Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Soldier Field.
- Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Joe Dickerson
- Assistant 1 Cameron Blanchard (USA)
- Assistant 2 Logan Brown
7 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 15.9 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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 03 May FC Cincinnati H 2–3 L 26 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 5–0 W 18 Apr FC Cincinnati A 3–3 D 12 Apr Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W 05 Apr Nashville SC H 1–0 W 21 Mar Philadelphia Union A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May Chicago Fire FC A 3–2 W 25 Apr New York Red Bulls H 2–0 W 22 Apr New York City FC A 4–4 D 18 Apr Chicago Fire FC H 3–3 D 11 Apr Toronto FC A 1–1 D 04 Apr New York Red Bulls A 2–4 L Season Stats
Chicago Fire FC FC Cincinnati #3 Position #7 26 Points 20 14 Played 15 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 27 Scored 36 16 Conceded 37 +11 GD -1 1.86 PPG 1.33 57% Win % 33% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonChicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Chicago Fire FC0-153/–16-304/131-451/446-602/161-754/–76+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Soldier Field will turn into a battlefield for Chicago Fire FC and FC Cincinnati.
- 5' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 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' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 16' What a strike from Hugo Cuypers! The score is 1-0.
- 21' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 254 games and scored 375 goals.
- 24' What an equalizer from Evander!
- 28' GOAL! Hugo Cuypers scores on 28.
- 31' Goal! Evander scores his 49 goal in 282 matches.
- 36' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
- 41' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 46' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 56' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
- 61' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 66' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 68' Kevin Denkey is having his name booked by the referee on 68.
- 73' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jonathan Dean, as he is very good at scoring at Soldier Field with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 78' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kenji Mboma made 224 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 88' Bryan Ramirez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 11 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 90' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
- With this win, FC Cincinnati is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
Chicago Fire FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 17
- 6
- 3
- 7
- 15
- 11
- 1
- 9
- 24
- 42
- 4
Bench
- 19
- 44
- 16
- 22
- 35
- 27
- 20
- 12
- 14
Coach Gregg BerhalterFC Cincinnati Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 10
- 20
- 9
- 24
- 27
- 18
- 22
- 17
- 11
- 29
- 88
Bench
- 21
- 13
- 4
- 16
- 37
- 99
- 3
- 66
- 55
Coach Pat Noonan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Evander 7 Hugo Cuypers 5 Luciano Acosta 4 Jhon Duran 3 Brian Gutierrez 3 Robert Beric 3 Rafael Czichos 2 Ignacio Aliseda 2 Head to Head
Chicago Fire FC Form
FC Cincinnati Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.84 Chicago Fire FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.83 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 83% + Both teams to score 78%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Cincinnati winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.67Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 94% 6% ± 2.5 83% 17% ± 3.5 67% 33% ± 4.5 49% 51% Double Chance
Chicago Fire FC or Draw 73%Draw or FC Cincinnati 48%Chicago Fire FC or FC Cincinnati 78%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 6.9%3 – 1 6.4%2 – 2 6.1%3 – 2 5.7%1 – 1 5.6%4 – 1 4.5%1 – 2 4.5%4 – 2 4.1%2 – 0 4%2 – 3 Actual3 – 0 3.6%3 – 3 3.5%Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC
Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 23% — 77% -2 23% 16% 61% -1.5 39% — 61% -1 39% 18% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 12% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 7% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet 17% ✓FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 7% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.