Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

MLS · 2021
Columbus Crew SC
2 – 0
Full Time
Chicago Fire FC
Sun 7 Nov 2021 · 20:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 59' Miguel Navarro
Y 62' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor
Y 88' Jhon Espinoza
Y 89' Jhon Espinoza
Y 89' Stanislav Ivanov

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Lower.com Field.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

10
6
3
Columbus Crew SC 19 games · Avg 2.6 goals Chicago Fire FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-11-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Nov Chicago Fire FC H 2–0 W
30 Oct D.C. United SC A 3–1 W
27 Oct Orlando City SC H 3–2 W
23 Oct New York Red Bulls H 1–2 L
21 Oct Nashville SC A 1–1 D
16 Oct Internacional CF Miami H 4–0 W
Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Nov Columbus Crew SC A 0–2 L
27 Oct New York City FC A 0–1 L
24 Oct Real Salt Lake H 1–0 W
20 Oct FC Cincinnati A 4–3 W
16 Oct New England Revolution A 2–2 D
03 Oct Toronto FC A 1–3 L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC Chicago Fire FC
#10 Position #3
16 Points 26
15 Played 14
4 / 4 / 7 W / D / L 8 / 2 / 4
21 Scored 27
23 Conceded 16
-2 GD +11
1.07 PPG 1.86
27% Win % 57%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season
50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
0-15
2/3
16-30
2/1
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/–
16-30
4/1
31-45
1/4
46-60
2/1
61-75
4/–
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Columbus Crew SC welcome Chicago Fire FC for this crunch clash at Lower.com Field.
  • 5' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Marlon Hairston, as he is very good at scoring at Lower.com Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 25' The 26-year-old Ignacio Aliseda has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 30' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 31' Lucas Zelarayan adds to his 1 season tally! Columbus Crew SC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 36' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 41' 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.
  • 46' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Alvaro Medran by Stanislav Ivanov on 46 minute.
  • 51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 275 games and scored 393 goals.
  • 56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 58' The Spain Miguel Berry breaks the deadlock on 58 minutes. 2-0!
  • 59' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Miguel Navarro.
  • 60' Miguel Berry is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 62' Liam Fraser has so much to prove this time. He replaces Marlon Hairston on 62 minute.
  • 62' Poor challenge from Nnamdi Chinonso Offor. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 63' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Liam Fraser on, Marlon Hairston off on 63 minutes.
  • 68' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Columbus Crew SC and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 71' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Jhon Espinoza comes on to replace Boris Sekulic.
  • 72' The supporters are chanting for Alex Monis. He replaces Nnamdi Chinonso Offor on 72 minute.
  • 77' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 80' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Carlos Teran is replaced by Wyatt Omsberg on 80 minute.
  • 83' Alexandru Matan has so much to prove this time. He replaces Pedro Santos on 83 minute.
  • 87' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Miguel Berry is withdrawn and Bradley Wright-Phillips gets his opportunity.
  • 88' Jhon Espinoza has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 88.
  • 89' Jhon Espinoza catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 89.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

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

2021-11-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC 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

Columbus Crew SC Form

2021-11-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-10-30 D.C. United SC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-10-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 Orlando City SC W 2021-10-23 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2021-10-21 Nashville SC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-10-16 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Internacional CF Miami W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-11-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2021-10-20 FC Cincinnati 3–4 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-10-16 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-10-03 Toronto FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.63 Columbus Crew SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.32 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC48% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC27%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 2.95
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw
73%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
52%
Columbus Crew SC or Chicago Fire FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Columbus Crew SC32% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC23%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.2%
2 – 1
8.8%
1 – 0
7.7%
1 – 2
7.2%
0 – 0
7%
2 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
6%
2 – 2
5.8%
3 – 1
4.8%
0 – 2
4.5%
3 – 0
3.6%
3 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 13% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 20% 57%
-0.5 43% — 57%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 16% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
27% ✗
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

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