Orlando City SC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Orlando City SC

4 – 1

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 19 Sep 2020 · 23:30 UTC Exploria Stadium HT 45+5' · FT 45+8'

Y 15' Mauricio Pineda

Y 60' Boris Sekulic

Jhegson Mendez 66' Y

Y 76' Francisco Calvo

Y 86' Brandt Bronico

Overview

Match Preview

Orlando City SC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Exploria Stadium.

Orlando City SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jason White
Referee Nima Saghafi
Referee Kevin Terry Jr.
Referee
Referee

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

Orlando City SC 15 games · Avg 3.1 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-19 Orlando City SC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-10-06 Orlando City SC 2–5 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Orlando City SC 2018-09-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–0 Orlando City SC 2018-05-26 Orlando City SC 1–2 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	4–1	W
12 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–1	W
06 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	1–1	D
03 Sep	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D
29 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	3–1	W
26 Aug	Nashville SC	H	3–1	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Orlando City SC	A	1–4	L
12 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–2	D
06 Sep	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
02 Sep	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D
29 Aug	New York City FC	A	1–3	L
25 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Orlando City SC		Chicago Fire FC
#11	Position	#4
20	Points	29
18	Played	17
6 / 2 / 10	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 6
30	Scored	32
47	Conceded	23
-17	GD	+9
1.11	PPG	1.71
33%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Orlando City SC are 11th (20 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Orlando City SC

0-15

2/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

–/6

46-60

6/3

61-75

5/2

76+

1/8

■ 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)

Orlando City SC

Martin Ojeda

11 G

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Exploria Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Orlando City SC and Chicago Fire FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
11' GOAL! Christopher Mueller fires home to make it 1-0!
15' Poor challenge from Mauricio Pineda. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
20' It’s high time Óscar Pareja made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
24' Assisted by Christopher Mueller with the perfectly-timed delivery and Nani makes no mistake. 2-0!
27' Francisco Calvo makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Chicago Fire FC are in front.
32' It looks like no one’s ball. Chicago Fire FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
37' Orlando City SC have won 432 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
42' Orlando City SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 42.
46' Another change for Orlando City SC made on 46 minute. Kamal Miller leaves to be changed by Kyle Smith.
48' What a strike from Robert Beric! The score is 2-2.
53' It is a cagey affair so far. Orlando City SC in their trying to find a way past Chicago Fire FC's compact .
58' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Orlando City SC and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
60' Chicago Fire FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
65' The whistle greets Elliot Collier as he departs to be replaced by C.J. Sapong.
66' Controversy at the stadium! Jhegson Mendez argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
67' Tesho Akindele is ready to make an impact after coming on for Daryl Dike at the 67 minute mark.
72' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
75' Fresh legs for Orlando City SC! Joey DeZart comes on to replace Mauricio Pereyra.
76' Francisco Calvo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 76.
78' A stunning finish from Junior Urso — that came from absolutely nowhere!
81' Djordje Mihailovic makes way for Brian Gutierrez at the 81 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
82' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Djordje Mihailovic is replaced by Brian Gutierrez on 82 minute.
85' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Alvaro Medran by Brandt Bronico on 85 minute.
86' That is a Yellow card for Chicago Fire FC. Brandt Bronico will be fuming at that decision.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Orlando City SC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

25
Antonio Carlos
2
Ruan
17
Nani C
1
Pedro Gallese
10
Mauricio Pereyra ↓ Joey DeZart 75'
9
Christopher Mueller ↓ Benji Michel 75'
6
Robin Jansson
8
Jhegson Mendez ↓ Andres Perea 67'
11
Junior Urso
27
Kamal Miller ↓ Kyle Smith 46'
18
Daryl Dike ↓ Tesho Akindele 67'

Bench

77
Robinho
15
Rodrigo Schlegel
13
Tesho Akindele ↑ 67'
23
Brian Rowe
3
Alex De John
24
Kyle Smith ↑ 46'
19
Benji Michel ↑ 75'
21
Andres Perea ↑ 67'
34
Joey DeZart ↑ 75'

Coach Óscar Pareja

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric
10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Brandt Bronico 85'
5
Francisco Calvo C
14
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Brian Gutierrez 81'
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
7
Ignacio Aliseda
30
Gaston Gimenez
2
Boris Sekulic ↓ Mike Azira 85'
28
Elliot Collier ↓ C.J. Sapong 65'
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda ↓ Wyatt Omsberg 85'

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Facundo Torres Perez	6
Hugo Cuypers	4
Benji Michel	3
Robert Beric	3
Aleksandar Katai	3
Aleksandar Katai	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2

Head to Head

Orlando City SC Form

2020-09-19 Orlando City SC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2020-09-12 Orlando City SC 2–1 Internacional CF Miami W 2020-09-06 Orlando City SC 1–1 Atlanta United FC D 2020-09-03 Nashville SC 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2020-08-29 Atlanta United FC 1–3 Orlando City SC W 2020-08-26 Orlando City SC 3–1 Nashville SC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-09-19 Orlando City SC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-09-12 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-09-06 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2020-09-02 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-08-29 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.95 Orlando City SC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.26 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Orlando City SC or Chicago Fire FC 78% + Over 2.5 goals 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Orlando City SC40% Draw22% Chicago Fire FC38%

Actual: Orlando City SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.21

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	41%	59%

Double Chance

Orlando City SC or Draw

62%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

60%

Orlando City SC or Chicago Fire FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Orlando City SC28% Draw37% Chicago Fire FC35%

Actual: Orlando City SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

7.3%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

6.9%

2 – 1

6.3%

1 – 3

5.4%

2 – 3

5.2%

3 – 2

4.5%

3 – 1

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 3

3.4%

1 – 4

0 – 1

Asian Handicap — Orlando City SC

Handicap	Orlando City SC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	10%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	15%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	18%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	13%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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