Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Columbus Crew SC

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Chicago Fire FC

Sun 8 Mar 2026 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS .

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Tori Penso (USA)

18 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 7.9 goals/game

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

Columbus Crew SC 19 games · Avg 2.6 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 2025-09-28 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC 2025-02-23 Columbus Crew SC 4–2 Chicago Fire FC 2024-05-19 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC 2024-03-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–0	D
01 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–2	D
22 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
18 Oct	New York Red Bulls	H	3–1	W
04 Oct	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
28 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–2	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–0	D
28 Feb	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–0	W
22 Feb	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
18 Oct	New England Revolution	A	2–2	D
05 Oct	Toronto FC	H	2–2	D
30 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	5–3	W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Chicago Fire FC
#10	Position	#4
20	Points	29
18	Played	17
5 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 6
26	Scored	32
28	Conceded	23
-2	GD	+9
1.11	PPG	1.71
28%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Columbus Crew SC welcome Chicago Fire FC for this crunch clash at .
Game over. The scoreline of 0-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	8
Diego Rossi	3
Cucho Hernandez	3
Derrick Etienne	3
Jacen Russell-Rowe	3
Gyasi Zardes	2
Luka Stojanovic	2
Lucas Zelarayan	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2026-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-03-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2026-02-22 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2025-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York Red Bulls W 2025-10-04 Orlando City SC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2025-09-28 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2026-03-08 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-02-28 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2026-02-22 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2025-10-18 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2025-10-05 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Toronto FC D 2025-09-30 Internacional CF Miami 3–5 Chicago Fire FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.48 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.42 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Chicago Fire FC 73% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC40% Draw27% Chicago Fire FC33%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

67%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

60%

Columbus Crew SC or Chicago Fire FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC28% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

7.9%

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

7.2%

0 – 1

6.9%

2 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 2

5.5%

3 – 1

4.1%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	19%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	18%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

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