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

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MLS · 2021

New England Revolution

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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

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

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

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

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
#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' The wait is over. New England Revolution get us underway at Gillette Stadium.
5' DeJuan Jones has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
10' New England Revolution are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
15' It looks surprising New England Revolution does not make any changes. Brandon Bye has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' New England Revolution currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' The home supporters are growing impatient. New England Revolution must find a spark to ignite this game.
30' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
45' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
47' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Wilfrid Kaptoum makes it 1-0.
49' Alvaro Medran adds to his 0 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
54' Matt Polster has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
57' The New England Revolution bench stirs into life. Teal Bunbury is withdrawn and Adam Buksa gets his opportunity.
60' A moment of madness from Federico Navarro on 60 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Chicago Fire FC will be frustrated.
65' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 278 games and scored 398 goals.
68' A tactical swap from New England Revolution — Emmanuel Boateng on, Wilfrid Kaptoum off on 68 minutes.
69' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 69 minute. Robert Beric leaves to be changed by Nnamdi Chinonso Offor.
74' 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.
75' Sensational shot from Gustavo Bou. New England Revolution is back in the lead.
77' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 77 minute. Jhon Espinoza leaves to be changed by Wyatt Omsberg.
81' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Elliot Collier on, Federico Navarro off on 81 minutes.
86' Thomas McNamara is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
88' A goal from the Argentina international Ignacio Aliseda! He fires home on 88 to make it 2-2!
90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Tajon Buchanan.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

New England Revolution Lineups

Starting XI

5
Wilfrid Kaptoum ↓ Emmanuel Boateng 68'
22
Carles Gil
7
Gustavo Bou
2
Andrew Farrell
30
Matt Turner
15
Brandon Bye
10
Teal Bunbury ↓ Adam Buksa 57'
8
Matt Polster
26
Thomas McNamara ↓ Tajon Buchanan 57'
24
DeJuan Jones
4
Henry Kessler

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 69'
10
Alvaro Medran
4
Johan Kappelhof
31
Federico Navarro ↓ Elliot Collier 81'
7
Ignacio Aliseda
99
Stanislav Ivanov ↓ Brian Gutierrez 69'
3
Jonathan Bornstein
14
Jhon Espinoza ↓ Wyatt Omsberg 77'
32
Gabriel Slonina
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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

1.82 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 64% + Over 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New England Revolution50% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC26%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.27

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

New England Revolution or Draw

74%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

50%

New England Revolution or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution34% Draw42% Chicago Fire FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.9%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 2

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

6.3%

1 – 0

6.2%

0 – 0

5.3%

3 – 1

5.3%

0 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

3 – 2

3.9%

3 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — New England Revolution

Handicap	New England Revolution covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	20%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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