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

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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.

Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 27 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

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

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
#5	Position	#15
42	Points	24
26	Played	27
12 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	6 / 6 / 15
46	Scored	34
38	Conceded	54
+8	GD	-20
1.62	PPG	0.89
46%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

22% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 15th (24 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

Montreal Impact FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

4/3

31-45

3/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/7

76+

4/8

■ 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

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

15 G

5 A

Events

Match Events

0' Chicago Fire FC have kicked off against Montreal Impact FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The 25-year-old George Campbell has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
9' The Mexico Brian Gutierrez breaks the deadlock on 9 minutes. 1-0!
11' Magnificent from Maren Haile-Selassie! That is 18 goals in 20 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
16' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
21' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
26' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Chicago Fire FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
31' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nnamdi Chinonso Offor, as he is very good at scoring at Soldier Field with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
34' Brilliant from the ! Xherdan Shaqiri makes it 3-0 with a superb finish on 34.
35' Controversy at the stadium! Rafael Czichos argues furiously but the card stands.
40' Montreal Impact FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
45' Jonathan Sirois has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
46' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor is replacing Gabriele Corbo for the Montreal Impact FC side.
51' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
56' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Arnaud Souquet on 56 minutes.
56' Kei Kamara is replacing Brian Gutierrez for the Chicago Fire FC side.
58' Fresh legs for Montreal Impact FC! Ahmed Hamdi comes on to replace Kwadwo Opoku.
63' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
68' 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.
70' That is a card for Montreal Impact FC. Nnamdi Chinonso Offor will be fuming at that decision.
75' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
76' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Georgios Koutsias is replaced by Missael Rodriguez on 76 minute.
78' Mauricio Pineda catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 78.
80' Montreal Impact FC make a change. Mason Toye trudges off to be replaced by Jules-Anthony Vilsaint on 80 minutes.
85' Chicago Fire FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Philip Zinckernagel scoring 1 goals.
90' Zachary Brault-Guillard is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Montreal Impact FC tonight.
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

10
Xherdan Shaqiri
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers
2
Arnaud Souquet
7
Maren Haile-Selassie
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda
17
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Kei Kamara 56'
19
Georgios Koutsias ↓ Missael Rodriguez 76'
4
Carlos Teran
34
Chris Brady

Bench

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

2
Victor Wanyama ↓ Samuel Piette 46'
25
Gabriele Corbo ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 46'
13
Mason Toye ↓ Jules-Anthony Vilsaint 80'
15
Zachary Brault-Guillard
11
Ariel Lassiter
24
George Campbell
16
Joel Waterman
10
Bryce Duke ↓ Aaron Herrera 46'
40
Jonathan Sirois
–
Kwadwo Opoku ↓ Ahmed Hamdi 58'
19
Nathan-Dylan Saliba

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Xherdan Shaqiri	3
Hugo Cuypers	3
Matias Coccaro	2
Romell Quioto	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Brian Gutierrez	2
Kei Ansu Kamara	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2

Head to Head

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

2.05 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.93 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC to win 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

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: 2.98

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 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 FC44% Draw42% Montreal Impact FC14%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.5%

1 – 1

10.5%

1 – 0

9.8%

2 – 1

9.6%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

6.7%

3 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

4.5%

1 – 2

4.3%

0 – 1

4 – 0

3.6%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	19%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	23%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+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

14% ✓

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