matches played at that venue, so read them as two separate samples rather than one split in half.
Chicago Fire against MLS
| Line | Chicago Fire | MLS | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 0.5 | 72.5% | 73.6% | −1.1pp |
| Over 1.5 | 35.6% | 38.6% | −3.0pp |
| Over 2.5 | 16.9% | 15.5% | +1.4pp |
Counted from 160 matches · 5 seasons · 2022 to 2026.
How to read these numbers
- These are historical rates over pooled seasons, not a forecast. A club that has changed manager, division or squad reads as the average of every version of itself on record.
- The opponent matters as much as the club. A high-scoring side against a defense that rarely concedes early is a different fixture from the same side against one that does.
For the model’s estimate of an actual upcoming fixture rather than this club’s history, see first half goals predictions and how the model works.
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