Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Chicago Fire FC vs Nashville SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Chicago Fire FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Nashville SC
Sun 5 Apr 2026 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field 15,932 HT 45' · FT 45'
Philip Zinckernagel 1' 1–0
Anton Saletros 72' Y
Dje Davilla 78' Y
Y 80' Edvard Tagseth

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Nashville SC — MLS at Soldier Field.

Match Details

  • Referee M. de Oliveira
  • Assistant 1 Stefan Tanaka-Freundt (Canada)
  • Assistant 2 Kevin Lock (USA)
6 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 7.8 goals/game

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

2
2
7
Chicago Fire FC 11 games · Avg 2.8 goals Nashville SC
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Nashville SC 2025-06-15 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Nashville SC 2025-04-27 Nashville SC 7–2 Chicago Fire FC 2024-10-19 Chicago Fire FC 0–3 Nashville SC 2024-09-19 Nashville SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Apr Nashville SC H 1–0 W
21 Mar Philadelphia Union A 2–1 W
15 Mar D.C. United SC H 1–2 L
08 Mar Columbus Crew SC A 0–0 D
28 Feb Montreal Impact FC H 3–0 W
22 Feb Houston Dynamo A 1–2 L
Nashville SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Apr Chicago Fire FC A 0–1 L
21 Mar Orlando City SC H 5–0 W
14 Mar Columbus Crew SC A 1–0 W
08 Mar Minnesota United FC H 3–1 W
01 Mar FC Dallas A 0–0 D
22 Feb New England Revolution H 4–1 W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC Nashville SC
#5 Position #1
42 Points 60
26 Played 27
12 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 18 / 6 / 3
46 Scored 55
38 Conceded 21
+8 GD +34
1.62 PPG 2.22
46% Win % 67%

Key Stats

27% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
48% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (60 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
Nashville SC
0-15
3/1
16-30
7/3
31-45
5/2
46-60
6/2
61-75
5/6
76+
11/3
■ 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
Nashville SC
Sam Surridge 16 G 1 A
Hany Mukhtar 13 G 6 A
Warren Madrigal 5 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at Soldier Field as Chicago Fire FC face off against Nashville SC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 1' Assisted by Jonathan Bamba with the perfectly-timed delivery and Philip Zinckernagel makes no mistake. 1-0!
  • 6' Chris Brady has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 11' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 16' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 21' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 26' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 31' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 36' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 41' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 46' Nashville SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Cristian Espinoza scoring 1 goals.
  • 51' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Andy Najar has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 56' Chicago Fire FC have won 408 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 61' Another substitution for Nashville SC to replace Alex Muyl by Warren Madrigal on 61 minute.
  • 62' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Jack Elliott departs to be replaced by Christopher Cupps.
  • 67' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nashville SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 72' Poor challenge from Anton Saletros. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 77' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Nashville SC that had 223 games and scored 326 goals.
  • 78' It’s gonna be a card for Dje Davilla.
  • 78' Another change for Nashville SC made on 78 minute. Cristian Espinoza leaves to be changed by Ahmed Qasem.
  • 80' Nashville SC receives a card for a hard tackle on 80.
  • 81' Maren Haile-Selassie makes way for Jason Shokalook at the 81 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
  • 86' Jeisson Palacios has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 26 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 89' The Nashville SC bench stirs into life. Edvard Tagseth is withdrawn and Woobens Pacius gets his opportunity.
  • 90' Viktor Radojevic is ready to make an impact after coming on for Philip Zinckernagel at the 90 minute mark.
  • Nashville SC will have plenty to reflect on. Chicago Fire FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Nashville SC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Hany Mukhtar 11
Sam Surridge 8
Philip Zinckernagel 2
Charles Sapong 2
Cristian Espinoza 1
Alex Muyl 1
Jacob Shaffelburg 1
Boris Sekulic 1

Head to Head

2026-04-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Nashville SC 2025-06-15 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Nashville SC 2025-04-27 Nashville SC 7–2 Chicago Fire FC 2024-10-19 Chicago Fire FC 0–3 Nashville SC 2024-09-19 Nashville SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC

Chicago Fire FC Form

2026-04-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Nashville SC W 2026-03-21 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2026-03-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC L 2026-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-02-28 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2026-02-22 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L

Nashville SC Form

2026-04-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Nashville SC L 2026-03-21 Nashville SC 5–0 Orlando City SC W 2026-03-14 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 Nashville SC W 2026-03-08 Nashville SC 3–1 Minnesota United FC W 2026-03-01 FC Dallas 0–0 Nashville SC D 2026-02-22 Nashville SC 4–1 New England Revolution W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
0.92 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.56 Nashville SC xG
I would bet for: Nashville SC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC27% Draw28% Nashville SC45%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes48% 0% No52%
Avg goals/match: 2.48
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 71%
29%
± 2.5 45%
55%
± 3.5 24%
76%
± 4.5 11%
89%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
55%
Draw or Nashville SC
73%
Chicago Fire FC or Nashville SC
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC17% Draw48% Nashville SC35%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.9%
0 – 1
12.1%
0 – 0
10.4%
0 – 2
9.9%
1 – 2
9.1%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
5.3%
0 – 3
5.1%
1 – 3
4.8%
2 – 2
4.2%
2 – 0
3.4%
2 – 3
2.3%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Nashville SC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 5% 93%
-1.5 7% — 93%
-1 7% 13% 79%
-0.5 21% — 79%
+0.5 49% — 51%
+1 49% 24% 27%
+1.5 73% — 27%
+2 73% 16% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✗
Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
40% ✓

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