Chicago Fire FC vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 15 Aug 2021 · 22:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 27' Derrick Etienne

Overview

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

Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 19 games · Avg 2.6 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 2021-06-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
08 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	2–1	W
05 Aug	New York City FC	H	0–0	D
01 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–1	D
25 Jul	Toronto FC	H	1–2	L
22 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	2–2	D

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
07 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	2–3	L
04 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	2–4	L
30 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–4	L
24 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
21 Jul	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Columbus Crew SC
#5	Position	#12
42	Points	29
26	Played	27
12 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 5 / 14
46	Scored	39
38	Conceded	43
+8	GD	-4
1.62	PPG	1.07
46%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

3/6

16-30

4/4

31-45

6/6

46-60

6/2

61-75

3/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 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' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and Columbus Crew SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' Chicago Fire FC is showing some good football. However, Chicago Fire FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' Columbus Crew SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' Chicago Fire FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
27' Derrick Etienne was booked on 27.
32' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and Columbus Crew SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
37' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 37.
42' Columbus Crew SC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
47' Over 47 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
52' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Columbus Crew SC's shape.
57' The 25-year-old Carlos Teran has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
58' Robert Beric is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nnamdi Chinonso Offor at the 58 minute mark.
59' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Brian Gutierrez comes on to replace Elliot Collier.
64' USA international Bobby Shuttleworth has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
69' The supporters are chanting for Kevin Molino. He replaces Derrick Etienne on 69 minute.
74' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
77' The Serbia Luka Stojanovic breaks the deadlock on 77 minutes. 1-0!
78' Luka Stojanovic is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
79' Jhon Espinoza is replacing Jonathan Bornstein for the Chicago Fire FC side.
83' Wyatt Omsberg is replacing Carlos Teran for the Chicago Fire FC side.
84' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Stanislav Ivanov is hanging Luka Stojanovic on the field on 84 minute.
88' Liam Fraser makes way for Bradley Wright-Phillips at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Columbus Crew SC.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Chicago Fire FC and Columbus Crew SC (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Fabian Herbers
5
Francisco Calvo
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
2
Boris Sekulic
28
Elliot Collier ↓ Brian Gutierrez 59'
8
Luka Stojanovic ↓ Stanislav Ivanov 84'
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Jhon Espinoza 79'
22
Mauricio Pineda
23
Carlos Teran ↓ Wyatt Omsberg 79'
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez
9
Nnamdi Chinonso Offor ↓ Robert Beric 58'

Bench

27
Robert Beric ↑ 58'
4
Johan Kappelhof
20
Wyatt Omsberg ↑ 79'
99
Stanislav Ivanov ↑ 84'
14
Jhon Espinoza ↑ 79'
32
Gabriel Slonina
40
Brian Gutierrez ↑ 59'
38
Alex Monis
34
Chris Brady

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Eloy Room
22
Derrick Etienne ↓ Kevin Molino 69'
18
Liam Fraser ↓ Bradley Wright-Phillips 88'
14
Waylon Francis ↓ Alexandru Matan 84'
4
Jonathan Mensah
11
Gyasi Zardes
7
Pedro Santos
6
Darlington Nagbe
30
Aboubacar Keita
10
Lucas Zelarayan
26
Saad Abdul-Salam

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-08-08 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls W 2021-08-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2021-08-01 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-07-25 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Toronto FC L 2021-07-22 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 D.C. United SC D

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-08-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–3 Atlanta United FC L 2021-08-04 Columbus Crew SC 2–4 D.C. United SC L 2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-07-24 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-07-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Nashville SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.61 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC49% Draw26% Columbus Crew SC25%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

51%

Chicago Fire FC or Columbus Crew SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC33% Draw46% Columbus Crew SC21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.1%

0 – 0

8.1%

2 – 0

7.9%

1 – 2

6.5%

0 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

4.9%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	22%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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