Chicago Fire vs Charlotte

USA • MLS - 1/8-finals • 2026 • 1/8-finals

Chicago Fire

23:3022 November 2026

Charlotte

Match information

Country: USA
Competition: MLS - 1/8-finals
Season: 2026
Stage: 1/8-finals
Date: 22 November 2026
Kick-off: 23:30
Stadium: Soldier Field

Prediction

Chicago Fire win45%

Draw22%

Charlotte win33%

Full prediction

Clubs

Chicago Fire

Founded: 1997
Country: USA
Stadium: Soldier Field
City: Chicago, Illinois
Capacity: 62 493
Surface: grass

Charlotte

Founded: 2019
Country: USA
Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
City: Charlotte, North Carolina
Capacity: 75 412
Surface: artificial turf

Recent form

Chicago Fire

LWDWL

Charlotte

DLWWD

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
3	New England Revolution	34	+8	58
4	Chicago Fire	34	+10	55
5	Charlotte	34	+15	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	+14	50

Full standings

Head-to-head

27 September 2026 • MLS • Charlotte 0 : 1 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)
2 August 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 2 : 1 Charlotte (Half-time 1 : 1)
29 June 2025 • MLS • Chicago 3 : 2 Charlotte (Half-time 0 : 3)
18 May 2025 • MLS • Charlotte 1 : 4 Chicago (Half-time 1 : 0)
3 October 2024 • MLS • Charlotte 4 : 3 Chicago Fire (Half-time 3 : 1)

Full H2H

1X2 odds

Bookmaker	1	X	2
WilliamHill	1.55	4.40	4.50
bet365	1.60	4.33	4.75
Marathon	1.55	4.65	4.65
Betfair	1.57	4.60	4.60
BetVictor	1.55	4.40	4.50
Pncl	1.60	4.66	4.74
Betano	1.62	4.45	4.80

Best odds: 1 - 1.62 | X - 4.66 | 2 - 4.80

Double Chance

1X: 1.21
X2: 2.35
12: 1.20

Both Teams To Score

Yes: 1.40
No: 2.88

Over / Under

Over 0.5: 1.02
Under 0.5: 26.00
Over 1.5: 1.11
Under 1.5: 8.00
Over 2.5: 1.35
Under 2.5: 3.40
Over 3.5: 1.88
Under 3.5: 2.00
Over 4.5: 3.00
Under 4.5: 1.45
Over 5.5: 5.25
Under 5.5: 1.20

Asian Handicap

Handicap	Chicago Fire	Charlotte
-3.5 / +3.5	8.00	1.08
-3 / +3	6.80	1.10
-2.5 / +2.5	4.15	1.22
-2 / +2	3.67	1.29
-1.5 / +1.5	2.47	1.57
-1 / +1	1.95	1.90
0 / 0	1.27	3.79
+1 / -1	1.02	8.10

Match result probability

Chicago Fire win45%

Draw22%

Charlotte win33%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 67%
X2: 55%
12: 78%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 88%
Under 1.5: 12%
Over 2.5: 70%
Under 2.5: 30%
Over 3.5: 49%
Under 3.5: 51%

Both teams to score

Yes: 70%
No: 30%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Chicago Fire	Charlotte
+4.5 / -4.5	99%	1%
+3.5 / -3.5	98%	2%
+2.5 / -2.5	93%	7%
+1.5 / -1.5	84%	16%
+0.5 / -0.5	67%	33%
-0.5 / +0.5	45%	55%
-1.5 / +1.5	25%	75%
-2.5 / +2.5	12%	88%
-3.5 / +3.5	5%	95%
-4.5 / +4.5	2%	98%

Starting line-ups are announced about an hour before kick-off.

