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 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
Montreal Impact FC 34 games · 26 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 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	#15
55	Points	26
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	6 / 8 / 20
64	Scored	37
54	Conceded	69
+10	GD	-32
1.62	PPG	0.76
47%	Win %	18%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). Montreal Impact FC are 15th (26 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

Montreal Impact FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

4/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

5/8

61-75

2/9

76+

5/13

■ 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

Montreal Impact FC

Prince-Osei Owusu

15 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Chicago Fire FC to score. At the same time, Montreal Impact FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Samuel Piette has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
7' Against the run of play, Matias Coccaro has scored! This game has turned on its head.
11' A moment of madness from Tobias Salquist on 11 minutes earns him a card. Chicago Fire FC will be frustrated.
12' A goal from the Uruguay international Matias Coccaro! He fires home on 12 to make it 0-2!
16' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Matias Coccaro on 16 minutes.
21' Rafael Czichos, a Saudi Arabia , has 2 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
26' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
31' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
36' 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.
41' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
45' Chase Gasper has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 45.
46' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Carlos Teran on, Tobias Salquist off on 46 minutes.
51' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
53' Maren Haile-Selassie adds to his 12 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 1-2 — and this changes everything.
58' Montreal Impact FC is showing some good football. However, Montreal Impact FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
63' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and Montreal Impact FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
65' A tactical swap from Montreal Impact FC — Dominik Yankov on, Bryce Duke off on 65 minutes.
69' Chicago Fire FC make a change. Xherdan Shaqiri trudges off to be replaced by Georgios Koutsias on 69 minutes.
70' Dominik Yankov has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 70 minutes.
75' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
76' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Tom Barlow comes on to replace Chase Gasper.
78' The referee has no hesitation. Fabian Herbers is booked for Chicago Fire FC — card on 78.
82' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Raheem Edwards.
84' What composure from Brian Gutierrez! The Mexico international strokes it home. 2-3.
88' Dominik Yankov makes way for Ousman Jabang at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Montreal Impact FC.
90' Montreal Impact FC player sees a card in front of him.
90' Mauricio Pineda is replacing Hugo Cuypers for the Chicago Fire FC side.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Chicago Fire FC players.

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
Kei Ansu Kamara	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Matias Coccaro	2
Romell Quioto	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	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

2.38 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.54 Montreal Impact FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC52% Draw23% Montreal Impact FC25%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.92

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Montreal Impact FC

48%

Chicago Fire FC or Montreal Impact FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC42% Draw37% 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

8.1%

3 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

5.7%

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 2

3 – 0

4.4%

1 – 0

4.3%

4 – 1

3.9%

2 – 3

3.3%

0 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	Montreal Impact FC covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	16%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	20%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	13%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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