Chicago Fire FC vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Chicago Fire FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Houston Dynamo

Sun 7 Apr 2024 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 44' Erik Sviatchenko

Rafael Czichos 68' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 34 games · 51 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 6 games · Avg 3.0 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-07 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2022-06-26 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2020-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 4–0 Houston Dynamo 2019-08-04 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Chicago Fire FC 2018-05-20 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Houston Dynamo

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
31 Mar	Atlanta United FC	A	0–3	L
23 Mar	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D
16 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	4–3	W
10 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
03 Mar	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
31 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
24 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–0	W
17 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	1–0	W
03 Mar	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
25 Feb	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		Houston Dynamo
#4	Position	#20
55	Points	51
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	14 / 9 / 11
64	Scored	43
54	Conceded	43
+10	GD	+0
1.62	PPG	1.50
47%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (51 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

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/3

16-30

6/7

31-45

9/4

46-60

6/4

61-75

6/4

76+

5/11

■ 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

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme	16 G	8 A
Mateusz Bogusz	8 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Chicago Fire FC launch into their encounter with Houston Dynamo.
5' Hugo Cuypers has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 9 appearances with only 7 goals this season.
10' A goal from the Switzerland international Xherdan Shaqiri! He fires home on 10 to make it 1-0!
15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Frank Klopas might look to freshen things up shortly.
20' The 31-year-old Tobias Salquist has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
25' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Houston Dynamo's shape.
35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
40' Houston Dynamo 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.
44' That looks like a foul for a card for Erik Sviatchenko.
49' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past Houston Dynamo's compact .
54' Adalberto Carrasquilla is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
59' 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.
62' A change in the Houston Dynamo ranks — Jan Gregus exits the field as Brad Smith enters on 62.
65' What composure from Ibrahim Aliyu! The Nigeria international strokes it home. 1-1.
68' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Rafael Czichos on 68 minutes.
69' Jonathan Dean gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Arnaud Souquet and will look to change the dynamic.
74' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
78' Brian Gutierrez puts Chicago Fire FC on the lead.
83' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Federico Navarro is hanging Xherdan Shaqiri on the field on 83 minute.
84' Fresh legs for Houston Dynamo! Latif Blessing comes on to replace Sebastian Kowalczyk.
88' Mauricio Pineda gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Kellyn Acosta and will look to change the dynamic.
90' A change in the Houston Dynamo ranks — Artur exits the field as Gabriel Segal enters on 90.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Chicago Fire FC 2-1 Houston Dynamo.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri ↓ Federico Navarro 83'
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers
14
Tobias Salquist
23
Kellyn Acosta ↓ Mauricio Pineda 88'
2
Arnaud Souquet ↓ Jonathan Dean 69'
7
Maren Haile-Selassie
34
Chris Brady
8
Chris Mueller ↓ Brian Gutierrez 69'
9
Hugo Cuypers ↓ Georgios Koutsias 83'
27
Allan Arigoni

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

8
Amine Bassi
12
Steve Clark
20
Adalberto Carrasquilla
6
Artur ↓ Gabriel Segal 90'
2
Franco Escobar
21
Jan Gregus ↓ Brad Smith 62'
28
Erik Sviatchenko ↓ Tate Schmitt 84'
25
Griffin Dorsey
32
Sebastian Kowalczyk ↓ Latif Blessing 84'
4
Ethan Bartlow
18
Ibrahim Aliyu

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alberth Elis	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Alberth Elis	2
Robert Beric	1
Alvaro Medran	1
C.J. Sapong	1
Romell Quioto	1
Fabian Herbers	1

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-04-07 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2024-03-31 Atlanta United FC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-03-23 New England Revolution 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-03-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–3 Montreal Impact FC W 2024-03-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-03-03 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati L

Houston Dynamo Form

2024-04-07 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2024-03-31 Houston Dynamo 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-03-24 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Houston Dynamo W 2024-03-17 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Portland Timbers W 2024-03-03 Houston Dynamo 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2024-02-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.77 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC49% Draw25% Houston Dynamo26%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.06

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

51%

Chicago Fire FC or Houston Dynamo

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC35% Draw43% Houston Dynamo22%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.6%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

6.6%

0 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

5.4%

0 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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