Stored context before this match
Before this match, Portland Timbers have 11 scored home results and Chicago Fire 9 scored away results stored in 2015. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Portland Timbers at home: 2.00 points per match (11 measured matches); Chicago Fire away: 0.33 points per match (9 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Portland Timbers scored 1.45 per home match (11 measured matches); Chicago Fire scored 0.89 away (9). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.33 per club appearance across 444 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 10 of 20 pooled club appearances (50.0%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 3. Portland Timbers: 1 wins; Chicago Fire: 0 wins; draws: 2.
Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.
A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.
