Club members at Soldier Field haven’t seen many victories this season, with Chicago Fire rotting in the 13th position. The visiting Columbus Crew will believe to protect their higher league place in this game.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Chicago Fire form and stats
All-inclusive Major League Soccer results at home this season for Chicago Fire are 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Chicago bring valid hopes of a third.
The club members are hoping that Chicago Fire will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against SJ Earthquakes. Chicago's goalkeeper Słonina was extremely busy against SJ Earthquakes, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
Before that, Chicago Fire had a home game versus Philadelphia Union which ended with a victory 1-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chicago have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Toronto in only four days. This game is also played here at Soldier Field.
Chicago Fire aren't scoring a lot here at Soldier Field in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. Chicago have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Columbus Crew form and stats
2-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Columbus Crew in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Columbus Crew's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Philadelphia Union that finished 0-0. Zelarayán, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.01. Zelarayán hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Toronto at their stadium, the result 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Columbus Crew in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Columbus, 5 draws and 5 defeats.
Columbus Crew have another game away in just four nights, a Major League Soccer fixture versus DC United. A back-breaking fixture list for them!
Columbus Crew have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Columbus Crew have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Chicago Fire-Columbus Crew H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chicago one win, Columbus Crew three wins, six draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 4 goals |   K. Przybyłko 3 goals |  X. Shaqiri 3 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Chicago Fire | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 24 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 78% | 62% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 82% |
| 56% | 38% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 41% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 18% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 39% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 41% |
| 39% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 11.5 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.9 | 13.4 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 22% | 25% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 40% | 32% |
| 11.9 | 9.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20 | 12.6 | 10.8 |
| 3.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Columbus Crew have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New York RB | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | New York City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | New England | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 25 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 23 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 21 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Toronto | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 18 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -8 | 17 |
| 14 | DC United | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
