Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Chicago Fire FC

1 – 2

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FC Cincinnati

Sun 15 May 2022 · 00:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Xherdan Shaqiri 7' Y

Y 7' Junior Moreno

Y 8' Junior Moreno

Y 20' Luciano Acosta

Y 21' Luciano Acosta

Overview

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

Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

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 16 games · Avg 3.3 goals FC Cincinnati

Last 5 meetings

2022-05-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati 2021-10-20 FC Cincinnati 3–4 Chicago Fire FC 2021-06-24 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati 2020-09-02 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L
07 May	Atlanta United FC	A	1–4	L
01 May	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
23 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	0–3	L
17 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D
09 Apr	Orlando City SC	A	0–1	L

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–1	W
08 May	Minnesota United FC	A	1–0	W
04 May	Toronto FC	H	2–0	W
30 Apr	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W
24 Apr	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
16 Apr	Atlanta United FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		FC Cincinnati
#4	Position	#8
55	Points	46
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
64	Scored	67
54	Conceded	75
+10	GD	-8
1.62	PPG	1.35
47%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). FC Cincinnati are 8th (46 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

FC Cincinnati

0-15

6/3

16-30

5/11

31-45

10/11

46-60

8/13

61-75

6/7

76+

17/9

■ 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

FC Cincinnati

Kevin Denkey	17 G	2 A
Evander	14 G	13 A
Tom Barlow	10 G	4 A
Pavel Bucha	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Chicago Fire FC have kicked off against FC Cincinnati. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
7' That is a Yellow card for Chicago Fire FC. Xherdan Shaqiri will be fuming at that decision.
8' Junior Moreno has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 8.
13' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
18' Xherdan Shaqiri is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Cincinnati tonight.
20' The referee calls foul for Luciano Acosta. He receives a Yellow card.
21' Luciano Acosta has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 21.
26' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 26.
31' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
33' Rafael Czichos adds to his 0 season tally! FC Cincinnati lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
34' Rafael Czichos doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
39' It looks like no one’s ball. Chicago Fire FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
44' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and FC Cincinnati are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
49' FC Cincinnati is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
54' FC Cincinnati looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Evander scoring 4 goals.
59' 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.
60' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Nnamdi Chinonso Offor is replaced by Jhon Duran on 60 minute.
65' FC Cincinnati have won 381 goals from 264 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
66' FC Cincinnati ring the changes. Dominique Badji has done his job and it is now time for Arquimides Ordonez to step up.
71' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Jairo Torres on, Chris Mueller off on 71 minutes.
75' Fresh legs for FC Cincinnati! Tyler Blackett comes on to replace Alvaro Barreal.
80' Chicago Fire FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
82' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Jhon Espinoza on, Jonathan Bornstein off on 82 minutes.
83' Jhon Duran does the damage! The net is bulging and Chicago Fire FC surge ahead!
85' What a strike from Luciano Acosta! The score is 1-3.
88' Luciano Acosta makes way for Haris Medunjanin at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Cincinnati.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-2.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Brian Gutierrez 60'
20
Wyatt Omsberg
31
Federico Navarro
2
Boris Sekulic
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Jhon Espinoza 82'
1
Gabriel Slonina
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez
9
Nnamdi Chinonso Offor ↓ Jhon Duran 60'
8
Chris Mueller ↓ Jairo Torres 71'

Bench

Coach Ezra Hendrickson

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

14
Dominique Badji ↓ Arquimides Ordonez 66'
2
Alvas Powell
4
Nick Hagglund
10
Luciano Acosta ↓ Haris Medunjanin 88'
93
Junior Moreno
19
Brandon Vazquez
31
Alvaro Barreal ↓ Tyler Blackett 75'
5
Obinna Nwobodo
3
John Nelson
32
Ian Murphy
18
Roman Celentano

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Evander	7
Hugo Cuypers	5
Luciano Acosta	4
Brian Gutierrez	3
Robert Beric	3
Jhon Duran	3
Rafael Czichos	2
Ignacio Aliseda	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2022-05-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati L 2022-05-07 Atlanta United FC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-05-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2022-04-23 Minnesota United FC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-04-17 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2022-04-09 Orlando City SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L

FC Cincinnati Form

2022-05-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati W 2022-05-08 Minnesota United FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati W 2022-05-04 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Toronto FC W 2022-04-30 Toronto FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati W 2022-04-24 FC Cincinnati 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-04-16 Atlanta United FC 0–0 FC Cincinnati D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.63 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or FC Cincinnati 76% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC41% Draw24% FC Cincinnati35%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.63

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

65%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

59%

Chicago Fire FC or FC Cincinnati

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC35% Draw40% FC Cincinnati25%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

6.7%

3 – 1

5.5%

2 – 0

5.3%

1 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.5%

0 – 0

0 – 1

3.7%

1 – 3

3.7%

2 – 3

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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