Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Columbus Crew SC
1 – 1
Full Time
Chicago Fire FC
Sat 31 Aug 2019 · 23:30 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+7'
Y 46' Jonathan Bornstein
Y 48' Francisco Calvo
Y 82' Bastian Schweinsteiger

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Jason White
  • Referee Drew Fischer
  • Referee Oscar Mitchell Carvalho
  • Referee Yusri Rudolf
  • Referee R. Mendoza

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

10
6
3
Columbus Crew SC 19 games · Avg 2.6 goals Chicago Fire FC
Last 5 meetings
2019-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-07-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2018-08-23 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC 2018-05-12 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC 2018-04-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Aug Chicago Fire FC H 1–1 D
25 Aug FC Cincinnati A 3–1 W
21 Aug New York City FC A 0–1 L
17 Aug Toronto FC H 2–2 D
10 Aug FC Cincinnati H 2–2 D
04 Aug San Jose Earthquakes A 1–1 D
Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
15 Aug Portland Timbers A 2–3 L
11 Aug Montreal Impact FC H 3–2 W
04 Aug Houston Dynamo A 1–0 W

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC Chicago Fire FC
#12 Position #5
29 Points 42
27 Played 26
8 / 5 / 14 W / D / L 12 / 6 / 8
39 Scored 46
43 Conceded 38
-4 GD +8
1.07 PPG 1.62
30% Win % 46%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
0-15
3/6
16-30
4/4
31-45
6/6
46-60
6/2
61-75
3/4
76+
5/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

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
Maren Haile-Selassie 8 G 3 A
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Columbus Crew SC to score. At the same time, Chicago Fire FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 10' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Harrison Afful is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Chicago Fire FC.
  • 20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 27' The deadlock is broken! Pedro Santos gets on the scoresheet on 27 minutes.
  • 32' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Caleb Porter will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 37' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Chicago Fire FC winning 0% of all matches.
  • 42' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 46' Jonathan Bornstein catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 46.
  • 48' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Francisco Calvo on 48 minutes.
  • 53' Columbus Crew SC 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.
  • 58' Luis Argudo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
  • 62' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Luis Diaz is withdrawn and Youness Mokhtar gets his opportunity.
  • 67' The Chicago Fire SC manager makes a substitution. Brandt Bronico departs to be replaced by Mike Azira.
  • 72' Columbus Crew SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
  • 77' Supporters expect more eagerness from Alex Crognale, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 82' Chicago Fire SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 85' Jordan Hamilton has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gyasi Zardes on 85 minute.
  • 86' A change in the Chicago Fire SC ranks — Jonathan Bornstein exits the field as Djordje Mihailovic enters on 86.
  • 88' Columbus Crew SC make a change. Luis Argudo trudges off to be replaced by David Guzman on 88 minutes.
  • will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Gyasi Zardes 8
Cucho Hernandez 3
Derrick Etienne 3
Jacen Russell-Rowe 3
Diego Rossi 3
Brian Gutierrez 2
Djordje Mihailovic 2
Juan Hernandez 2

Head to Head

2019-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-07-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2018-08-23 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC 2018-05-12 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC 2018-04-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC

Columbus Crew SC Form

2019-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2019-08-25 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2019-08-21 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2019-08-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 Toronto FC D 2019-08-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati D 2019-08-04 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D

Chicago Fire FC Form

2019-08-31 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2019-08-24 New England Revolution 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-08-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Philadelphia Union W 2019-08-15 Portland Timbers 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-08-11 Chicago Fire FC 3–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2019-08-04 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.53 Columbus Crew SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.48 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Chicago Fire FC 73% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Columbus Crew SC40% Draw27% Chicago Fire FC33%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.01
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

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

✗ Wrong
Columbus Crew SC29% Draw44% Chicago Fire FC27%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
8.2%
1 – 2
7.9%
1 – 0
6.7%
0 – 0
6.7%
0 – 1
6.4%
2 – 2
6.1%
2 – 0
5.7%
0 – 2
5.3%
3 – 1
4.2%
1 – 3
3.9%
3 – 2
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 64% — 36%
+1 64% 18% 17%
+1.5 83% — 17%
+2 83% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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