Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Chicago Fire FC
3 – 0
Full Time
FC Cincinnati
Tue 25 Aug 2020 · 23:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45+3'
Y 36' Tom Pettersson
Alvaro Medran 61' Y
Y 63' Frankie Amaya

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Soldier Field.

Match Details

  • Referee Peter Balciunas
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Peter Manikowski
  • Referee
  • Referee

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

4
4
8
Chicago Fire FC 16 games · Avg 3.3 goals FC Cincinnati
Last 5 meetings
2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2019-09-21 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 2019-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Aug FC Cincinnati H 3–0 W
20 Aug Columbus Crew SC A 0–3 L
23 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 0–2 L
20 Jul San Jose Earthquakes H 0–2 L
14 Jul Seattle Sounders FC H 2–1 W
07 Mar New England Revolution A 1–1 D
FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Aug Chicago Fire FC A 0–3 L
21 Aug D.C. United SC H 0–0 D
29 Jul Portland Timbers A 1–1 D
23 Jul New York Red Bulls H 2–0 W
16 Jul Atlanta United FC A 1–0 W
12 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 0–4 L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC FC Cincinnati
#5 Position #9
42 Points 33
26 Played 26
12 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 8 / 9 / 9
46 Scored 55
38 Conceded 64
+8 GD -9
1.62 PPG 1.27
46% Win % 31%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
15% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). FC Cincinnati are 9th (33 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
FC Cincinnati
0-15
4/3
16-30
5/9
31-45
9/9
46-60
5/11
61-75
4/4
76+
13/7
■ 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
FC Cincinnati
Kevin Denkey 14 G 1 A
Evander 13 G 7 A
Tom Barlow 7 G 2 A
Pavel Bucha 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati — let the football do the talking.
  • 2' GOAL! Fabian Herbers scores on 2. Assisted by Gaston Gimenez
  • 7' It looks surprising FC Cincinnati does not make any changes. Allan Cruz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' GOAL! Alvaro Medran scores on 10. Assisted by Ignacio Aliseda
  • 15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 20' Ignacio Aliseda is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
  • 25' It’s high time Jaap Stam made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 27' Siem de Jong is ready to make an impact after coming on for Allan Cruz at the 27 minute mark.
  • 32' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Bobby Shuttleworth suffering a number of foals already.
  • 36' That is a Yellow card for FC Cincinnati. Tom Pettersson will be fuming at that decision.
  • 41' 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.
  • 46' Tom Pettersson, a Sweden , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 51' 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.
  • 56' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and FC Cincinnati are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 59' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Fabian Herbers by Elliot Collier on 59 minute.
  • 61' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a Yellow card on 61.
  • 63' Frankie Amaya has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 63.
  • 67' What composure from Ignacio Aliseda! The Argentina international strokes it home. 3-0.
  • 72' 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.
  • 73' Djordje Mihailovic is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ignacio Aliseda at the 73 minute mark.
  • 74' Tom Pettersson makes way for Maikel van der Werff at the 74 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Cincinnati.
  • 75' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. Jurgen Locadia departs to be replaced by Brandon Vazquez.
  • 80' Over 80 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 85' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 88' The whistle greets Przemyslaw Frankowski as he departs to be replaced by Jonathan Bornstein.
  • It finishes all square. Chicago Fire FC and FC Cincinnati share the spoils 3-0.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jaap Stam

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Evander 7
Hugo Cuypers 5
Luciano Acosta 4
Robert Beric 3
Jhon Duran 3
Brian Gutierrez 3
Kevin Denkey 2
Junior Moreno 2

Head to Head

2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2019-09-21 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 2019-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-07-23 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-07-20 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-03-07 New England Revolution 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D

FC Cincinnati Form

2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati L 2020-08-21 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2020-07-29 Portland Timbers 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2020-07-23 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls W 2020-07-16 Atlanta United FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati W 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.31 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.32 FC Cincinnati xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC55% Draw22% FC Cincinnati23%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.63
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 69%
31%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 30%
70%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
78%
Draw or FC Cincinnati
45%
Chicago Fire FC or FC Cincinnati
78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC43% Draw38% FC Cincinnati19%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
9%
1 – 1
8.9%
2 – 0
7.1%
3 – 1
6.9%
2 – 2
5.9%
1 – 0
5.7%
3 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
5.2%
3 – 2
4.6%
4 – 1
4%
0 – 0
3.9%
4 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 17% 63%
-1.5 37% — 63%
-1 37% 21% 42%
-0.5 58% — 42%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 12% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
27% ✗
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

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