New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

New England Revolution

2 – 1

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Sat 24 Aug 2019 · 23:30 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+6'

Y 1' Nicolas Gaitan

Michael Mancienne 30' Y

Gustavo Bou 87' Y

Y 90' Mike Azira

Juan Agudelo 90' Y

Overview

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New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS .

New England Revolution 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee M. de Oliveira
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee C.J. Morgante
Referee Cory Richardson
Referee

5 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game

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

New England Revolution 17 games · Avg 3.3 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-24 New England Revolution 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 New England Revolution 2018-09-22 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC 2018-06-10 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New England Revolution

Recent Form

New England Revolution

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W
17 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
10 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–3	D
03 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	0–2	L
27 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	4–1	W
21 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	2–0	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Aug	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
18 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	2–0	W
15 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
11 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–2	W
04 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W
28 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

New England Revolution		Chicago Fire FC
#3	Position	#4
30	Points	29
18	Played	17
9 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 6
28	Scored	32
23	Conceded	23
+5	GD	+9
1.67	PPG	1.71
50%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New England Revolution are 3rd (30 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New England Revolution

0-15

3/–

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/3

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/–

76+

5/2

■ 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)

New England Revolution

Carles Gil

5 G

3 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between New England Revolution and Chicago Fire FC is underway.
1' That is a Yellow card for Chicago Fire SC. Nicolas Gaitan will be fuming at that decision.
6' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
11' A quiet spell here at . Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
12' Teal Bunbury makes way for Cristian Penilla at the 12 minute mark. A tactical switch from New England Revolution.
17' Assisted by Brandon Bye with the perfectly-timed delivery and Wilfried Zahibo makes no mistake. 1-0!
22' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Mike Azira has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
27' Djordje Mihailovic is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New England Revolution tonight.
30' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Michael Mancienne on 30 minutes.
35' It’s high time Bruce Arena made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
40' New England Revolution started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
41' What a strike from Francisco Calvo! The score is 1-1.
46' New England Revolution 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.
51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New England Revolution needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
56' Juan Caicedo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
61' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
64' Fresh legs for New England Revolution! Juan Agudelo comes on to replace Diego Fagundez.
69' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
74' The home supporters are growing impatient. New England Revolution must find a spark to ignite this game.
75' Chicago Fire SC ring the changes. Nemanja Nikolics has done his job and it is now time for Djordje Mihailovic to step up.
78' The New England Revolution manager makes a substitution. Luis Caicedo departs to be replaced by Juan Caicedo.
83' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
86' Goal! Gustavo Bou scores his 55 goal in 171 matches.
87' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Gustavo Bou.
88' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire SC — Fabian Herbers on, Jonathan Bornstein off on 88 minutes.
90' The referee shows Chicago Fire SC player a Yellow card on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. New England Revolution take all three points.

Lineups

New England Revolution Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Kenneth Kronholm
9
C.J. Sapong
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski
5
Francisco Calvo
23
Nemanja Nikolics ↓ Djordje Mihailovic 75'
13
Brandt Bronico
6
Dax McCarty C
4
Johan Kappelhof
16
Mike Azira
20
Nicolas Gaitan
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Fabian Herbers 88'

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Teal Bunbury	4
Carles Gil	3
Gustavo Bou	3
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Carlos Teran	2
Hugo Cuypers	2
Tomas Chancalay	2

Head to Head

New England Revolution Form

2019-08-24 New England Revolution 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2019-08-17 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New England Revolution D 2019-08-10 Seattle Sounders FC 3–3 New England Revolution D 2019-08-03 New England Revolution 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2019-07-27 New England Revolution 4–1 Orlando City SC W 2019-07-21 FC Cincinnati 0–2 New England Revolution W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2019-08-24 New England Revolution 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-08-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Philadelphia Union W 2019-08-15 Portland Timbers 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-08-11 Chicago Fire FC 3–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2019-08-04 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2019-07-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.61 New England Revolution xG

Expected Goals

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

1.59 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New England Revolution or Chicago Fire FC 75% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution42% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC33%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.2

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

New England Revolution or Draw

67%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

58%

New England Revolution or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution29% Draw43% Chicago Fire FC28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

2 – 2

6.4%

1 – 0

5.8%

0 – 1

5.8%

0 – 0

5.7%

2 – 0

5.3%

0 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

4.3%

1 – 3

4.2%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — New England Revolution

Handicap	New England Revolution covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	18%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	18%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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