Coaches

Chicago Fire: Gregg Berhalter
Charlotte: Dean Smith

Missing players

Chicago Fire

5Sam Rogers - injured
17Robin Lod - injured

Charlotte

35Will Cleary - injured
3Tim Ream - injured
48Aron John - injured
7Archie Goodwin - injured

Squad - Chicago Fire

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Chris Brady	22	31	0	0	1	6.85
25	Jeff Gal	33	-	-	-	-	-
44	Josh Cohen	34	1	0	0	0	6.00
Defenders
2	Leonardo Barroso	21	19	0	1	2	6.74
3	Jack Elliott	31	28	0	1	8	6.72
4	Mbekezile Mbokazi	21	18	0	0	5	7.06
5	Sam Rogers injured	27	7	0	0	2	6.64
15	Andrew Gutman	30	24	1	4	5	6.64
21	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	29	5	0	0	0	6.75
22	Mauricio Pineda	29	20	0	0	1	6.60
24	Jonathan Dean	29	27	0	1	3	6.56
30	Jack Sandmeyer	24	-	-	-	-	-
32	Noah Allen	22	10	0	1	2	6.71
65	Oscar Pineda	18	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
6	Anton Jonsson Saletros	30	28	2	2	5	7.02
6	Samuel Williams	21	1	0	0	0	6.70
7	Maren Haile-Selassie	27	32	12	6	1	7.13
10	Andre Franco	28	1	0	0	0	6.70
17	Robin Lod injured	33	24	4	2	3	6.68
23	Anzor Mekvabishvili	25	5	1	0	1	6.98
29	David Poreba	23	2	0	1	0	6.90
35	Sergio Oregel	21	10	0	0	2	6.72
37	Robert Turdean	16	-	-	-	-	-
42	Dje D'Avilla	23	29	1	0	10	6.78
58	Brody Williams	16	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
9	Robert Lewandowski	38	18	7	4	1	7.02
11	Philip Zinckernagel	31	31	7	9	6	7.13
12	Puso Dithejane	22	26	3	1	2	6.71
18	Johan Gomez	25	9	0	0	1	6.68
19	Jonathan Bamba	30	25	6	3	2	7.07
28	Dean Boltz	20	-	-	-	-	-

Squad - Charlotte

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Kristijan Kahlina	34	32	0	0	2	7.49
21	Tyler Miller	33	-	-	-	-	-
42	Isaac Walker	26	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
3	Tim Ream injured	39	20	0	1	1	7.04
4	Andrew Privett	26	8	0	0	2	6.51
14	Nathan Byrne	34	28	0	0	4	6.62
15	Harry Toffolo	31	20	1	3	2	6.81
22	Henry Kessler	28	16	2	0	1	7.20
23	David Schnegg	28	20	2	4	8	6.67
35	Will Cleary injured	23	12	1	1	0	6.70
39	Jack Neeley	21	-	-	-	-	-
44	Morrison Agyemang	21	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
6	Abdoulaye Doucoure	33	2	1	0	0	7.10
8	Ashley Westwood	36	29	3	6	11	7.40
13	Brandt Bronico	31	24	1	0	1	6.62
16	Pep Biel	30	32	13	9	3	7.24
17	Luca de la Torre	28	28	0	2	0	6.64
20	Baye Coulibaly	20	1	0	0	0	6.20
28	Djibril Diani	28	29	0	2	5	6.70
37	Rodolfo Aloko	19	22	3	2	1	6.75
48	Aron John injured	20	1	0	0	0	-
Forwards
7	Archie Goodwin injured	21	23	3	0	1	6.50
9	Idan Toklomati	22	32	15	5	1	7.00
10	Allan Saint-Maximin	29	13	2	4	2	7.30
11	Liel Abada	25	26	8	5	2	6.78
25	Tyger Smalls	24	17	0	1	2	6.57
71	Nathan Richmond	22	1	0	0	0	6.20
83	Hugo Mbongue	22	-	-	-	-	-

Head-to-head

Last 10 meetings

Chicago Fire wins5

Draws0

Charlotte wins5

Goals: Chicago Fire: 19 (1.9)
Goals: Charlotte: 18 (1.8)
Goals per match: 3.7
Both teams scored: 7 / 10
Over 2.5 goals: 7 / 10

