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

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MLS · 2026

Columbus Crew SC

3 – 0

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Thu 20 Aug 2020 · 23:30 UTC MAPFRE Stadium HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

Y 29' Mauricio Pineda

Y 48' Francisco Calvo

Milton Valenzuela 68' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at MAPFRE Stadium.

Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Sorin Stoica
Referee Guido Gonzalez
Referee Cory Richardson
Referee
Referee

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–0	W
29 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	1–1	D
22 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
17 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	2–0	W
12 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	4–0	W
08 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
23 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L
20 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–2	L
14 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
07 Mar	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D
01 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L

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' Welcome to MAPFRE Stadium that hosts another battle between Columbus Crew SC and Chicago Fire FC.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 283 games and scored 406 goals.
10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
15' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' Derrick Etienne has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 20 minutes.
25' 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.
29' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Mauricio Pineda.
34' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
39' The energy levels are beginning to show. Caleb Porter might look to freshen things up shortly.
44' Harrison Afful is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
48' A meaty challenge results in booking for Francisco Calvo on 48.
53' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Columbus Crew SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
58' Ignacio Aliseda has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
61' The crowd applauds Djordje Mihailovic as he leaves the pitch. Elliot Collier steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
66' Sebastian Berhalter is replacing Luis Diaz for the Columbus Crew SC side.
68' Columbus Crew SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
73' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Artur made 292 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
74' The crowd applauds Derrick Etienne as he leaves the pitch. Ema Boateng steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
79' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 79 minutes.
81' Brilliant from the ! Darlington Nagbe makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 81.
82' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Mauricio Pineda exits the field as Brian Gutierrez enters on 82.
87' Supporters expect more eagerness from Brian Gutierrez, as he is very good at scoring at MAPFRE Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
88' GOAL! Gyasi Zardes scores on 88. Assisted by Pedro Santos
89' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Brandt Bronico comes on to replace Alvaro Medran.
90' Fanendo Adi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gyasi Zardes on 90 minute.
It finishes all square. Columbus Crew SC and Chicago Fire FC share the spoils 3-0.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric
10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Brandt Bronico 89'
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski
5
Francisco Calvo C
14
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Elliot Collier 61'
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
7
Ignacio Aliseda
30
Gaston Gimenez
2
Boris Sekulic
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda ↓ Brian Gutierrez 82'

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2020-07-29 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2020-07-22 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls W 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-07-23 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-07-20 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-03-07 New England Revolution 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-03-01 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.84 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.13 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC56% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC20%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

80%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

44%

Columbus Crew SC or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC38% Draw44% Chicago Fire FC18%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

2 – 1

9.4%

1 – 0

8.6%

2 – 0

8.5%

0 – 0

6.8%

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

5.8%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

3 – 2

3.4%

0 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	22%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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