Seattle Sounders FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Seattle Sounders FC

2 – 2

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 29 Aug 2026 · 19:30 UTC Lumen Field 38,287 HT 45' · FT 45'

Dejan Joveljic 12' 1–0

1–1 38' Maren Haile-Selassie

Dejan Joveljic 48' 2–1

2–2 82' Robert Lewandowski

Snyder Brunell 51' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Seattle Sounders FC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Lumen Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath

14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Seattle Sounders FC 7 games · Avg 3.1 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-29 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC 2024-06-30 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2022-07-17 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-03-01 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–2	D
22 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	1–1	D
20 Aug	Austin FC	H	1–2	L
17 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L
02 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
25 Jul	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–2	D
22 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
19 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	2–1	W
16 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	W
02 Aug	Charlotte FC	H	2–1	W
25 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Chicago Fire FC
#24	Position	#5
35	Points	42
26	Played	26
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
33	Scored	46
34	Conceded	38
-1	GD	+8
1.35	PPG	1.62
35%	Win %	46%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Chicago Fire FC gets underway.
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Robert Lewandowski
17
Robin Lod ↓ Puso Dithejane 63'
6
Anton Saletros ↓ Jonathan Bamba 73'
3
Jack Elliott
7
Maren Haile-Selassie
15
Andrew Gutman
11
Philip Zinckernagel ↓ Leonardo Barroso 88'
1
Chris Brady
24
Jonathan Dean ↓ Sergio Oregel 73'
5
Sam Rogers
42
Dje Davilla

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	3
Dejan Joveljic	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Albert Rusnak	2
Robert Beric	2
Mauricio Pineda	1
Raul Ruidiaz	1
Rafael Czichos	1

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2026-08-29 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-08-22 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-08-20 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Austin FC L 2026-08-17 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2026-08-02 Portland Timbers 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2026-07-25 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2026-08-29 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-08-22 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-08-19 Orlando City SC 1–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2026-08-16 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2026-08-02 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2026-07-25 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.39 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.54 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Chicago Fire FC 72% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC34% Draw28% Chicago Fire FC38%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.93

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

62%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

66%

Seattle Sounders FC or Chicago Fire FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC25% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

1 – 2

8.5%

2 – 1

7.6%

0 – 1

7.4%

0 – 0

7.2%

1 – 0

6.5%

0 – 2

6.3%

2 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

4.4%

3 – 1

3.5%

0 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	18%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	20%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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