Sunday , 16 August 2026

FC Cincinnati vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
FC Cincinnati
2 – 3
Full Time
Chicago Fire FC
Sat 1 Oct 2022 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Nick Hagglund 27' Y
Y 68' Mauricio Pineda
Yuya Kubo 81' Y
Y 90' Rafael Czichos
Sergio Santos 90' R
Y 90' Miguel Navarro

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at TQL Stadium.

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

8
4
4
FC Cincinnati 16 games · Avg 3.3 goals Chicago Fire FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-10-01 FC Cincinnati 2–3 Chicago Fire FC 2022-05-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati 2021-10-20 FC Cincinnati 3–4 Chicago Fire FC 2021-06-24 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati 2020-09-02 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Oct Chicago Fire FC H 2–3 L
28 Sep Seattle Sounders FC A 1–1 D
18 Sep Real Salt Lake A 2–1 W
10 Sep San Jose Earthquakes H 6–0 W
08 Sep New York City FC A 1–1 D
03 Sep Charlotte FC H 2–0 W
Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Oct FC Cincinnati A 3–2 W
18 Sep Charlotte FC H 2–3 L
13 Sep Montreal Impact FC A 2–3 L
11 Sep Internacional CF Miami H 3–1 W
03 Sep Columbus Crew SC A 0–0 D
31 Aug New England Revolution A 0–0 D

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati Chicago Fire FC
#6 Position #4
26 Points 29
18 Played 17
7 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 9 / 2 / 6
45 Scored 32
44 Conceded 23
+1 GD +9
1.44 PPG 1.71
39% Win % 53%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
21% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season
41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

FC Cincinnati are 6th (26 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati
0-15
3/2
16-30
4/7
31-45
9/5
46-60
4/7
61-75
2/1
76+
11/3
■ 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)

FC Cincinnati
Evander 10 G 4 A
Kevin Denkey 10 G 1 A
Tom Barlow 5 G
Chicago Fire FC
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds TQL Stadium will turn into a battlefield for FC Cincinnati and Chicago Fire FC.
  • 5' Alvaro Barreal has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 19 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
  • 10' Boris Sekulic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 22 appearances.
  • 15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Cincinnati and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 20' Chicago Fire FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 25' Over 25 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 27' FC Cincinnati player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 32' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 37' Chris Mueller, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 42' Jhon Duran has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 18 cards already picked up this season.
  • 47' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 52' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Cincinnati needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 56' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jhon Duran makes no mistake. 0-1!
  • 59' Against the run of play, Brian Gutierrez has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 60' FC Cincinnati ring the changes. Junior Moreno has done his job and it is now time for Yuya Kubo to step up.
  • 65' Supporters expect more eagerness from Federico Navarro, as he is very good at scoring at TQL Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 68' The referee has no hesitation. Mauricio Pineda is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 68.
  • 72' The FC Cincinnati bench stirs into life. Alvas Powell is withdrawn and Ronald Matarrita gets his opportunity.
  • 73' A tactical swap from FC Cincinnati — Sergio Santos on, Brenner da Silva off on 73 minutes.
  • 75' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jhon Duran makes no mistake. 0-3!
  • 77' Miguel Navarro is replacing Stanislav Ivanov for the Chicago Fire FC side.
  • 78' Luciano Acosta is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 81' Yuya Kubo was booked on 81.
  • 86' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 88' The whistle greets Geoff Cameron as he departs to be replaced by Dominique Badji.
  • 89' A goal from the USA international Brandon Vazquez! He fires home on 89 to make it 2-3!
  • 90' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Rafael Czichos on 90 minutes.
  • 90' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Brian Gutierrez exits the field as Javier Casas enters on 90.
  • It finishes all square. FC Cincinnati and Chicago Fire FC share the spoils 2-3.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ezra Hendrickson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Evander 7
Hugo Cuypers 5
Luciano Acosta 4
Jhon Duran 3
Brian Gutierrez 3
Robert Beric 3
Junior Moreno 2
Philip Zinckernagel 2

Head to Head

2022-10-01 FC Cincinnati 2–3 Chicago Fire FC 2022-05-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati 2021-10-20 FC Cincinnati 3–4 Chicago Fire FC 2021-06-24 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati 2020-09-02 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC

FC Cincinnati Form

2022-10-01 FC Cincinnati 2–3 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-09-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2022-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–2 FC Cincinnati W 2022-09-10 FC Cincinnati 6–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-09-08 New York City FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2022-09-03 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Charlotte FC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2022-10-01 FC Cincinnati 2–3 Chicago Fire FC W 2022-09-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Charlotte FC L 2022-09-13 Montreal Impact FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-09-11 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Internacional CF Miami W 2022-09-03 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2022-08-31 New England Revolution 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.29 FC Cincinnati xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.18 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Cincinnati42% Draw23% Chicago Fire FC35%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes79% 0% No21%
Avg goals/match: 4.47
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 93%
7%
± 2.5 81%
19%
± 3.5 64%
36%
± 4.5 45%
55%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw
64%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
58%
FC Cincinnati or Chicago Fire FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Cincinnati33% Draw36% Chicago Fire FC31%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 2
6.8%
1 – 1
6.5%
2 – 1
6.5%
1 – 2
6.2%
3 – 2
5.2%
2 – 3
Actual
3 – 1
4.8%
1 – 3
4.4%
3 – 3
3.8%
2 – 0
3.2%
4 – 2
3%
0 – 2
2.9%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 12% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 17% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 62% — 38%
+1 62% 16% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 11% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

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