Chicago Fire FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Chicago Fire FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Soldier Field.
- Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 May Toronto FC H 2–1 W 16 May Montreal Impact FC A 2–0 W 13 May D.C. United SC A 0–0 D 09 May New York Red Bulls H 1–3 L 03 May FC Cincinnati H 2–3 L 26 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 5–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 May Atlanta United FC H 2–0 W 16 May Philadelphia Union A 1–1 D 13 May New York Red Bulls A 0–1 L 10 May New York City FC A 0–3 L 02 May Minnesota United FC H 0–0 D 25 Apr Philadelphia Union H 2–0 W Season Stats
Chicago Fire FC Columbus Crew SC #3 Position #10 26 Points 16 14 Played 15 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 7 27 Scored 21 16 Conceded 23 +11 GD -2 1.86 PPG 1.07 57% Win % 27% Key Stats
47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this seasonChicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Chicago Fire FC0-153/–16-304/131-451/446-602/161-754/–76+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededColumbus Crew SC0-152/316-302/131-452/146-603/261-751/276+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Gyasi Zardes 8 Cucho Hernandez 3 Derrick Etienne 3 Jacen Russell-Rowe 3 Diego Rossi 3 Nemanja Nikolics 2 Gyasi Zardes 2 Luka Stojanovic 2 Head to Head
Chicago Fire FC Form
Columbus Crew SC Form
2026-05-24 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Atlanta United FC W 2026-05-16 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2026-05-13 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2026-05-02 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2026-04-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union W -
Predictions
1.89 Chicago Fire FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.16 Columbus Crew SC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 58%Match Result
Both Teams to Score
Avg goals/match: 3.05Over / Under Goals
Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 58% 42% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
Chicago Fire FC or Draw 76%Draw or Columbus Crew SC 49%Chicago Fire FC or Columbus Crew SC 75%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
1 – 1 11.3%2 – 1 9.4%2 – 0 8.4%1 – 0 8.2%0 – 0 6.4%3 – 1 5.9%1 – 2 5.8%2 – 2 5.5%3 – 0 5.1%0 – 1 4.7%3 – 2 3.5%0 – 2 3.2%Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC
Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 16% 69% -1.5 31% — 69% -1 31% 22% 47% -0.5 53% — 47% +0.5 78% — 22% +1 78% 13% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet 32%Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 16%Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.