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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 18

Chicago Fire FC

CHI

2–1Full time

Charlotte FC

CHA

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

51%Possession45%
40%Territory34%
17%From set plays25%
0.17Chance quality0.15
4.8%Directness5.8%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Chicago, 3 for Charlotte FC. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 40 of 495 matches, not the full season.