Saturday , 14 November 2026

Chicago Fire FC vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2024
Chicago Fire FC
1 – 2
Full Time
D.C. United SC
Sun 8 Sep 2024 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Andrew Gutman 45' Y
Y 73' Dom Badji
Y 90' Mateusz Klich

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs D.C. United SC — MLS at Soldier Field.

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

4
8
6
Chicago Fire FC 18 games · Avg 2.6 goals D.C. United SC
Last 5 meetings
2024-09-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC 2024-05-25 D.C. United SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 2023-09-02 D.C. United SC 4–0 Chicago Fire FC 2023-04-02 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC 2022-06-19 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 D.C. United SC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Sep D.C. United SC H 1–2 L
01 Sep Internacional CF Miami H 1–4 L
24 Aug New York City FC A 2–2 D
20 Jul Internacional CF Miami A 1–2 L
17 Jul FC Cincinnati A 1–0 W
14 Jul New York City FC H 0–0 D
D.C. United SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Sep Chicago Fire FC A 2–1 W
31 Aug Toronto FC A 3–1 W
24 Aug FC Dallas H 3–4 L
18 Jul Minnesota United FC A 3–2 W
13 Jul Nashville SC H 2–1 W
06 Jul Orlando City SC A 0–5 L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC D.C. United SC
#4 Position #14
55 Points 33
34 Played 34
16 / 7 / 11 W / D / L 7 / 12 / 15
64 Scored 39
54 Conceded 61
+10 GD -22
1.62 PPG 0.97
47% Win % 21%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
24% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). D.C. United SC are 14th (33 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
D.C. United SC
0-15
3/4
16-30
6/6
31-45
5/9
46-60
5/10
61-75
3/8
76+
8/9
■ 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
D.C. United SC
Tai Baribo 16 G 1 A
Louis Munteanu 6 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. chicago fire fc is hosting d.c. united sc for another epic battle.
  • 5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 10' Andrew Gutman needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 26 Yellow cards this season.
  • 15' Allan Arigoni, a Switzerland , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 20' Christopher McVey has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 25' Lucas Bartlett has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 26' GOAL! Christian Benteke fires home to make it 0-1!
  • 29' Gabriel Pirani is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 4 goals this season for the .
  • 34' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 39' It is a cagey affair so far. chicago fire fc in their trying to find a way past d.c. united sc's compact .
  • 44' France international Arnaud Souquet has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 45' Andrew Gutman was booked on 45.
  • 46' Allan Arigoni makes way for Tom Barlow at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
  • 51' d.c. united sc is showing some good football. However, d.c. united sc are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 54' Magnificent from Andrew Gutman! That is 16 goals in 263 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 57' The D.C. United SC manager makes a substitution. Gabriel Pirani departs to be replaced by Theodore Ku-DiPietro.
  • 62' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. chicago fire fc seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 67' It looks surprising d.c. united sc does not make any changes. Russell Canouse has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 68' Dom Badji gets the nod from D.C. United SC. He replaces Christian Benteke and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 73' That looks like a foul for a card for Dom Badji.
  • 74' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Kellyn Acosta is withdrawn and Justin Reynolds gets his opportunity.
  • 79' chicago fire fc are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 83' Fabian Herbers is ready to make an impact after coming on for Andrew Gutman at the 83 minute mark.
  • 88' The home supporters are growing impatient. chicago fire fc must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 90' Mateusz Klich catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Zach Prince

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ola Kamara 6
Christian Benteke 4
Tom Barlow 3
Wayne Rooney 2
Hugo Cuypers 2
Ulises Segura 2
C.J. Sapong 2
Jonathan Bornstein 2

Head to Head

2024-09-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC 2024-05-25 D.C. United SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 2023-09-02 D.C. United SC 4–0 Chicago Fire FC 2023-04-02 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC 2022-06-19 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 D.C. United SC

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-09-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC L 2024-09-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–4 Internacional CF Miami L 2024-08-24 New York City FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-07-20 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-07-17 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D

D.C. United SC Form

2024-09-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC W 2024-08-31 Toronto FC 1–3 D.C. United SC W 2024-08-24 D.C. United SC 3–4 FC Dallas L 2024-07-18 Minnesota United FC 2–3 D.C. United SC W 2024-07-13 D.C. United SC 2–1 Nashville SC W 2024-07-06 Orlando City SC 5–0 D.C. United SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.74 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.54 D.C. United SC xG
I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or D.C. United SC 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC39% Draw26% D.C. United SC35%
Actual: D.C. United SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.28
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 41%
59%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
65%
Draw or D.C. United SC
61%
Chicago Fire FC or D.C. United SC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC32% Draw42% D.C. United SC26%
Actual: D.C. United SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11%
2 – 1
8.4%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 2
6.5%
1 – 0
5.8%
2 – 0
5.7%
0 – 0
5.3%
0 – 1
5.1%
3 – 1
4.9%
0 – 2
4.5%
1 – 3
3.8%
3 – 2
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push D.C. United SC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 13% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 19% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 67% — 33%
+1 67% 17% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓
D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

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