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

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MLS · 2024

Chicago Fire FC

4 – 3

Full Time

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 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 18 games · 16 pts (2026/26)

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

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
#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' The wait is over. Chicago Fire FC get us underway at Soldier Field.
5' The 23-year-old Ibrahim Sunusi has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
7' Matias Coccaro does the damage! The net is bulging and Montreal Impact FC surge ahead!
11' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a card on 11.
12' The deadlock is broken! Matias Coccaro gets on the scoresheet on 12 minutes.
16' That is a card for Montreal Impact FC. Matias Coccaro will be fuming at that decision.
21' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
26' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Montreal Impact FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
31' It’s high time Laurent Courtois made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
36' The travelling Montreal Impact FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
41' Chase Gasper has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 285 appearances.
45' Chase Gasper is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
46' Carlos Teran gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Tobias Salquist and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
53' Maren Haile-Selassie has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 45 minutes.
58' Allan Arigoni has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
63' It looks like no one’s ball. Montreal Impact FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
65' Dominik Yankov has so much to prove this time. He replaces Bryce Duke on 65 minute.
69' The whistle greets Xherdan Shaqiri as he departs to be replaced by Georgios Koutsias.
70' The Bulgaria Dominik Yankov breaks the deadlock on 70 minutes. 1-3!
75' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and Montreal Impact FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
76' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Chase Gasper has done his job and it is now time for Tom Barlow to step up.
78' Fabian Herbers was booked on 78.
82' The referee shows Montreal Impact FC player a card on 82.
84' Brian Gutierrez does the damage! The net is bulging and Chicago Fire FC surge ahead!
88' Fresh legs for Montreal Impact FC! Ousman Jabang comes on to replace Dominik Yankov.
90' Montreal Impact FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
90' The supporters are chanting for Mauricio Pineda. He replaces Hugo Cuypers on 90 minute.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Montreal Impact FC.

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
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Matias Coccaro	2
Romell Quioto	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Brian Gutierrez	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

2.33 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.57 Montreal Impact FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC51% Draw23% Montreal Impact FC26%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.9

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	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

49%

Chicago Fire FC or Montreal Impact FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC41% Draw38% Montreal Impact FC21%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–3 not predicted

4 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 1

8.2%

2 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

6.4%

1 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

5.6%

3 – 2

1 – 0

4.3%

3 – 0

4.2%

4 – 1

3.8%

2 – 3

3.4%

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	16%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	20%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	13%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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