Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Columbus Crew SC

3 – 0

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Wed 20 Sep 2023 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Cucho Hernandez pen 8' 1–0

Cucho Hernandez pen 16' 2–0

Cucho Hernandez 23' 3–0

Y 8' Chris Brady

Y 13' Arnaud Souquet

Y 33' Rafael Czichos

Y 44' Xherdan Shaqiri

YR 68' Xherdan Shaqiri

Y 72' Georgios Koutsias

Y 74' Kacper Przybylko

Overview

Match Preview

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

Columbus Crew SC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 20 games · Avg 2.9 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC 2023-06-11 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Columbus Crew SC 2022-09-03 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 2022-07-10 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2021-11-07 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–0	W
16 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	3–4	L
02 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	4–2	W
31 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	0–2	L
26 Aug	Toronto FC	H	2–0	W
20 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
16 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–0	D
02 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	0–4	L
31 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–1	L
27 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–3	L
21 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	1–3	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Chicago Fire FC
#7	Position	#4
47	Points	55
34	Played	34
14 / 5 / 15	W / D / L	16 / 7 / 11
59	Scored	64
52	Conceded	54
+7	GD	+10
1.38	PPG	1.62
41%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

4/8

16-30

12/7

31-45

7/7

46-60

10/2

61-75

7/5

76+

6/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

9/4

16-30

9/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

10/9

61-75

10/4

76+

6/10

■ 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

Maren Haile-Selassie	13 G	5 A
Hugo Cuypers	12 G
Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Robert Lewandowski	9 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Chicago Fire FC kicks off things out of here…
5' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
8' A goal from the Colombia international Cucho Hernandez! He fires home on 8 to make it 1-0!
8' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Chris Brady.
13' Controversy at the stadium! Arnaud Souquet argues furiously but the card stands.
16' A goal from the Colombia international Cucho Hernandez! He fires home on 16 to make it 2-0!
21' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
23' What composure from Cucho Hernandez! The Colombia international strokes it home. 3-0.
28' named a 3-4-2-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-4-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
29' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Mauricio Pineda departs to be replaced by Wyatt Omsberg.
33' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Rafael Czichos on 33 minutes.
38' The energy levels are beginning to show. Wilfried Nancy might look to freshen things up shortly.
43' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
44' Chicago Fire FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 44.
46' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Julian Gressel is withdrawn and Mohamed Farsi gets his opportunity.
51' Arnaud Souquet has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 11 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
56' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
57' Fabian Herbers is replacing Gaston Gimenez for the Chicago Fire FC side.
62' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
67' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 67.
68' Xherdan Shaqiri catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 68.
69' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Cucho Hernandez has done his job and it is now time for Christian Ramirez to step up.
70' Kevin Molino gets the nod from Columbus Crew SC. He replaces Alexandru Matan and will look to change the dynamic.
72' That looks like a foul for a card for Georgios Koutsias.
74' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Kacper Przybylko on 74 minutes.
79' A quiet spell here at Lower.com Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
82' Columbus Crew SC make a change. Darlington Nagbe trudges off to be replaced by Jimmy Medranda on 82 minutes.
87' Columbus Crew SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
Columbus Crew SC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

9
Cucho Hernandez ↓ Christian Ramirez 69'
31
Steven Moreira
18
Malte Amundsen
14
Yaw Yeboah
20
Alexandru Matan ↓ Kevin Molino 70'
10
Diego Rossi
4
Rudy Camacho
7
Julian Gressel ↓ Mohamed Farsi 46'
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Jimmy Medranda 82'
8
Aidan Morris ↓ Sean Zawadzki 46'
28
Patrick Schulte

Bench

94
Jimmy Medranda ↑ 82'
17
Christian Ramirez ↑ 69'
24
Evan Bush
13
Kevin Molino ↑ 70'
25
Sean Zawadzki ↑ 46'
19
Jacen Russell-Rowe
23
Mohamed Farsi ↑ 46'
27
Max Arfsten
21
Yevgen Cheberko

Coach Wilfried Nancy

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

21
Fabian Herbers ↑ 57'
16
Wyatt Omsberg ↑ 29'
23
Kei Kamara
18
Spencer Richey
11
Kacper Przybylko ↑ 70'
6
Miguel Navarro
17
Brian Gutierrez
4
Carlos Teran ↑ 46'
24
Jonathan Dean ↑ 46'

Coach Frank Klopas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	8
Diego Rossi	3
Derrick Etienne	3
Cucho Hernandez	3
Jacen Russell-Rowe	3
Djordje Mihailovic	2
Juan Hernandez	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2023-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-09-16 Orlando City SC 4–3 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-09-02 Montreal Impact FC 2–4 Columbus Crew SC W 2023-08-31 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-08-26 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Toronto FC W 2023-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2023-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-09-16 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2023-09-02 D.C. United SC 4–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-08-31 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-08-27 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-08-21 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 Orlando City SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.2 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.97 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC to win 65% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC65% Draw21% Chicago Fire FC14%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.17

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

86%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

35%

Columbus Crew SC or Chicago Fire FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC46% Draw40% Chicago Fire FC14%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.1%

1 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

8.7%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.9%

0 – 0

5.7%

2 – 2

4.6%

1 – 2

4.2%

4 – 0

4 – 1

3.9%

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	19%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	22%	36%
-0.5	64%	—	36%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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