Sunday , 16 August 2026

Chicago Fire FC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2023
Chicago Fire FC
3 – 0
Full Time
Montreal Impact FC
Thu 13 Jul 2023 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Brian Gutierrez 9' 1–0
Maren Haile-Selassie 11' 2–0
Xherdan Shaqiri 34' 3–0
Rafael Czichos 35' Y
Arnaud Souquet 56' Y
Y 70' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor
Mauricio Pineda 78' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Montreal Impact FC — MLS at Soldier Field.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

7
3
7
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · Avg 2.6 goals Montreal Impact FC
Last 5 meetings
2023-07-13 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC 2022-09-13 Montreal Impact FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC 2022-08-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Montreal Impact FC 2021-09-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-05-29 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Jul Montreal Impact FC H 3–0 W
09 Jul Nashville SC H 1–0 W
01 Jul Orlando City SC A 1–3 L
25 Jun Sporting Kansas City A 1–0 W
22 Jun Portland Timbers A 2–1 W
11 Jun Columbus Crew SC H 1–2 L
Montreal Impact FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Jul Chicago Fire FC A 0–3 L
08 Jul Atlanta United FC H 0–1 L
01 Jul New York City FC H 0–1 L
24 Jun Charlotte FC A 0–0 D
21 Jun Nashville SC H 1–0 W
10 Jun Minnesota United FC H 4–0 W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC Montreal Impact FC
#4 Position #14
29 Points 16
17 Played 18
9 / 2 / 6 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 10
32 Scored 24
23 Conceded 35
+9 GD -11
1.71 PPG 0.89
53% Win % 22%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
32% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 14th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/1
16-30
7/4
31-45
1/5
46-60
2/2
61-75
6/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Montreal Impact FC
0-15
3/3
16-30
2/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
4/1
61-75
–/4
76+
3/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A
Montreal Impact FC
Prince-Osei Owusu 9 G 5 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Chicago Fire FC host Montreal Impact FC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 9' Brian Gutierrez puts Chicago Fire FC on the lead.
  • 11' The Switzerland Maren Haile-Selassie breaks the deadlock on 11 minutes. 2-0!
  • 16' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 21' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Chicago Fire FC winning 100% of all matches.
  • 26' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 31' Canada international Samuel Piette has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 34' Xherdan Shaqiri has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 34 minutes.
  • 35' Chicago Fire FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 40' Montreal Impact FC have won 379 goals from 283 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 45' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Joel Waterman has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 46' Montreal Impact FC make a change. Gabriele Corbo trudges off to be replaced by Nnamdi Chinonso Offor on 46 minutes.
  • 51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 278 games and scored 398 goals.
  • 56' Arnaud Souquet was booked on 56.
  • 56' The supporters are chanting for Kei Kamara. He replaces Brian Gutierrez on 56 minute.
  • 58' Ahmed Hamdi is replacing Kwadwo Opoku for the Montreal Impact FC side.
  • 63' Chicago Fire FC 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.
  • 68' Carlos Teran has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
  • 70' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 70.
  • 75' Over 75 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 76' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Georgios Koutsias is replaced by Missael Rodriguez on 76 minute.
  • 78' The referee has no hesitation. Mauricio Pineda is booked for Chicago Fire FC — card on 78.
  • 80' The supporters are chanting for Jules-Anthony Vilsaint. He replaces Mason Toye on 80 minute.
  • 85' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 90' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Chicago Fire FC 3-0 Montreal Impact FC.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Xherdan Shaqiri 3
Hugo Cuypers 3
Romell Quioto 2
Maren Haile-Selassie 2
Brian Gutierrez 2
Kei Ansu Kamara 2
Nemanja Nikolics 2
Philip Zinckernagel 2

Head to Head

2023-07-13 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC 2022-09-13 Montreal Impact FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC 2022-08-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Montreal Impact FC 2021-09-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-05-29 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC

Chicago Fire FC Form

2023-07-13 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-07-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Nashville SC W 2023-07-01 Orlando City SC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-06-25 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-06-22 Portland Timbers 1–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-06-11 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Columbus Crew SC L

Montreal Impact FC Form

2023-07-13 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-07-08 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 Atlanta United FC L 2023-07-01 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 New York City FC L 2023-06-24 Charlotte FC 0–0 Montreal Impact FC D 2023-06-21 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Nashville SC W 2023-06-10 Montreal Impact FC 4–0 Minnesota United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.1 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.92 Montreal Impact FC xG
I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC to win 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC59% Draw23% Montreal Impact FC18%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 3.02
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 36%
64%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
82%
Draw or Montreal Impact FC
41%
Chicago Fire FC or Montreal Impact FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC45% Draw41% Montreal Impact FC14%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
10.6%
1 – 1
10.2%
1 – 0
9.7%
2 – 1
9.5%
3 – 0
Actual
3 – 1
6.7%
0 – 0
6.5%
2 – 2
4.4%
1 – 2
4.2%
4 – 0
3.8%
0 – 1
3.8%
4 – 1
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5 21% — 79%
-2 21% 19% 60%
-1.5 40% — 60%
-1 40% 23% 37%
-0.5 63% — 37%
+0.5 85% — 15%
+1 85% 10% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
40% ✗
Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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