D.C. United SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

D.C. United SC

1 – 0

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Fri 14 May 2021 · 00:00 UTC Audi Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Brendan Hines-Ike 4' Y

Y 19' Wyatt Omsberg

Julian Gressel 47' Y

Julian Gressel 48' Y

Y 52' Przemyslaw Frankowski

Y 63' Fabian Herbers

Y 64' Fabian Herbers

Overview

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D.C. United SC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Audi Field.

D.C. United SC 26 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

D.C. United SC 18 games · Avg 2.6 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-14 D.C. United SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 2020-10-11 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 D.C. United SC 2019-07-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC 2019-05-30 D.C. United SC 3–3 Chicago Fire FC 2018-10-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC

Recent Form

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 May	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
08 May	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–3	L
02 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–4	L
25 Apr	New England Revolution	A	1–0	W
18 Apr	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
08 Nov	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–3	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
25 Apr	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L
18 Apr	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
08 Nov	New York City FC	H	3–4	L

Season Stats

D.C. United SC		Chicago Fire FC
#11	Position	#5
30	Points	42
26	Played	26
6 / 12 / 8	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
34	Scored	46
42	Conceded	38
-8	GD	+8
1.15	PPG	1.62
23%	Win %	46%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

D.C. United SC are 11th (30 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

D.C. United SC

0-15

2/1

16-30

5/4

31-45

2/6

46-60

5/5

61-75

3/6

76+

8/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

D.C. United SC

Tai Baribo	14 G
Louis Munteanu	6 G	2 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Audi Field. D.C. United SC are looking to make home advantage count against Chicago Fire FC.
4' Brendan Hines-Ike catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 4.
7' Edison Flores does the damage! The net is bulging and D.C. United SC surge ahead!
12' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
17' A quiet spell here at Audi Field. D.C. United SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
19' A moment of madness from Wyatt Omsberg on 19 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Chicago Fire FC will be frustrated.
24' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
29' D.C. United SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
34' Andy Najar is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
39' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
44' Drew Skundrich has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
46' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Gaston Claudio Gimenez is replaced by Javier Casas on 46 minute.
47' Julian Gressel was booked on 47.
48' Julian Gressel was booked on 48.
52' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a Yellow card on 52.
57' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
60' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Wyatt Omsberg has done his job and it is now time for Fabian Herbers to step up.
63' It’s a booking for Chicago Fire FC player. Fabian Herbers gets a Yellow card.
64' The referee has no hesitation. Fabian Herbers is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 64.
69' 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 Wyatt Omsberg suffering a number of foals already.
74' 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.
75' The crowd applauds Julian Gressel as he leaves the pitch. Paul Arriola steps in for D.C. United SC.
78' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Robert Beric exits the field as Nnamdi Chinonso Offor enters on 78.
81' Jonathan Bornstein is ready to make an impact after coming on for Miguel Navarro at the 81 minute mark.
85' Yamil Asad is ready to make an impact after coming on for Adrien Perez at the 85 minute mark.
89' The supporters are chanting for Ola Kamara. He replaces Edison Flores on 89 minute.
1-0 the final result. Chicago Fire FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

9
Ola Kamara ↑ 89'
1
Chris Seitz
19
Paul Arriola ↑ 75'
11
Yamil Asad ↑ 85'
8
Felipe Martins ↑ 75'
30
Kevin Paredes
17
Kimarni Smith

Coach Hernan Losada

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 78'
10
Alvaro Medran
5
Francisco Calvo
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
20
Wyatt Omsberg ↓ Fabian Herbers 60'
2
Boris Sekulic
6
Miguel Navarro ↓ Jonathan Bornstein 81'
22
Mauricio Pineda
40
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Elliot Collier 60'
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez ↓ Javier Casas 46'
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ola Kamara	6
Christian Benteke	4
Tom Barlow	3
Wayne Rooney	2
Hugo Cuypers	2
Ulises Segura	2
C.J. Sapong	2
Jonathan Bornstein	2

Head to Head

D.C. United SC Form

2021-05-14 D.C. United SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-05-08 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 D.C. United SC L 2021-05-02 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 D.C. United SC L 2021-04-25 New England Revolution 0–1 D.C. United SC W 2021-04-18 D.C. United SC 2–1 New York City FC W 2020-11-08 D.C. United SC 2–3 Montreal Impact FC L

Chicago Fire FC Form

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 2021-04-25 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-04-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution D 2020-11-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.42 D.C. United SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.25 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

D.C. United SC46% Draw26% Chicago Fire FC28%

Actual: D.C. United SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.67

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

D.C. United SC or Draw

72%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

54%

D.C. United SC or Chicago Fire FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

D.C. United SC29% Draw47% Chicago Fire FC24%

Actual: D.C. United SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

0 – 0

8.9%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.4%

0 – 1

7.6%

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 0

6.8%

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

3 – 0

3.2%

1 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC

Handicap	D.C. United SC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	20%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	18%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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