Sunday , 16 August 2026

Chicago Fire FC vs Orlando City SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Chicago Fire FC
3 – 1
Full Time
Orlando City SC
Thu 8 Jul 2021 · 00:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Jonathan Bornstein 12' Y
Alvaro Medran 22' Y
Y 79' Robin Jansson
Y 80' Robin Jansson
Fabian Herbers 84' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Orlando City SC — MLS at Soldier Field.

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

5
4
6
Chicago Fire FC 15 games · Avg 3.1 goals Orlando City SC
Last 5 meetings
2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC 2020-09-19 Orlando City SC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-10-06 Orlando City SC 2–5 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Orlando City SC 2018-09-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–0 Orlando City SC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Jul Orlando City SC H 3–1 W
04 Jul Atlanta United FC H 3–0 W
27 Jun Philadelphia Union H 3–3 D
24 Jun FC Cincinnati H 0–1 L
19 Jun Columbus Crew SC A 0–2 L
29 May Montreal Impact FC H 0–1 L
Orlando City SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Jul Chicago Fire FC A 1–3 L
03 Jul New York Red Bulls H 1–2 L
26 Jun Internacional CF Miami A 2–1 W
22 Jun San Jose Earthquakes H 5–0 W
19 Jun Toronto FC A 3–2 W
29 May New York Red Bulls A 1–2 L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC Orlando City SC
#4 Position #11
29 Points 20
17 Played 18
9 / 2 / 6 W / D / L 6 / 2 / 10
32 Scored 30
23 Conceded 47
+9 GD -17
1.71 PPG 1.11
53% Win % 33%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
16% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). Orlando City SC are 11th (20 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
Orlando City SC
0-15
2/2
16-30
5/6
31-45
–/6
46-60
6/3
61-75
5/2
76+
1/8
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A
Orlando City SC
Martin Ojeda 11 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Orlando City SC gets underway.
  • 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 12' Jonathan Bornstein has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 12.
  • 17' Orlando City SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 22' Alvaro Medran has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 22.
  • 27' The travelling Orlando City SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 32' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Orlando City SC's shape.
  • 34' Against the run of play, Andres Perea has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 39' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 44' 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.
  • 46' Goal! Boris Sekulic scores his 6 goal in 22 matches.
  • 51' Chicago Fire FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 56' The 28-year-old Benji Michel has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 61' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Wyatt Omsberg is hanging Mauricio Pineda on the field on 61 minute.
  • 66' Gaston Claudio Gimenez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ignacio Aliseda on 66 minute.
  • 71' Jonathan Bornstein has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 72' Sensational shot from Robert Beric. Chicago Fire FC is back in the lead.
  • 73' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Robert Beric makes no mistake. 3-1!
  • 76' The Orlando City SC manager makes a substitution. Andres Perea departs to be replaced by Jhegson Mendez.
  • 79' Robin Jansson catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 79.
  • 80' Another substitution for Orlando City SC to replace Michael Halliday by Chris Mueller on 80 minute.
  • 80' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Robin Jansson.
  • 84' Fabian Herbers picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 88' A tactical swap from Orlando City SC — Alexander Alvarado on, Junior Urso off on 88 minutes.
  • 90' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Nnamdi Chinonso Offor on, Robert Beric off on 90 minutes.
  • With this win, Chicago Fire FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Óscar Pareja

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Facundo Torres Perez 6
Hugo Cuypers 4
Robert Beric 3
Aleksandar Katai 3
Benji Michel 3
Przemyslaw Frankowski 2
Nemanja Nikolics 2
Ivan Angulo 2

Head to Head

2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC 2020-09-19 Orlando City SC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-10-06 Orlando City SC 2–5 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Orlando City SC 2018-09-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–0 Orlando City SC

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC W 2021-07-04 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Atlanta United FC W 2021-06-27 Chicago Fire FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2021-06-24 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati L 2021-06-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-05-29 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC L

Orlando City SC Form

2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC L 2021-07-03 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2021-06-26 Internacional CF Miami 1–2 Orlando City SC W 2021-06-22 Orlando City SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-06-19 Toronto FC 2–3 Orlando City SC W 2021-05-29 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Orlando City SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.99 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.45 Orlando City SC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC63% Draw19% Orlando City SC18%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes72% 0% No28%
Avg goals/match: 4.44
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 80%
20%
± 3.5 63%
37%
± 4.5 44%
56%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
82%
Draw or Orlando City SC
37%
Chicago Fire FC or Orlando City SC
81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC51% Draw33% Orlando City SC16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
7.6%
3 – 1
Actual
1 – 1
5.9%
2 – 0
5.5%
4 – 1
5.5%
2 – 2
5.4%
3 – 0
5.3%
3 – 2
5.3%
4 – 2
4%
4 – 0
3.9%
1 – 2
3.7%
1 – 0
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Orlando City SC covers
-2.5 30% — 70%
-2 30% 18% 52%
-1.5 48% — 52%
-1 48% 19% 33%
-0.5 67% — 33%
+0.5 84% — 16%
+1 84% 9% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet
6% ✓

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