Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Columbus Crew SC

2 – 1

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Chicago Fire FC

Sun 10 Mar 2024 · 00:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 13' Allan Arigoni

Malte Amundsen 90' Y

Y 90' Tom Barlow

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

2024-03-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W
02 Mar	Minnesota United FC	A	1–1	D
24 Feb	Atlanta United FC	H	1–0	W
21 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–1	W
07 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	1–1	D
04 Oct	New England Revolution	A	2–1	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
03 Mar	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L
25 Feb	Philadelphia Union	A	2–2	D
21 Oct	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
08 Oct	Charlotte FC	H	0–2	L
05 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	H	4–1	W

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' And we are off! Columbus Crew SC vs Chicago Fire FC — let the football do the talking.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Wilfried Nancy will be considering his options from the bench.
10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Federico Navarro made 172 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
13' Allan Arigoni was booked on 13.
18' Tobias Salquist is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
23' A quiet spell here at Lower.com Field. Columbus Crew SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
28' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
33' Columbus Crew SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
38' The home supporters are growing impatient. Columbus Crew SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
43' 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.
48' 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.
53' Cucho Hernandez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
58' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
59' Jacen Russell-Rowe has so much to prove this time. He replaces Marino Hinestroza on 59 minute.
60' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Brian Gutierrez departs to be replaced by Chris Mueller.
65' Columbus Crew SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
68' Jacen Russell-Rowe does the damage! The net is bulging and Columbus Crew SC surge ahead!
68' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Mohamed Farsi on, Max Arfsten off on 68 minutes.
72' Brilliant from the ! Fabian Herbers makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 72.
77' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Columbus Crew SC and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
82' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Xherdan Shaqiri has done his job and it is now time for Gaston Gimenez to step up.
86' It is a substitution in Columbus Crew SC team. Yaw Yeboah is replaced by Yevgen Cheberko on 86 minute.
88' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Maren Haile-Selassie is withdrawn and Jonathan Dean gets his opportunity.
90' Malte Amundsen picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Cucho Hernandez
18
Malte Amundsen
14
Yaw Yeboah ↓ Yevgen Cheberko 86'
10
Diego Rossi
11
Marino Hinestroza ↓ Jacen Russell-Rowe 59'
4
Rudy Camacho ↓ Derrick Jones 86'
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Steven Moreira 59'
8
Aidan Morris
28
Patrick Schulte
25
Sean Zawadzki
27
Max Arfsten ↓ Mohamed Farsi 68'

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri ↓ Gaston Gimenez 82'
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers
14
Tobias Salquist
23
Kellyn Acosta ↓ Federico Navarro 88'
7
Maren Haile-Selassie ↓ Jonathan Dean 88'
77
Chase Gasper
17
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Chris Mueller 60'
34
Chris Brady
9
Hugo Cuypers ↓ Tom Barlow 82'
27
Allan Arigoni

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2024-03-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-03-02 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2024-02-24 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2023-10-21 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-10-07 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2023-10-04 New England Revolution 1–2 Columbus Crew SC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-03-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-03-03 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati L 2024-02-25 Philadelphia Union 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2023-10-21 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-10-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Charlotte FC L 2023-10-05 Chicago Fire FC 4–1 Internacional CF Miami W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.65 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.31 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC51% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC25%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.96

Actual: Yes — both scored

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

75%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

49%

Columbus Crew SC or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC32% Draw44% Chicago Fire FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

7.1%

0 – 0

2 – 0

0 – 1

5.9%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.3%

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%	21%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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