Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Columbus Crew SC

2 – 0

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Sat 19 Jun 2021 · 23:30 UTC Historic Crew Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Derrick Etienne 21' Y

Josh Williams 25' Y

Y 44' Fabian Herbers

Y 65' Alvaro Medran

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

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

2021-06-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2020-09-12 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
29 May	Toronto FC	H	2–1	W
22 May	New York City FC	A	0–0	D
16 May	New England Revolution	A	0–1	L
12 May	Toronto FC	A	0–2	L
08 May	D.C. United SC	H	3–1	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L
29 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–1	L
22 May	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–0	D
14 May	D.C. United SC	A	0–1	L
08 May	Philadelphia Union	H	0–2	L
01 May	New York Red Bulls	A	0–2	L

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' It’s Showtime! The match between Columbus Crew SC and Chicago Fire FC is underway.
5' Robert Beric is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
10' Chicago Fire FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Columbus Crew SC and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
17' Gyasi Zardes has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 17 minutes.
21' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Derrick Etienne on 21 minutes.
25' It’s a booking for Columbus Crew SC player. Josh Williams gets a Yellow card.
30' Both keepers have barely been tested. Columbus Crew SC and Chicago Fire FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
34' What a moment for Gyasi Zardes! That strike on 34 puts his side firmly in control.
39' Columbus Crew SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
44' Controversy at the stadium! Fabian Herbers argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
46' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Luka Stojanovic on, Brian Gutierrez off on 46 minutes.
51' 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.
56' Ignacio Aliseda, a Argentina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
58' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Boris Sekulic is replaced by Jhon Espinoza on 58 minute.
63' Waylon Francis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alexandru Matan on 63 minute.
65' That is a Yellow card for Chicago Fire FC. Alvaro Medran will be fuming at that decision.
70' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
71' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Derrick Etienne has done his job and it is now time for Kevin Molino to step up.
76' Supporters expect more eagerness from Harrison Afful, as he is very good at scoring at Historic Crew Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
81' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
83' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Elliot Collier comes on to replace Alvaro Medran.
87' Columbus Crew SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Saad Abdul-Salam is hanging Pedro Santos on the field on 87 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Elliot Collier 83'
21
Fabian Herbers
5
Francisco Calvo
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
7
Ignacio Aliseda
2
Boris Sekulic ↓ Jhon Espinoza 58'
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda
40
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Luka Stojanovic 46'
23
Carlos Teran
9
Nnamdi Chinonso Offor ↓ Robert Beric 46'

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-06-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-05-29 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Toronto FC W 2021-05-22 New York City FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-05-16 New England Revolution 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-05-12 Toronto FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2021-05-08 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 D.C. United SC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-06-19 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-05-29 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2021-05-22 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Internacional CF Miami D 2021-05-14 D.C. United SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-05-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Philadelphia Union L 2021-05-01 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.72 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC54% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC22%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

78%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

46%

Columbus Crew SC or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC35% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC20%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

2 – 1

9.3%

1 – 0

8.8%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

7.4%

1 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

5.6%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

4.6%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	22%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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