Results

27 September 2026 • MLS • Charlotte 0 : 1 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)
2 August 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 2 : 1 Charlotte (Half-time 1 : 1)
29 June 2025 • MLS • Chicago 3 : 2 Charlotte (Half-time 0 : 3)
18 May 2025 • MLS • Charlotte 1 : 4 Chicago (Half-time 1 : 0)
3 October 2024 • MLS • Charlotte 4 : 3 Chicago Fire (Half-time 3 : 1)
16 May 2024 • MLS • Chicago Fire 0 : 1 Charlotte (Half-time 0 : 0)
8 October 2023 • MLS • Chicago Fire 0 : 2 Charlotte (Half-time 0 : 1)
18 May 2023 • MLS • Charlotte 2 : 1 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 1)
18 September 2022 • MLS • Chicago Fire 2 : 3 Charlotte (Half-time 2 : 0)
7 August 2022 • MLS • Charlotte 2 : 3 Chicago Fire (Half-time 2 : 2)

Form: last 10 matches

	Chicago Fire	Charlotte
W-D-L	5-1-4	4-3-3
Scored (per match)	19 (1.9)	24 (2.4)
Conceded (per match)	19 (1.9)	18 (1.8)
Clean sheets	1 / 10	2 / 10
Both teams scored	7 / 10	7 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	8 / 10	9 / 10

Recent form - Chicago Fire

L7 November 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 3 : 4 Columbus Crew (Half-time 3 : 2)
W1 November 2026 • MLS • Colorado Rapids 2 : 4 Chicago Fire (Half-time 1 : 1)
D29 October 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 2 : 2 Orlando City (Half-time 0 : 2)
W25 October 2026 • MLS • Atlanta Utd 2 : 3 Chicago Fire (Half-time 1 : 1)
L18 October 2026 • MLS • New England Revolution 1 : 0 Chicago Fire (Half-time 1 : 0)
L15 October 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 1 : 3 Philadelphia Union (Half-time 1 : 0)
W10 October 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 2 : 1 New York City (Half-time 0 : 1)
W7 October 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 3 : 1 Vancouver Whitecaps (Half-time 1 : 0)
W27 September 2026 • MLS • Charlotte 0 : 1 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)
L20 September 2026 • MLS • Nashville SC 3 : 0 Chicago Fire (Half-time 1 : 0)

Recent form - Charlotte

D7 November 2026 • MLS • Inter Miami 3 : 3 Charlotte (Half-time 3 : 0)
W31 October 2026 • MLS • Charlotte 4 : 0 Orlando City (Half-time 1 : 0)
W29 October 2026 • MLS • Charlotte 4 : 0 CF Montreal (Half-time 1 : 0)
L25 October 2026 • MLS • Portland Timbers 3 : 2 Charlotte (Half-time 2 : 1)
D17 October 2026 • MLS • Philadelphia Union 2 : 2 Charlotte (Half-time 1 : 0)
L15 October 2026 • MLS • Columbus Crew 3 : 1 Charlotte (Half-time 1 : 1)
W11 October 2026 • MLS • Charlotte 3 : 2 FC Dallas (Half-time 0 : 1)
L27 September 2026 • MLS • Charlotte 0 : 1 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)
W20 September 2026 • MLS • DC United 1 : 2 Charlotte (Half-time 0 : 1)
D13 September 2026 • MLS • FC Cincinnati 3 : 3 Charlotte (Half-time 1 : 2)

