D.C. United SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

D.C. United SC

4 – 0

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Sat 2 Sep 2023 · 23:30 UTC Audi Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Christian Benteke 9' 1–0

Theodore Ku-DiPietro 20' 2–0

Carlos Teran og 42' 3–0

Christian Benteke 90+1' 4–0

Y 21' Federico Navarro

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	27	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	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
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

2023-09-02 D.C. United SC 4–0 Chicago Fire FC 2023-04-02 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC 2022-06-19 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 D.C. United SC 2022-03-13 D.C. United SC 0–2 Chicago Fire FC 2021-09-15 D.C. United SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	4–0	W
26 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	1–3	L
20 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
15 Jul	New England Revolution	A	0–4	L
08 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–2	D
05 Jul	FC Dallas	A	1–0	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
16 Jul	Toronto FC	H	1–0	W
13 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–0	W

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' Three points are at stake. D.C. United SC host Chicago Fire FC — let the battle begin!
5' D.C. United SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
9' Assisted by Mateusz Klich with the perfectly-timed delivery and Christian Benteke makes no mistake. 1-0!
14' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
19' A quiet spell here at Audi Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' Theodore Ku-DiPietro doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
21' It’s a booking for Chicago Fire FC player. Federico Navarro gets a card.
24' A tactical swap from D.C. United SC — Brendan Hines-Ike on, Derrick Williams off on 24 minutes.
27' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Federico Navarro is replaced by Ousmane Doumbia on 27 minute.
32' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 32 minutes.
37' 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 Eric Davis suffering a number of foals already.
42' Carlos Teran has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 42 minutes.
46' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Maren Haile-Selassie is replaced by Xherdan Shaqiri.
51' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both D.C. United SC and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
56' Both keepers have barely been tested. D.C. United SC and Chicago Fire FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
61' Cristian Dajome is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
65' The crowd applauds Kei Kamara as he leaves the pitch. Georgios Koutsias steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
70' Chicago Fire FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
74' A tactical swap from D.C. United SC — Jose Fajardo on, Theodore Ku-DiPietro off on 74 minutes.
78' D.C. United SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ruan is hanging Eric Davis on the field on 78 minute.
83' Argentina international Federico Navarro has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
88' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
4-0 the final result. Chicago Fire FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

D.C. United SC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

20
Christian Benteke
43
Mateusz Klich
3
Derrick Williams ↓ Brendan Hines-Ike 24'
24
Alex Bono
15
Steve Birnbaum
6
Russell Canouse
14
Andy Najar
31
Eric Davis ↓ Ruan 78'
12
Cristian Dajome
10
Gabriel Pirani
21
Theodore Ku-DiPietro ↓ Jose Fajardo 74'

Bench

Coach Wayne Rooney

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers
23
Kei Kamara ↓ Georgios Koutsias 65'
31
Federico Navarro ↓ Ousmane Doumbia 27'
2
Arnaud Souquet
30
Gaston Gimenez
7
Maren Haile-Selassie ↓ Xherdan Shaqiri 46'
17
Brian Gutierrez
4
Carlos Teran
34
Chris Brady
3
Daniel Aceves

Bench

Coach Ezra Hendrickson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

D.C. United SC Form

2023-09-02 D.C. United SC 4–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-08-26 D.C. United SC 1–3 Philadelphia Union L 2023-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 D.C. United SC L 2023-07-15 New England Revolution 4–0 D.C. United SC L 2023-07-08 D.C. United SC 2–2 Internacional CF Miami D 2023-07-05 FC Dallas 0–1 D.C. United SC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

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 2023-07-16 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Toronto FC W 2023-07-13 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.93 D.C. United SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

D.C. United SC53% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC23%

Actual: D.C. United SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.15

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	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

D.C. United SC or Draw

77%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

47%

D.C. United SC or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

D.C. United SC38% Draw42% Chicago Fire FC20%

Actual: D.C. United SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–0 not predicted

4 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

11%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

7.9%

1 – 0

7.6%

3 – 1

1 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.7%

3 – 0

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

3.7%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC

Handicap	D.C. United SC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	22%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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