Chicago Fire FC vs New England Revolution, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Chicago Fire FC

2 – 3

Full Time

New England Revolution

Thu 23 Sep 2021 · 00:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Carlos Teran 17' Y

Y 31' Scott Caldwell

Alvaro Medran 34' Y

Y 90' Carles Gil

Overview

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

Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
New England Revolution 27 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

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

Chicago Fire FC 18 games · Avg 3.3 goals New England Revolution

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 New England Revolution 2021-04-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution 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

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Sep	New England Revolution	H	2–3	L
19 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–2	L
15 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	0–3	L
12 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–2	L
28 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	1–0	W
22 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	0–1	L

New England Revolution

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–2	W
18 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D
11 Sep	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
03 Sep	Philadelphia Union	A	1–0	W
28 Aug	New York City FC	A	0–2	L
22 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	4–1	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		New England Revolution
#5	Position	#3
42	Points	46
26	Played	27
12 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	14 / 4 / 9
46	Scored	45
38	Conceded	36
+8	GD	+9
1.62	PPG	1.70
46%	Win %	52%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

26% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). New England Revolution are 3rd (46 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

New England Revolution

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

7/5

46-60

6/2

61-75

2/4

76+

10/4

■ 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

New England Revolution

Carles Gil	12 G	4 A
Dor Turgeman	7 G	7 A
Peyton Miller	7 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Chicago Fire FC vs New England Revolution — let the football do the talking.
5' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
10' Chicago Fire FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
11' Henry Kessler is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
16' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
17' Carlos Teran picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
22' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
27' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 27 minutes.
31' Scott Caldwell picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
34' That is a Yellow card for Chicago Fire FC. Alvaro Medran will be fuming at that decision.
39' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
40' What an equalizer from Carlos Teran!
41' Carlos Teran makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Chicago Fire FC are in front.
46' A tactical swap from New England Revolution — Carles Gil on, Scott Caldwell off on 46 minutes.
51' Robert Beric is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
56' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 282 games and scored 403 goals.
60' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 60 minute. Johan Kappelhof leaves to be changed by Ignacio Aliseda.
61' Fresh legs for New England Revolution! Tajon Buchanan comes on to replace Arnor Ingvi Traustason.
62' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Teal Bunbury makes no mistake. 2-2!
64' What a moment for Gaston Claudio Gimenez! That strike on 64 puts his side firmly in control.
69' Brandon Bye has so much to prove this time. He replaces Adolph Joseph DeLaGarza on 69 minute.
74' Luis Caicedo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
77' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Alvaro Medran exits the field as Luka Stojanovic enters on 77.
82' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
84' A change in the New England Revolution ranks — Christian Mafla exits the field as DeJuan Jones enters on 84.
89' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 282 appearances.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Carles Gil.
Full Time. New England Revolution beats Chicago Fire FC

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric
10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Luka Stojanovic 77'
4
Johan Kappelhof ↓ Ignacio Aliseda 60'
31
Federico Navarro
2
Boris Sekulic
3
Jonathan Bornstein
32
Gabriel Slonina
6
Miguel Navarro
23
Carlos Teran
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez
9
Nnamdi Chinonso Offor ↓ Fabian Herbers 77'

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

New England Revolution Lineups

Starting XI

5
Wilfrid Kaptoum
25
Arnor Ingvi Traustason ↓ Tajon Buchanan 61'
27
Luis Caicedo
6
Scott Caldwell ↓ Carles Gil 46'
30
Matt Turner
10
Teal Bunbury
4
Henry Kessler
23
Jon Bell
32
Christian Mafla ↓ DeJuan Jones 84'
19
Edward Kizza ↓ Gustavo Bou 46'
28
Adolph Joseph DeLaGarza ↓ Brandon Bye 69'

Bench

22
Carles Gil ↑ 46'
7
Gustavo Bou ↑ 46'
2
Andrew Farrell
15
Brandon Bye ↑ 69'
18
Brad Knighton
8
Matt Polster
9
Adam Buksa
24
DeJuan Jones ↑ 84'
17
Tajon Buchanan ↑ 61'

Coach Bruce Arena

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Teal Bunbury	4
Gustavo Bou	3
Carles Gil	3
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Carlos Teran	2
Peyton Miller	2
Dor Turgeman	2
Adam Buksa	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 New England Revolution L 2021-09-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-09-15 D.C. United SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-09-12 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-08-28 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-08-22 Orlando City SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L

New England Revolution Form

2021-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 New England Revolution W 2021-09-18 New England Revolution 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-09-11 New England Revolution 2–1 New York City FC W 2021-09-03 Philadelphia Union 0–1 New England Revolution W 2021-08-28 New York City FC 2–0 New England Revolution L 2021-08-22 New England Revolution 4–1 FC Cincinnati W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.67 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.87 New England Revolution xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New England Revolution 75% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC32% Draw25% New England Revolution43%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.54

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

57%

Draw or New England Revolution

68%

Chicago Fire FC or New England Revolution

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC27% Draw40% New England Revolution33%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 1

7.3%

2 – 2

6.7%

0 – 2

5.1%

1 – 3

5.1%

0 – 1

4.8%

0 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

Actual

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 0

4.1%

3 – 1

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New England Revolution covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	17%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	58%	—	42%
+1	58%	19%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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