Chicago Fire FC vs Montreal Impact FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Chicago Fire FC

4 – 3

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Montreal Impact FC

Sat 16 Mar 2024 · 18:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Tobias Salquist 11' Y

Y 16' Matias Coccaro

Chase Gasper 45' Y

Fabian Herbers 78' Y

R 82' Raheem Edwards

Y 90' Mathieu Choiniere

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

2024-03-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–3 Montreal Impact FC 2023-09-16 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
25 Feb	Philadelphia Union	A	2–2	D
21 Oct	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
08 Oct	Charlotte FC	H	0–2	L

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–4	L
10 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	A	3–2	W
03 Mar	FC Dallas	A	2–1	W
25 Feb	Orlando City SC	A	0–0	D
21 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
07 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	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' That's the starting whistle at Soldier Field. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Chicago Fire FC and Montreal Impact FC.
5' Matias Coccaro needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 12 Yellow cards this season.
7' What a moment for Matias Coccaro! That strike on 7 puts his side firmly in control.
11' It’s a booking for Chicago Fire FC player. Tobias Salquist gets a card.
12' Goal! Matias Coccaro scores his 19 goal in 169 matches.
16' A moment of madness from Matias Coccaro on 16 minutes earns him a card. Montreal Impact FC will be frustrated.
21' Kellyn Acosta has been relatively quiet despite scoring 17 goals in his last 279 appearances.
26' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
31' Supporters expect more eagerness from Josef Martinez, as he is very good at scoring at Soldier Field with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
36' With 0 assists to his name this season, Raheem Edwards is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Chicago Fire FC.
41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Montreal Impact FC that had 287 games and scored 383 goals.
45' Chase Gasper is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
46' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Tobias Salquist departs to be replaced by Carlos Teran.
51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
53' Goal! Maren Haile-Selassie scores his 18 goal in 20 matches.
58' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
63' Rafael Czichos has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 2 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
65' Another change for Montreal Impact FC made on 65 minute. Bryce Duke leaves to be changed by Dominik Yankov.
69' Georgios Koutsias is replacing Xherdan Shaqiri for the Chicago Fire FC side.
70' What composure from Dominik Yankov! The Bulgaria international strokes it home. 1-3.
75' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
76' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Chase Gasper departs to be replaced by Tom Barlow.
78' Fabian Herbers is having his name booked by the referee on 78.
82' Montreal Impact FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 82.
84' The Mexico Brian Gutierrez breaks the deadlock on 84 minutes. 2-3!
88' The Montreal Impact FC manager makes a substitution. Dominik Yankov departs to be replaced by Ousman Jabang.
90' Montreal Impact FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
90' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Hugo Cuypers has done his job and it is now time for Mauricio Pineda to step up.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-3.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri ↓ Georgios Koutsias 69'
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers
14
Tobias Salquist ↓ Carlos Teran 46'
23
Kellyn Acosta
7
Maren Haile-Selassie
77
Chase Gasper ↓ Tom Barlow 76'
17
Brian Gutierrez
34
Chris Brady
9
Hugo Cuypers ↓ Mauricio Pineda 90'
27
Allan Arigoni

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

22
Ruan ↓ Raheem Edwards 65'
25
Gabriele Corbo
6
Samuel Piette
29
Mathieu Choiniere
11
Ariel Lassiter
16
Joel Waterman
10
Bryce Duke ↓ Dominik Yankov 65'
40
Jonathan Sirois
14
Ibrahim Sunusi ↓ Nathan-Dylan Saliba 46'
9
Matias Coccaro ↓ Josef Martinez 46'
4
Fernando Alvarez

Bench

Coach Laurent Courtois

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

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 2024-02-25 Philadelphia Union 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2023-10-21 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-10-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Charlotte FC L

Montreal Impact FC Form

2024-03-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–3 Montreal Impact FC L 2024-03-10 Internacional CF Miami 2–3 Montreal Impact FC W 2024-03-03 FC Dallas 1–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2024-02-25 Orlando City SC 0–0 Montreal Impact FC D 2023-10-21 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-10-07 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 Portland Timbers W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.29 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.58 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC50% Draw23% Montreal Impact FC27%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.87

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

50%

Chicago Fire FC or Montreal Impact FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC40% Draw38% Montreal Impact FC22%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–3 not predicted

4 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 1

8.4%

2 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

6.3%

1 – 2

5.8%

2 – 0

5.6%

3 – 2

1 – 0

4.4%

3 – 0

4.1%

4 – 1

3.6%

2 – 3

3.5%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	16%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	20%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	13%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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