Standings - Eastern Conference

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	23	8	3	71	25	+46	77
2	Inter Miami	34	16	12	6	80	59	+21	60
3	New England Revolution	34	18	4	12	55	47	+8	58
4	Chicago Fire	34	16	7	11	64	54	+10	55
5	Charlotte	34	15	9	10	66	51	+15	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	14	8	12	66	52	+14	50
7	Columbus Crew	34	14	5	15	59	52	+7	47
8	Orlando City	34	13	7	14	63	78	-15	46
9	FC Cincinnati	34	12	10	12	67	75	-8	46
10	New York Red Bulls	34	12	6	16	48	62	-14	42
11	New York City	34	10	12	12	49	45	+4	42
12	Toronto FC	34	9	12	13	52	67	-15	39
13	Atlanta Utd	34	9	6	19	43	60	-17	33
14	DC United	34	7	12	15	39	61	-22	33
15	CF Montreal	34	6	8	20	37	69	-32	26

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nashville SC	17	15	2	0	48	14	+34	47
3	New England Revolution	17	11	2	4	31	20	+11	35
4	Charlotte	17	10	4	3	37	16	+21	34
6	Orlando City	17	10	3	4	33	22	+11	33
12	FC Cincinnati	17	9	3	5	39	32	+7	30
13	Philadelphia Union	17	8	5	4	32	19	+13	29
14	Columbus Crew	17	9	2	6	29	19	+10	29
15	Chicago Fire	17	9	2	6	33	25	+8	29
18	Inter Miami	17	6	9	2	46	31	+15	27
20	Toronto FC	17	6	9	2	36	33	+3	27
22	New York Red Bulls	17	7	3	7	27	29	-2	24
25	New York City	17	5	6	6	30	24	+6	21
26	DC United	17	5	5	7	20	29	-9	20
28	CF Montreal	17	4	5	8	19	25	-6	17
29	Atlanta Utd	17	5	2	10	26	33	-7	17

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inter Miami	17	10	3	4	34	28	+6	33
2	Nashville SC	17	8	6	3	23	11	+12	30
5	Chicago Fire	17	7	5	5	31	29	+2	26
8	New England Revolution	17	7	2	8	24	27	-3	23
11	Philadelphia Union	17	6	3	8	34	33	+1	21
12	New York City	17	5	6	6	19	21	-2	21
13	Charlotte	17	5	5	7	29	35	-6	20
14	Columbus Crew	17	5	3	9	30	33	-3	18
16	New York Red Bulls	17	5	3	9	21	33	-12	18
19	Atlanta Utd	17	4	4	9	17	27	-10	16
20	FC Cincinnati	17	3	7	7	28	43	-15	16
24	DC United	17	2	7	8	19	32	-13	13
25	Orlando City	17	3	4	10	30	56	-26	13
27	Toronto FC	17	3	3	11	16	34	-18	12
30	CF Montreal	17	2	3	12	18	44	-26	9

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	L. Messi	Inter Miami	29	0	5
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	24	1	13
2	D. Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	24	0	0
3	S. Surridge	Nashville SC	24	0	0
2	Petar Musa	FC Dallas	22	5	0
3	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	21	3	0
4	A. Dreyer	San Diego FC	19	0	0
4	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	19	1	0
5	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	18	1	0
5	Evander	FC Cincinnati	18	0	0
6	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	18	3	0
6	P. Musa	FC Dallas	18	0	0
7	D. Joveljic	Sporting Kansas City	18	0	0
7	Luis Suarez	Inter Miami	17	2	7
8	Ahoueke Denkey	Cincinnati	17	3	0
8	E. M. Choupo-Moting	New York Red Bulls	17	0	0
9	H. Cuypers	Chicago Fire	17	0	0
10	A. Martinez	New York City	17	0	0
9	Guilherme	Houston	16	1	8
10	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	16	4	0
16	P. Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	15	0	0
18	Idan Toklomati	Charlotte	15	0	0
21	Maren Haile-Selassie	Chicago	13	0	6
22	Pep Biel	Charlotte	13	1	10
23	Hugo Cuypers	Chicago	13	2	0
33	Liel Abada	Charlotte	10	1	0
38	Robert Lewandowski	Chicago	9	3	0