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> MATCH.PREDICT()·USA: MLS·Wednesday 13 May, 23:30 UTC

D.C. United vs Chicago Fire FC

Bawler runs a Poisson model on rolling xG, normalised across leagues, adjusted for venue and injuries. This page shows the full chain — every number you can see is one we used.

Why the model calls it this way

Chicago's superior motivation and form overcome DC's home advantage, making the draw the overwhelming 79% probability play.

Win probability
36.6% home30.7% draw32.7% away
xG chain — base → adjustments → final λ
D.C. UnitedstepChicago Fire FC
1.37Base xG · rolling 26-match1.45
× 1.08Home advantage · Home× 0.96
no injury adjustment — full squads available per FotMob
1.48Final λ — what the Poisson uses1.39
Scoreline distribution · P(score) %bivariate Poisson
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home windrawaway win
BANKER
X2
Model 78.6% · @ 1.27
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VALUEPro
BTTS No
Model 49.9% · @ 2.00
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DARK HORSEPro
Over 3.5 Goals
Model 31.6% · @ 3.17
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BAWL OUTPro
Under 10.5 Corners + X2 + Over 1.5 Goals
Model 52.5% · @ 1.90x
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D.C. United 13 Chicago Fire FC
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