Montreal Impact FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Montreal Impact FC

0 – 2

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 16 May 2026 · 20:30 UTC Stade Saputo HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 14' Philip Zinckernagel

0–2 67' Hugo Cuypers

Y 7' Viktor Radojevic

Samuel Piette 36' Y

Y 57' Mbekezeli Mbokazi

Brandan Craig 62' Y

Prince-Osei Owusu 71' Y

Brayan Vera 82' Y

Y 89' Puso Dithejane

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

2026-05-16 Montreal Impact FC 0–2 Chicago Fire FC 2026-02-28 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 Montreal Impact FC 2025-07-19 Montreal Impact FC 0–2 Chicago Fire FC 2025-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Montreal Impact FC 2024-09-21 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Montreal Impact FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–2	L
13 May	Portland Timbers	H	1–0	W
09 May	Orlando City SC	H	2–0	W
02 May	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
25 Apr	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
18 Apr	New York Red Bulls	H	4–1	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–0	W
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

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' KICK OFF: Montreal Impact FC gets underway.
5' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
7' Viktor Radojevic was booked on 7.
12' 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.
14' Chicago Fire FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Philip Zinckernagel on 14.
19' Chicago Fire FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Philip Zinckernagel scoring 1 goals.
24' Montreal Impact 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.
29' Supporters expect more eagerness from Maren Haile-Selassie, as he is very good at scoring at Stade Saputo with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
34' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
36' Montreal Impact FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 36.
41' It’s high time Gregg Berhalter made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
45' The Montreal Impact FC manager makes a substitution. Victor Loturi departs to be replaced by Noah Streit.
46' The Montreal Impact FC manager makes a substitution. Samuel Piette departs to be replaced by Brandan Craig.
51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
56' Montreal Impact FC is showing some good football. However, Montreal Impact FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
57' A meaty challenge results in booking for Mbekezeli Mbokazi on 57.
61' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 61 minute. Viktor Radojevic leaves to be changed by Andrew Gutman.
62' That looks like a foul for a card for Brandan Craig.
67' Puso Dithejane has so much to prove this time. He replaces Maren Haile-Selassie on 67 minute.
67' What a strike from Hugo Cuypers! The score is 0-2.
68' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Philip Zinckernagel is replaced by Chris Mueller.
71' Montreal Impact FC player sees a card in front of him.
73' Montreal Impact FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daniel Rios is hanging Wikelmann Carmona on the field on 73 minute.
78' 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.
82' Brayan Vera was booked on 82.
85' The Montreal Impact FC manager makes a substitution. Luca Petrasso departs to be replaced by Hennadiy Synchuk.
89' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a card on 89.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-2.

Lineups

Montreal Impact FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Philippe Eullaffroy

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

17
Robin Lod
3
Jack Elliott
7
Maren Haile-Selassie ↓ Puso Dithejane 67'
16
Joel Waterman
22
Mauricio Pineda
11
Philip Zinckernagel ↓ Chris Mueller 68'
1
Chris Brady
9
Hugo Cuypers
24
Jonathan Dean
4
Mbekezeli Mbokazi
14
Viktor Radojevic ↓ Andrew Gutman 61'

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

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

2026-05-16 Montreal Impact FC 0–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2026-05-13 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 Portland Timbers W 2026-05-09 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Orlando City SC W 2026-05-02 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2026-04-25 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 New York City FC W 2026-04-18 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 New York Red Bulls W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2026-05-16 Montreal Impact FC 0–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2026-05-13 D.C. United SC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls L 2026-05-03 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 FC Cincinnati L 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-04-18 FC Cincinnati 3–3 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.05 Montreal Impact FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.9 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 56% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Montreal Impact FC25% Draw26% Chicago Fire FC49%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.95

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Montreal Impact FC or Draw

51%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Montreal Impact FC or Chicago Fire FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Montreal Impact FC17% Draw43% Chicago Fire FC40%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

9.2%

0 – 0

6.9%

1 – 3

6.1%

0 – 3

5.8%

2 – 1

5.3%

2 – 2

1 – 0

4.7%

2 – 3

3.3%

1 – 4

Asian Handicap — Montreal Impact FC

Handicap	Montreal Impact FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	12%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	44%	—	56%
+1	44%	23%	33%
+1.5	67%	—	33%
+2	67%	17%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Montreal Impact FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

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