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

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Chicago Fire FC

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New England Revolution

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 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
New England Revolution 18 games · 30 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	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 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
#4	Position	#3
29	Points	30
17	Played	18
9 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	9 / 3 / 6
32	Scored	28
23	Conceded	23
+9	GD	+5
1.71	PPG	1.67
53%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

32% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). New England Revolution are 3rd (30 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

New England Revolution

0-15

3/–

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/3

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/–

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

New England Revolution

Carles Gil

5 G

3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Chicago Fire FC launch into their encounter with New England Revolution.
3' Teal Bunbury makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and New England Revolution are in front.
8' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
13' New England Revolution fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
18' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Chicago Fire FC and New England Revolution are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
22' Magnificent from Fabian Herbers! That is 16 goals in 289 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
27' Antonio Delamea Mlinar has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
32' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
35' Diego Fagundez picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
40' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and New England Revolution are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
45' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
46' New England Revolution make a change. Antonio Delamea Mlinar trudges off to be replaced by Henry Kessler on 46 minutes.
51' It looks surprising New England Revolution does not make any changes. Mauricio Pineda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
54' Teal Bunbury puts New England Revolution on the lead.
57' Cristian Penilla has so much to prove this time. He replaces Thomas McNamara on 57 minute.
59' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Robert Beric on, Fabian Herbers off on 59 minutes.
64' Chicago Fire FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New England Revolution backline.
69' The crowd applauds Elliot Collier as he leaves the pitch. Djordje Mihailovic steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
70' Fresh legs for New England Revolution! Scott Caldwell comes on to replace Diego Fagundez.
75' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
77' Tajon Buchanan is ready to make an impact after coming on for Adam Buksa at the 77 minute mark.
78' Fresh legs for New England Revolution! Kelyn Rowe comes on to replace Matt Polster.
83' Gaston Gimenez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
88' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
89' Brian Gutierrez is replacing Alvaro Medran for the Chicago Fire FC side.
Full Time. New England Revolution beats Chicago Fire FC

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
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Carlos Teran	2
Hugo Cuypers	2
Tomas Chancalay	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

1.64 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 New England Revolution xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New England Revolution 73% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC40% Draw27% New England Revolution33%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.02

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

67%

Draw or New England Revolution

60%

Chicago Fire FC or New England Revolution

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC32% Draw44% New England Revolution24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

7.2%

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

0 – 1

5.9%

3 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

3.5%

1 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New England Revolution covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	20%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	17%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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