Sunday , 15 November 2026

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Nashville SC
1 – 1
Full Time
Chicago Fire FC
Sun 1 Nov 2020 · 00:30 UTC Nissan Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'
Dax McCarty 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Nashville SC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Nissan Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Corey Parker
  • Referee M. de Oliveira
  • Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
  • Referee Malik Badawi
  • Referee

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

7
2
2
Nashville SC 11 games · Avg 2.8 goals Chicago Fire FC
Last 5 meetings
2020-11-01 Nashville SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Nashville SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Nov Chicago Fire FC H 1–1 D
27 Oct Montreal Impact FC A 1–0 W
24 Oct New England Revolution H 1–1 D
21 Oct FC Dallas H 3–0 W
15 Oct Houston Dynamo A 3–1 W
11 Oct Sporting Kansas City A 1–2 L
Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Nov Nashville SC A 1–1 D
28 Oct Philadelphia Union A 1–2 L
24 Oct New York Red Bulls H 2–2 D
17 Oct Sporting Kansas City H 2–2 D
11 Oct D.C. United SC H 2–1 W
08 Oct Sporting Kansas City A 0–1 L

Season Stats

Nashville SC Chicago Fire FC
#1 Position #4
77 Points 55
34 Played 34
23 / 8 / 3 W / D / L 16 / 7 / 11
71 Scored 64
25 Conceded 54
+46 GD +10
2.26 PPG 1.62
68% Win % 47%

Key Stats

27% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)
45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season
24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Nashville SC are 1st (77 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Nashville SC
0-15
4/1
16-30
10/3
31-45
6/4
46-60
7/2
61-75
7/7
76+
16/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Chicago Fire FC
0-15
9/4
16-30
9/10
31-45
6/9
46-60
10/9
61-75
10/4
76+
6/10
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Nashville SC
Sam Surridge 21 G 1 A
Hany Mukhtar 16 G 8 A
Warren Madrigal 5 G 2 A
Chicago Fire FC
Maren Haile-Selassie 13 G 5 A
Hugo Cuypers 12 G
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Robert Lewandowski 9 G 3 A
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Nashville SC and Chicago Fire FC is underway.
  • 5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Randall Leal is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Chicago Fire FC.
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Nashville SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' It’s high time Gary Smith made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 28' Daniel Rios does the damage! The net is bulging and Nashville SC surge ahead!
  • 33' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gary Smith will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 38' The home supporters are growing impatient. Nashville SC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 42' A goal from the Slovakia international Boris Sekulic! He fires home on 42 to make it 1-1!
  • 47' Fabian Herbers is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Nashville SC tonight.
  • 52' Daniel Lovitz has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 294 appearances.
  • 57' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 59' Another change for Nashville SC made on 59 minute. Derrick Jones leaves to be changed by Abu Danladi.
  • 64' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nashville SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 69' Nashville SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 70' Another substitution for Nashville SC to replace Alex Muyl by Brian Anunga on 70 minute.
  • 75' Nashville SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
  • 76' Miguel Navarro makes way for Jonathan Bornstein at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
  • 81' 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.
  • 83' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Przemyslaw Frankowski is replaced by Elliot Collier on 83 minute.
  • 88' Przemyslaw Frankowski is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
  • 89' Randall Leal makes way for Jalil Anibaba at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Nashville SC.
  • 90' Dax McCarty picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • It finishes all square. Nashville SC and Chicago Fire FC share the spoils 1-1.

Lineups

Nashville SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gary Smith

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Hany Mukhtar 11
Sam Surridge 8
Charles Sapong 2
Philip Zinckernagel 2
Brian Anunga 1
Cristian Espinoza 1
Alex Muyl 1
Jacob Shaffelburg 1

Head to Head

2020-11-01 Nashville SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC

Nashville SC Form

2020-11-01 Nashville SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-10-27 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 Nashville SC W 2020-10-24 Nashville SC 1–1 New England Revolution D 2020-10-21 Nashville SC 3–0 FC Dallas W 2020-10-15 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Nashville SC W 2020-10-11 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Nashville SC L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-11-01 Nashville SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-10-28 Philadelphia Union 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls D 2020-10-17 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2020-10-11 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2020-10-08 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.84 Nashville SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.85 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Nashville SC to win 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Nashville SC56% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC19%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 2.69
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Nashville SC or Draw
81%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
44%
Nashville SC or Chicago Fire FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Nashville SC42% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC13%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
11.7%
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
11.2%
2 – 1
9.4%
0 – 0
8.6%
3 – 0
6.7%
3 – 1
5.8%
0 – 1
4.9%
1 – 2
4.3%
2 – 2
4.1%
4 – 0
3.1%
4 – 1
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Nashville SC

Handicap Nashville SC covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 17% — 83%
-2 17% 18% 65%
-1.5 35% — 65%
-1 35% 24% 41%
-0.5 59% — 41%
+0.5 84% — 16%
+1 84% 11% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
43% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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