Chicago Fire FC vs New England Revolution, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 6 Sep 2020 · 23:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45+5'

Y 35' Diego Fagundez

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs New England Revolution — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
New England Revolution 14 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Peter Balciunas
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Hilario Grajeda
Referee Ismir Pekmic
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 17 games · Avg 3.3 goals New England Revolution

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New England Revolution 2020-03-07 New England Revolution 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-08-24 New England Revolution 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 New England Revolution 2018-09-22 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Sep	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
02 Sep	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D
29 Aug	New York City FC	A	1–3	L
25 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W
20 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
23 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L

New England Revolution

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–1	W
03 Sep	New York City FC	H	0–2	L
30 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D
25 Aug	D.C. United SC	A	2–1	W
20 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	0–0	D
26 Jul	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		New England Revolution
#3	Position	#4
26	Points	25
14	Played	14
8 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	8 / 1 / 5
27	Scored	22
16	Conceded	18
+11	GD	+4
1.86	PPG	1.79
57%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

36% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season

Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts). New England Revolution are 4th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/–

16-30

4/1

31-45

1/4

46-60

2/1

61-75

4/–

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New England Revolution

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

1/–

76+

4/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Chicago Fire FC vs New England Revolution — let the football do the talking.
3' Against the run of play, Teal Bunbury has scored! This game has turned on its head.
8' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
13' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
18' Andrew Farrell is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
22' What composure from Fabian Herbers! The Germany international strokes it home. 1-1.
27' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New England Revolution's shape.
32' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Raphaël Wicky will be considering his options from the bench.
35' That is a Yellow card for New England Revolution. Diego Fagundez will be fuming at that decision.
40' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Alexander Buttner has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
46' A tactical swap from New England Revolution — Henry Kessler on, Antonio Delamea Mlinar off on 46 minutes.
51' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
54' Goal! Teal Bunbury scores his 50 goal in 281 matches.
57' New England Revolution manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Cristian Penilla is hanging Thomas McNamara on the field on 57 minute.
59' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Fabian Herbers by Robert Beric on 59 minute.
64' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 64 minutes.
69' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Elliot Collier exits the field as Djordje Mihailovic enters on 69.
70' Another change for New England Revolution made on 70 minute. Diego Fagundez leaves to be changed by Scott Caldwell.
75' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
77' The supporters are chanting for Tajon Buchanan. He replaces Adam Buksa on 77 minute.
78' Kelyn Rowe is replacing Matt Polster for the New England Revolution side.
83' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Chicago Fire FC and New England Revolution are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
88' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Diego Fagundez made 281 appearances and scored 47 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
89' Brian Gutierrez gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Alvaro Medran and will look to change the dynamic.
Another three points for New England Revolution.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Brian Gutierrez 89'
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Robert Beric 59'
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski ↓ Jonathan Bornstein 89'
5
Francisco Calvo C
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
7
Ignacio Aliseda
30
Gaston Gimenez
2
Boris Sekulic
28
Elliot Collier ↓ Djordje Mihailovic 69'
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

New England Revolution Lineups

Starting XI

28
Alexander Buttner
7
Gustavo Bou C
2
Andrew Farrell
14
Diego Fagundez ↓ Scott Caldwell 70'
19
Antonio Delamea Mlinar ↓ Henry Kessler 46'
30
Matt Turner
15
Brandon Bye
10
Teal Bunbury
8
Matt Polster ↓ Kelyn Rowe 78'
26
Thomas McNamara ↓ Cristian Penilla 57'
9
Adam Buksa ↓ Tajon Buchanan 77'

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Teal Bunbury	4
Carles Gil	3
Gustavo Bou	3
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Carlos Teran	2
Hugo Cuypers	2
Tomas Chancalay	2
Adam Buksa	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-09-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2020-09-02 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-08-29 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-07-23 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

New England Revolution Form

2020-09-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New England Revolution W 2020-09-03 New England Revolution 0–2 New York City FC L 2020-08-30 New England Revolution 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-08-25 D.C. United SC 1–2 New England Revolution W 2020-08-20 New England Revolution 0–0 Philadelphia Union D 2020-07-26 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New England Revolution L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.65 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 New England Revolution xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New England Revolution 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC42% Draw28% New England Revolution30%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.92

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

69%

Draw or New England Revolution

58%

Chicago Fire FC or New England Revolution

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC33% Draw45% New England Revolution22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

2 – 1

1 – 0

2 – 0

7.2%

0 – 0

7.2%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

2 – 2

5.7%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New England Revolution covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	21%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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