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Chicago Fire FC vs Toronto FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Sun 29 Sep 2019 · 21:00 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+6'

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs Toronto FCMLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Nick Uranga
  • Referee Kevin Stott
  • Referee Elvis Osmanovic
  • Referee Ricardo Salazar
  • Referee

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Sep Toronto FC H 2–2 D
21 Sep FC Cincinnati A 0–0 D
14 Sep FC Dallas H 4–0 W
31 Aug Columbus Crew SC A 1–1 D
24 Aug New England Revolution A 1–2 L
18 Aug Philadelphia Union H 2–0 W
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Sep Chicago Fire FC A 2–2 D
22 Sep Los Angeles FC A 1–1 D
15 Sep Colorado Rapids SC H 3–2 W
11 Sep New York City FC A 1–1 D
07 Sep FC Cincinnati A 5–1 W
31 Aug New England Revolution A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC Toronto FC
#4 Position #12
29 Points 17
17 Played 18
9 / 2 / 6 W / D / L 3 / 8 / 7
32 Scored 24
23 Conceded 32
+9 GD -8
1.71 PPG 0.94
53% Win % 17%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
16% Clean Sheets
Toronto FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). Toronto FC are 12th (17 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
Toronto FC
0-15
1/2
16-30
1/3
31-45
4/3
46-60
2/5
61-75
4/4
76+
6/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Chicago Fire FC gets underway.
  • 5' A quiet spell here at . Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 10' Nick DeLeon has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 15' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 20' Omar Gonzalez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 25' Chris Mavinga is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
  • 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 35' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Veljko Paunovic will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 40' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Chicago Fire FC and Toronto FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 45' Chicago Fire FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Robin Lod scoring 1 goals.
  • 50' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 55' Bastian Schweinsteiger, a Germany , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 59' Toronto FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jozy Altidore on 59.
  • 63' Chicago Fire SC make a change. Brandt Bronico trudges off to be replaced by Aleksandar Katai on 63 minutes.
  • 64' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire SC! Fabian Herbers comes on to replace C.J. Sapong.
  • 68' Aleksandar Katai adds to his 1 season tally! Chicago Fire SC lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
  • 68' Time for substitution for Toronto FC. Tsubasa Endoh is replaced by Nick DeLeon.
  • 71' Marky Delgado catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 71.
  • 75' Alex Bono has so much to prove this time. He replaces Quentin Westberg on 75 minute.
  • 77' Fabian Herbers does the damage! The net is bulging and Chicago Fire SC surge ahead!
  • 80' A goal from the USA international Omar Gonzalez! He fires home on 80 to make it 0-4!
  • 85' Chicago Fire SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 85.
  • 90' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Chicago Fire FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.11 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.43 Toronto FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC48% Draw25% Toronto FC27%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes67% 0% No33%
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 67%
33%
± 3.5 47%
53%
± 4.5 28%
72%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
73%
Draw or Toronto FC
52%
Chicago Fire FC or Toronto FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC39% Draw40% Toronto FC21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.6%
2 – 1
8.9%
2 – 0
6.5%
2 – 2
Actual
3 – 1
6.2%
1 – 2
6.1%
1 – 0
5.6%
3 – 2
4.5%
3 – 0
4.5%
0 – 0
4.3%
0 – 1
3.6%
4 – 1
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push Toronto FC covers
-2.5 16% 84%
-2 16% 16% 68%
-1.5 32% 68%
-1 32% 20% 48%
-0.5 52% 48%
+0.5 75% 25%
+1 75% 14% 11%
+1.5 89% 11%
+2 89% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% 4%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
25%
Toronto FC keeps clean sheet
13%

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