Chicago Fire - Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer: Statistics, line-ups, matches, trends and news. Get our full preview!
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Columbus Crew have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Chicago Fire form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Chicago Fire have to build on here at Soldier Field in the Major League Soccer.
Chicago's previous game was a Major League Soccer match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus New York RB (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Luka Stojanović was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.44 (out of ten) in that game. Stojanović scored two goals.
Before that, Chicago drew at home versus New York City.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chicago have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Chicago as they are travelling to their away game against Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
The Chicago Fire fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. Chicago Fire have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Columbus Crew form and stats
There's been little loot from Columbus Crew's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Major League Soccer. Columbus Crew only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws. It's a growing despair in Columbus Crew as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Columbus Crew might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Atlanta United proved too strong as Columbus Crew slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at MAPFRE Stadium. Jonathan Mensah was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.23. The defender Mensah scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.
Preceding that, the 2-4 home loss versus DC United.Columbus Crew are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to New York RB.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Columbus Crew in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Chicago and Columbus Crew have met before this season: Columbus Crew - Chicago Fire 2-0. Chicago-Columbus Crew H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chicago Fire one win, Columbus Crew three wins, six draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 6 goals |  L. Stojanović 5 goals |  G. Zardes 4 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
Columbus Crew missing players
| Chicago Fire | Columbus Crew | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 29 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 94% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 78% |
| 72% | 67% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 44% | 61% |
| 50% | 58% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 22% | 33% |
| 11% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 39% | 33% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 56% | 39% |
| 5.4 | 6.6 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 15.9 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 8.4 | 11 |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 25% | 27% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 30% | 32% |
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chicago Fire have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Columbus Crew have scored away.
- Chicago Fire have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Columbus Crew have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
| 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 England | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 3 | New York City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | DC United | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | New York RB | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -11 | 16 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Toronto | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 15 |