Thursday , 2 July 2026

New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
New England Revolution
2 – 2
Full Time
Chicago Fire FC
Sat 16 Oct 2021 · 23:00 UTC Gillette Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 60' Federico Navarro
Tajon Buchanan 90' Y
Y 90' Miguel Navarro

Overview

Match Preview

New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Gillette Stadium.

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

4
11
2
New England Revolution 17 games · Avg 3.3 goals Chicago Fire FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-10-16 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC 2021-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 New England Revolution 2021-04-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution 2020-09-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New England Revolution 2020-03-07 New England Revolution 1–1 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

New England Revolution
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Oct Chicago Fire FC H 2–2 D
29 Sep Montreal Impact FC A 4–1 W
25 Sep Orlando City SC H 2–1 W
23 Sep Chicago Fire FC A 3–2 W
18 Sep Columbus Crew SC H 1–1 D
11 Sep New York City FC H 2–1 W
Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 Oct New England Revolution A 2–2 D
03 Oct Toronto FC A 1–3 L
30 Sep New York City FC H 2–0 W
26 Sep Nashville SC H 0–0 D
23 Sep New England Revolution H 2–3 L
19 Sep Montreal Impact FC A 0–2 L

Season Stats

New England Revolution Chicago Fire FC
#4 Position #3
25 Points 26
14 Played 14
8 / 1 / 5 W / D / L 8 / 2 / 4
22 Scored 27
18 Conceded 16
+4 GD +11
1.79 PPG 1.86
57% Win % 57%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
36% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season
50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New England Revolution are 4th (25 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New England Revolution
0-15
2/–
16-30
–/2
31-45
1/1
46-60
3/–
61-75
1/–
76+
4/1
■ 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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for New England Revolution to score. At the same time, Chicago Fire FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New England Revolution and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 20' Alvaro Medran needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 45' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 47' GOAL! Wilfrid Kaptoum fires home to make it 1-0!
  • 49' Alvaro Medran does the damage! The net is bulging and Chicago Fire FC surge ahead!
  • 54' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 57' New England Revolution make a change. Teal Bunbury trudges off to be replaced by Adam Buksa on 57 minutes.
  • 60' Chicago Fire FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 60.
  • 65' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 68' The whistle greets Wilfrid Kaptoum as he departs to be replaced by Emmanuel Boateng.
  • 69' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Nnamdi Chinonso Offor comes on to replace Robert Beric.
  • 74' With 0 assists to his name this season, Matt Polster is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New England Revolution.
  • 75' GOAL! Gustavo Bou scores on 75.
  • 77' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Jhon Espinoza is replaced by Wyatt Omsberg.
  • 81' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Federico Navarro is withdrawn and Elliot Collier gets his opportunity.
  • 86' A quiet spell here at Gillette Stadium. New England Revolution seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 88' Goal! Ignacio Aliseda scores his 8 goal in 161 matches.
  • 90' Tajon Buchanan was booked on 90.
  • The final score is 2-2.

Lineups

New England Revolution Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Teal Bunbury 4
Carles Gil 3
Gustavo Bou 3
Nemanja Nikolics 2
Carlos Teran 2
Hugo Cuypers 2
Tomas Chancalay 2
Adam Buksa 2

Head to Head

2021-10-16 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC 2021-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 New England Revolution 2021-04-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution 2020-09-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New England Revolution 2020-03-07 New England Revolution 1–1 Chicago Fire FC

New England Revolution Form

2021-10-16 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-09-29 Montreal Impact FC 1–4 New England Revolution W 2021-09-25 New England Revolution 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2021-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 New England Revolution W 2021-09-18 New England Revolution 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2021-09-11 New England Revolution 2–1 New York City FC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-10-16 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-10-03 Toronto FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC W 2021-09-26 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 New England Revolution L 2021-09-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.69 New England Revolution xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.45 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New England Revolution48% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC28%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.14
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

New England Revolution or Draw
72%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
52%
New England Revolution or Chicago Fire FC
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New England Revolution32% Draw43% Chicago Fire FC25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.5%
2 – 1
8.6%
1 – 2
7.4%
1 – 0
6.5%
2 – 2
Actual
2 – 0
6.1%
0 – 0
5.9%
0 – 1
5.5%
3 – 1
4.9%
0 – 2
4.5%
1 – 3
3.6%
3 – 2
3.6%

Asian Handicap — New England Revolution

Handicap New England Revolution covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 13% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 20% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 17% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 10% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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