Columbus Crew have performed good football this season, sitting at 5th place in the table. Chicago Fire can look both up and down the table from the 10th position.
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (57) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Columbus and Chicago Fire.
Columbus Crew form and stats
33 points is a decent return from 14 Major League Soccer games here at Lower.com Field for Columbus Crew. The data says 10 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Lower.com Field.
In their previous game, the manager Nancy led his Columbus Crew to a defeat away at Orlando City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Lower.com Field. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Orlando City) as a comfortable lead 3-1 was completely ruined into a loss 3-4. The defeat against Orlando City was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored seven minutes into stoppage time (by Enrique). Hernández, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the champion player for the team in that match, earning a rating of 8.32 (out of 10). Hernández scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a win away at Montreal Impact.Observe: 12 of the most recent 16 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Columbus Crew as they are travelling to their away game against Dallas in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
The Columbus manager Nancy has got the team scoring with 35 from 14 home games in the league. Columbus Crew are not conceding a lot of goals here at Lower.com Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Chicago Fire form and stats
There's been little loot from Chicago Fire's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 14 away games in the Major League Soccer. Chicago Fire only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.
Chicago Fire have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 403 minutes ago. Pineda was the goal scorer.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Montreal Impact (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Brady got the top player rating of the team with 8.3/10. Brady topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-4 defeat away at DC United before that.Take note: 8 of the latest 10 league fixtures featuring this side have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting New England in just three days.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Chicago rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Columbus Crew have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when facing Chicago Fire.The latest archived result between these squads is the Chicago Fire - Columbus 1-2 played not long ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Suárez 10 goals |  C. Ramírez 8 goals |   K. Kamara 5 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Columbus Crew | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 57 | 35 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 32 |
| 41 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 42 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 64% |
| 61% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 57% |
| 43% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 29% | 21% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| 68% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 50% |
| 25% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 32% |
| 5 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.8 | 7.2 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | 16.5 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.9 | 10 |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 39% | 41% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 27% | 36% |
| 10.9 | 9.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 15.7 | 14.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
- All of Columbus Crew's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Columbus Crew have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
- Columbus Crew have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Columbus Crew have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals (57) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 58 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 50 |
| 3 | New England | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 48 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 47 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 45 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 40 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -12 | 36 |
| 9 | DC United | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -1 | 35 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -10 | 33 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -9 | 32 |
| 12 | New York City | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 31 |
| 13 | New York RB | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 27 | -12 | 28 |
| 15 | Toronto | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | -17 | 22 |
