Chicago Fire FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Chicago Fire FC

2 – 2

Full Time

Columbus Crew SC

Sat 12 Sep 2020 · 19:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

Alvaro Medran 27' Y

Miguel Navarro 34' Y

Y 37' Jonathan Mensah

Fabian Herbers 56' Y

Y 70' Harrison Afful

Francisco Calvo 71' Y

Jonathan Bornstein 73' Y

Francisco Calvo 73' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Peter Manikowski
Referee Edvin Jurisevic
Referee Jon Freemon
Referee Ian McKay

11 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-12 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC 2019-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-07-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2018-08-23 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–2	D
06 Sep	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
02 Sep	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D
29 Aug	New York City FC	A	1–3	L
25 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W
20 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–2	D
06 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W
02 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	1–0	W
29 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D
24 Aug	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
20 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Columbus Crew SC
#4	Position	#7
55	Points	47
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	14 / 5 / 15
64	Scored	59
54	Conceded	52
+10	GD	+7
1.62	PPG	1.38
47%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

9/4

16-30

9/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

10/9

61-75

10/4

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Maren Haile-Selassie	13 G	5 A
Hugo Cuypers	12 G
Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Robert Lewandowski	9 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Chicago Fire FC and Columbus Crew SC is underway.
5' Chicago Fire FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Columbus Crew SC backline.
10' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
11' Djordje Mihailovic is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
14' A goal from the Slovenia international Robert Beric! He fires home on 14 to make it 2-0!
19' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
22' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 22 minute. Djordje Mihailovic leaves to be changed by Elliot Collier.
27' Chicago Fire FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 27.
32' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Ignacio Aliseda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
34' The referee has no hesitation. Miguel Navarro is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 34.
37' Jonathan Mensah picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
42' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
46' Jonathan Bornstein is ready to make an impact after coming on for Miguel Navarro at the 46 minute mark.
51' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
56' The referee has no hesitation. Fabian Herbers is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 56.
61' The energy levels are beginning to show. Raphaël Wicky might look to freshen things up shortly.
62' Przemyslaw Frankowski has so much to prove this time. He replaces Fabian Herbers on 62 minute.
64' A change in the Columbus Crew SC ranks — Luis Diaz exits the field as Ema Boateng enters on 64.
68' Gyasi Zardes makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Columbus Crew SC are in front.
70' Harrison Afful catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 70.
71' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a Yellow card on 71.
73' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jonathan Bornstein on 73 minutes.
75' The Columbus Crew SC manager makes a substitution. Derrick Etienne departs to be replaced by Youness Mokhtar.
79' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Robert Beric by C.J. Sapong on 79 minute.
81' The Columbus Crew SC manager makes a substitution. Pedro Santos departs to be replaced by Fanendo Adi.
86' Pedro Santos has been relatively quiet despite scoring 30 goals in his last 303 appearances.
88' What a moment for Gyasi Zardes! That strike on 88 puts his side firmly in control.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ C.J. Sapong 79'
10
Alvaro Medran
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Przemyslaw Frankowski 62'
5
Francisco Calvo C
14
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Elliot Collier 22'
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
7
Ignacio Aliseda
30
Gaston Gimenez
2
Boris Sekulic
6
Miguel Navarro ↓ Jonathan Bornstein 46'
22
Mauricio Pineda

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
22
Derrick Etienne ↓ Youness Mokhtar 75'
19
Milton Valenzuela
4
Jonathan Mensah C
25
Harrison Afful
11
Gyasi Zardes
7
Pedro Santos ↓ Fanendo Adi 81'
8
Artur
3
Joshua Williams
26
Fatai Alashe
12
Luis Diaz ↓ Ema Boateng 64'

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	8
Cucho Hernandez	3
Jacen Russell-Rowe	3
Diego Rossi	3
Derrick Etienne	3
Luka Stojanovic	2
Robert Lewandowski	2
Lucas Zelarayan	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-09-12 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-09-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2020-09-02 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-08-29 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-09-12 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-09-06 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2020-09-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union W 2020-08-29 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-08-24 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.75 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.57 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or Columbus Crew SC 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC40% Draw26% Columbus Crew SC34%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.32

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

60%

Chicago Fire FC or Columbus Crew SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC31% Draw42% Columbus Crew SC27%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.8%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

5.7%

2 – 0

5.5%

0 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.5%

1 – 3

3.9%

3 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	19%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.