The home advantage belongs to Columbus Crew in this match versus Chicago Fire, but the visitors will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (28) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Columbus Crew nor Chicago Fire as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Columbus Crew form and stats
The overall Major League Soccer statistics at home this season for Columbus Crew are 6-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Columbus Crew supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Inter Miami and win 1-0. At last, a league win after three fixtures without one. Moreira was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.05 out of 10. The defender Moreira served one assist, hit four key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
Before that, Columbus Crew played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Cincinnati.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Columbus handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Columbus Crew are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Columbus Crew have conceded only 13 goals.
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 have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 311 minutes ago. Mueller was the goal scorer.
Chicago Fire are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at New England (placed 9th). Goalkeeper Słonina got the top player rating of the team with 7.61/10. Słonina topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-2 loss hosting Montreal Impact before that.We have checked recent matches where Chicago Fire have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 13 defeats.
The visiting Chicago have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Chicago Fire have conceded 26 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled before this season: Chicago Fire - Columbus Crew 2-3. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Columbus Crew four wins, five draws and Chicago Fire one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Zelarayán 8 goals |  J. Hernández Suárez 8 goals |  D. Etienne Jr. 6 goals |
Columbus Crew missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Columbus Crew | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 37 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 28 |
| 31 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 26 | 38 |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 86% | 79% |
| 74% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 61% |
| 48% | 43% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 43% |
| 30% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 29% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 36% | 21% |
| 52% | 36% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 39% |
| 30% | 43% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 21% | 39% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13.3 | 15.4 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 14.4 | 13.1 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 34% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 11.6 | 9.9 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 13.6 | 11.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | 4 |
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals (28) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) 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 | Philadelphia Union | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 40 | 57 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 49 |
| 3 | New York RB | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 47 |
| 4 | New York City | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 45 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 42 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 39 |
| 7 | Inter Miami | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | New England | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -3 | 35 |
| 10 | Toronto | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -6 | 33 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 34 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | DC United | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 25 |
