D.C. United SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
D.C. United SC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Audi Field.
- D.C. United SC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/26)
- Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May Chicago Fire FC H 0–0 D 10 May Nashville SC A 2–2 D 03 May New York City FC A 2–0 W 25 Apr Orlando City SC H 3–2 W 22 Apr New York Red Bulls A 4–4 D 18 Apr Philadelphia Union A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May D.C. United SC A 0–0 D 09 May New York Red Bulls H 1–3 L 03 May FC Cincinnati H 2–3 L 26 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 5–0 W 18 Apr FC Cincinnati A 3–3 D 12 Apr Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
D.C. United SC Chicago Fire FC #9 Position #3 18 Points 26 15 Played 14 4 / 6 / 5 W / D / L 8 / 2 / 4 21 Scored 27 25 Conceded 16 -4 GD +11 1.20 PPG 1.86 27% Win % 57% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history40% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this seasonD.C. United SC are 9th (18 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
D.C. United SC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-602/361-751/276+4/4■ Scored ■ ConcededChicago Fire FC0-153/–16-304/131-451/446-602/161-754/–76+2/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Chicago Fire FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Hosei Kijima has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 12 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 10' Chicago Fire FC 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.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' 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.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Mbekezeli Mbokazi made 273 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with D.C. United SC winning 50% of all matches.
- 40' 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.
- 45' D.C. United SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 50' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
- 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 60' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering D.C. United SC that had 276 games and scored 378 goals.
- 65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
- 70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 75' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Hugo Cuypers suffering a number of foals already.
- 80' It’s high time René Weiler made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 85' D.C. United SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 90' It looks surprising D.C. United SC does not make any changes. Louis Munteanu has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
D.C. United SC Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 15
- 23
- 11
- 6
- 4
- 7
- 3
- 25
- 9
- 77
- 27
Bench
- 22
- 26
- 1
- 8
- 30
- 17
- 12
- 48
- 24
Coach René WeilerChicago Fire FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 19
- 17
- 3
- 15
- 22
- 11
- 1
- 9
- 24
- 42
- 4
Bench
- 7
- 44
- 16
- 8
- 5
- 27
- 20
- 12
- 14
Coach Gregg Berhalter -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ola Kamara 6 Christian Benteke 4 Tom Barlow 3 Wayne Rooney 2 Wayne Rooney 2 Hugo Cuypers 2 Ulises Segura 2 C.J. Sapong 2 Head to Head
D.C. United SC Form
Chicago Fire FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy0 / 31.2 D.C. United SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.67 Chicago Fire FC xGI would bet for: D.C. United SC or Chicago Fire FC 74% + Both teams to score 57%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.87Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 78% 22% ± 2.5 54% 46% ± 3.5 32% 68% ± 4.5 17% 83% Double Chance
D.C. United SC or Draw 60%Draw or Chicago Fire FC 65%D.C. United SC or Chicago Fire FC 74%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.3%1 – 2 9.1%0 – 1 8.7%0 – 2 7.8%0 – 0 Actual2 – 1 6.5%1 – 0 5.9%2 – 2 5.5%1 – 3 5.1%0 – 3 4.3%2 – 0 4%2 – 3 3.1%Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC
Handicap D.C. United SC covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 7% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 15% 74% -0.5 26% — 74% +0.5 53% — 47% +1 53% 22% 25% +1.5 75% — 25% +2 75% 15% 11% +2.5 89% — 11% Clean Sheet
D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet 20% ✗Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet 31% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.