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

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MLS · 2021

Chicago Fire FC

2 – 3

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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 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
New England Revolution 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)

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

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
#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' And we are off! Chicago Fire FC vs New England Revolution — let the football do the talking.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' The 33-year-old Arnor Ingvi Traustason has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
11' Henry Kessler puts New England Revolution on the lead.
16' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
17' It’s a booking for Chicago Fire FC player. Carlos Teran gets a Yellow card.
22' Alvaro Medran has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 16 cards already picked up this season.
27' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
31' Controversy at the stadium! Scott Caldwell argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
34' Poor challenge from Alvaro Medran. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
39' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and New England Revolution are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
40' The Colombia Carlos Teran breaks the deadlock on 40 minutes. 1-1!
41' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Carlos Teran makes no mistake. 2-1!
46' Scott Caldwell makes way for Carles Gil at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from New England Revolution.
51' The travelling New England Revolution supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
56' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
60' Ignacio Aliseda is replacing Johan Kappelhof for the Chicago Fire FC side.
61' The crowd applauds Arnor Ingvi Traustason as he leaves the pitch. Tajon Buchanan steps in for New England Revolution.
62' What a moment for Teal Bunbury! That strike on 62 puts his side firmly in control.
64' Goal! Gaston Claudio Gimenez scores his 3 goal in 278 matches.
69' It is a substitution in New England Revolution team. Adolph Joseph DeLaGarza is replaced by Brandon Bye on 69 minute.
74' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
77' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Alvaro Medran has done his job and it is now time for Luka Stojanovic to step up.
82' The energy levels are beginning to show. Raphaël Wicky might look to freshen things up shortly.
84' New England Revolution make a change. Christian Mafla trudges off to be replaced by DeJuan Jones on 84 minutes.
89' Boris Sekulic is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New England Revolution tonight.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Carles Gil.
The referee brings this contest to a close. New England Revolution take all three points.

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
Carles Gil	3
Gustavo Bou	3
Hugo Cuypers	2
Tomas Chancalay	2
Adam Buksa	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Nemanja Nikolics	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

1.69 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.77 New England Revolution xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New England Revolution 75% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC34% Draw25% New England Revolution41%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.46

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

59%

Draw or New England Revolution

66%

Chicago Fire FC or New England Revolution

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC28% Draw41% New England Revolution31%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.3%

1 – 2

2 – 1

7.7%

2 – 2

6.7%

0 – 2

0 – 1

4.9%

1 – 3

4.7%

1 – 0

4.7%

0 – 0

4.6%

2 – 0

4.5%

3 – 1

4.3%

2 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New England Revolution covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	17%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	18%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	12%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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