Montreal Impact FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Montreal Impact FC

2 – 0

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 21 Sep 2024 · 23:30 UTC Stade Saputo HT 45' · FT 45'

George Campbell 40' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Montreal Impact FC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Stade Saputo.

Montreal Impact FC 14 games · 14 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

Montreal Impact FC 17 games · Avg 2.6 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-09-21 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2024-03-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–3 Montreal Impact FC 2023-09-16 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 2023-07-13 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC 2022-09-13 Montreal Impact FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
18 Sep	New England Revolution	A	2–2	D
14 Sep	Charlotte FC	H	2–1	W
31 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	1–4	L
24 Aug	New England Revolution	H	0–5	L
20 Jul	Toronto FC	H	0–1	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–2	L
19 Sep	Nashville SC	A	0–1	L
15 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	2–1	W
08 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	1–2	L
01 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–4	L
24 Aug	New York City FC	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Montreal Impact FC		Chicago Fire FC
#12	Position	#3
14	Points	26
14	Played	14
4 / 2 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 4
22	Scored	27
31	Conceded	16
-9	GD	+11
1.00	PPG	1.86
29%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

41% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

36% Clean Sheets
Montreal Impact FC this season

50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Montreal Impact FC are 12th (14 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Montreal Impact FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

2/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/2

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/–

16-30

4/1

31-45

1/4

46-60

2/1

61-75

4/–

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Stade Saputo that hosts another battle between Montreal Impact FC and Chicago Fire FC.
5' Chris Mueller is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Chicago Fire FC winning 100% of all matches.
15' Raheem Edwards has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 275 appearances.
20' Argentina international Federico Navarro has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
21' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Josef Martinez makes it 1-0.
26' Over 26 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
31' It’s high time Frank Klopas made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
36' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
40' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for George Campbell.
45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Montreal Impact FC that had 279 games and scored 377 goals.
46' The crowd applauds Chris Mueller as he leaves the pitch. Maren Haile-Selassie steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
51' The home supporters are growing impatient. Montreal Impact FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
56' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Montreal Impact FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
61' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Laurent Courtois will be considering his options from the bench.
66' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kellyn Acosta made 272 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
68' Federico Navarro makes way for Fabian Herbers at the 68 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
69' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Georgios Koutsias is hanging Jonathan Dean on the field on 69 minute.
72' Montreal Impact FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Matias Coccaro is hanging Josef Martinez on the field on 72 minute.
73' Fresh legs for Montreal Impact FC! Kwadwo Opoku comes on to replace Bryce Duke.
74' Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku with the perfectly-timed delivery and Caden Clark makes no mistake. 2-0!
79' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Brian Gutierrez has done his job and it is now time for Justin Reynolds to step up.
84' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
89' The Montreal Impact FC bench stirs into life. Caden Clark is withdrawn and Dominik Yankov gets his opportunity.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Montreal Impact FC take all three points.

Lineups

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

46
Tom Pearce ↑ 89'
8
Dominik Yankov ↑ 89'
16
Joel Waterman ↑ 72'
1
Sebastian Breza
7
Kwadwo Opoku ↑ 73'
14
Ibrahim Sunusi
9
Matias Coccaro ↑ 72'
3
Joaquin Sosa
27
Dawid Bugaj

Coach Laurent Courtois

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

14
Tobias Salquist
16
Wyatt Omsberg
31
Federico Navarro ↓ Fabian Herbers 68'
2
Arnaud Souquet
30
Gaston Gimenez ↓ Kellyn Acosta 73'
11
Ariel Lassiter
12
Tom Barlow
17
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Justin Reynolds 79'
34
Chris Brady
8
Chris Mueller ↓ Maren Haile-Selassie 46'
24
Jonathan Dean ↓ Georgios Koutsias 69'

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Xherdan Shaqiri	3
Hugo Cuypers	3
Kei Ansu Kamara	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Matias Coccaro	2
Romell Quioto	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2

Head to Head

Montreal Impact FC Form

2024-09-21 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-09-18 New England Revolution 2–2 Montreal Impact FC D 2024-09-14 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2024-08-31 FC Cincinnati 4–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2024-08-24 Montreal Impact FC 0–5 New England Revolution L 2024-07-20 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 Toronto FC L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-09-21 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-09-19 Nashville SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-09-15 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls W 2024-09-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC L 2024-09-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–4 Internacional CF Miami L 2024-08-24 New York City FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

1.41 Montreal Impact FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.9 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Montreal Impact FC or Chicago Fire FC 76% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Montreal Impact FC36% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC40%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.31

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

64%

Montreal Impact FC or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Montreal Impact FC23% Draw42% Chicago Fire FC35%

Actual: Montreal Impact FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

1 – 2

2 – 1

6.7%

0 – 2

6.6%

0 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 3

5.6%

0 – 0

5.2%

1 – 0

4.5%

0 – 3

4.1%

2 – 3

2 – 0

Actual

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap	Montreal Impact FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	15%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	52%	—	48%
+1	52%	20%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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