Chicago Fire vs Columbus Crew

USA • MLS - Regular season • 2026 • Regular season

Chicago Fire

21:007 November 2026

Columbus Crew

Match information

Country: USA
Competition: MLS - Regular season
Season: 2026
Stage: Regular season
Date: 7 November 2026
Kick-off: 21:00
Stadium: Soldier Field

Prediction

Chicago Fire win51%

Draw22%

Columbus Crew win26%

Full prediction

Clubs

Chicago Fire

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

Columbus Crew

Founded: 1996
Country: USA
Stadium: Lower.com Field
City: Columbus, Ohio
Capacity: 20 931
Surface: grass

Recent form

Chicago Fire

WLLWD

Columbus Crew

LWWWW

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
3	Inter Miami	32	+20	56
4	Chicago Fire	32	+9	52
5	Charlotte	32	+11	50
…
8	FC Cincinnati	32	-7	43
9	Columbus Crew	32	+3	41
10	New York Red Bulls	32	-16	39

Full standings

Head-to-head

8 March 2026 • MLS • Columbus Crew 0 : 0 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)
28 September 2025 • MLS • Chicago Fire 2 : 0 Columbus Crew (Half-time 1 : 0)
23 February 2025 • MLS • Columbus Crew 4 : 2 Chicago Fire (Half-time 3 : 2)
19 May 2024 • MLS • Chicago Fire 1 : 3 Columbus Crew (Half-time 0 : 1)
10 March 2024 • MLS • Columbus Crew 2 : 1 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)

Full H2H

Match result probability

Chicago Fire win51%

Draw22%

Columbus Crew win26%

Estimated chances based on statistics; not a betting tip.

Double chance

1X: 74%
X2: 49%
12: 78%

Total goals

Over 1.5: 83%
Under 1.5: 17%
Over 2.5: 62%
Under 2.5: 38%
Over 3.5: 40%
Under 3.5: 60%

Both teams to score

Yes: 62%
No: 38%

Asian handicap

Handicap	Chicago Fire	Columbus Crew
+4.5 / -4.5	100%	0%
+3.5 / -3.5	99%	1%
+2.5 / -2.5	96%	4%
+1.5 / -1.5	89%	11%
+0.5 / -0.5	74%	26%
-0.5 / +0.5	51%	49%
-1.5 / +1.5	29%	71%
-2.5 / +2.5	14%	86%
-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: Mario Barcena
Columbus Crew: Laurent Courtois

Missing players

Chicago Fire

5Sam Rogers - injured
17Robin Lod - injured

Columbus Crew

4Rudy Camacho - injured
20Andre Gomes - injured

Squad - Chicago Fire

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Chris Brady	22	29	0	0	1	6.89
25	Jeff Gal	33	-	-	-	-	-
44	Josh Cohen	34	1	0	0	0	6.00
Defenders
2	Leonardo Barroso	21	18	0	0	2	6.73
3	Jack Elliott	31	26	0	1	7	6.76
4	Mbekezile Mbokazi	21	17	0	0	5	7.07
5	Sam Rogers injured	27	7	0	0	2	6.64
15	Andrew Gutman	30	22	1	4	4	6.62
21	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	29	4	0	0	0	6.70
22	Mauricio Pineda	29	20	0	0	1	6.60
24	Jonathan Dean	29	25	0	0	3	6.47
30	Jack Sandmeyer	24	-	-	-	-	-
32	Noah Allen	22	8	0	1	1	6.71
65	Oscar Pineda	18	-	-	-	-	-
Midfielders
6	Anton Jonsson Saletros	30	26	2	2	5	7.01
6	Samuel Williams	21	1	0	0	0	6.70
7	Maren Haile-Selassie	27	30	11	6	1	7.09
17	Robin Lod injured	33	24	4	2	3	6.68
23	Anzor Mekvabishvili	25	3	1	0	1	6.96
29	David Poreba	23	2	0	1	0	6.90
35	Sergio Oregel	21	9	0	0	1	6.80
37	Robert Turdean	16	-	-	-	-	-
42	Dje D'Avilla	23	28	1	0	10	6.79
58	Brody Williams	16	-	-	-	-	-
Forwards
9	Robert Lewandowski	38	16	6	3	1	6.94
11	Philip Zinckernagel	31	29	7	8	6	7.13
12	Puso Dithejane	22	24	2	1	2	6.69
18	Johan Gomez	25	8	0	0	1	6.73
19	Jonathan Bamba	30	23	3	2	2	7.00
28	Dean Boltz	20	-	-	-	-	-

Squad - Columbus Crew

#	Player	Age	Apps	Goals	Assists	YC	Rating
Goalkeepers
1	Nicholas Hagen	30	-	-	-	-	-
24	Evan Bush	40	-	-	-	-	-
28	Patrick Schulte	25	30	0	0	3	6.90
54	Luke Pruter	25	-	-	-	-	-
Defenders
2	Andres Herrera	27	20	0	1	2	6.48
3	Eric Bailly	32	4	0	0	0	6.65
4	Rudy Camacho injured	35	19	0	0	6	6.77
12	Cesar Ruvalcaba	25	7	0	0	2	6.67
18	Malte Amundsen	28	25	2	1	3	6.73
22	Tristan Brown	19	-	-	-	-	-
31	Steven Moreira	32	29	0	0	3	6.61
Midfielders
7	Dylan Chambost	29	26	0	5	3	7.10
8	Santiago Rodriguez	26	8	2	2	2	7.25
10	Brais Mendez	29	12	5	2	2	7.35
11	Brooks Lennon	29	11	1	0	1	6.53
14	Amar Sejdic	29	7	0	0	0	6.61
16	Taha Habroune	20	29	5	3	4	7.07
17	Sekou Bangoura	24	20	1	0	5	6.63
20	Andre Gomes injured	33	22	1	0	4	6.90
21	Anass Zaroury	25	4	1	0	0	7.10
23	Mohamed Farsi	26	18	2	5	0	6.90
25	Sean Zawadzki	26	30	0	1	3	6.85
29	Cole Mrowka	20	-	-	-	-	-
40	Johann Chirinos	21	-	-	-	-	-
50	Tarun Karumanchi	23	11	0	0	3	6.75
Forwards
19	Jamal Thiare	33	16	1	0	2	6.52
26	Lautaro Giaccone	25	7	0	0	0	6.41
31	Kevin Gbamble	19	1	0	0	0	6.90
33	Gonzalo Tapia	24	8	3	2	0	7.00
46	Chase Adams	18	-	-	-	-	-
77	Josef Martinez	33	10	0	1	0	6.27

Head-to-head

Last 9 meetings

Chicago Fire wins1

Draws2

Columbus Crew wins6

Goals: Chicago Fire: 9 (1.0)
Goals: Columbus Crew: 17 (1.9)
Goals per match: 2.9
Both teams scored: 5 / 9
Over 2.5 goals: 6 / 9

Results

8 March 2026 • MLS • Columbus Crew 0 : 0 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)
28 September 2025 • MLS • Chicago Fire 2 : 0 Columbus Crew (Half-time 1 : 0)
23 February 2025 • MLS • Columbus Crew 4 : 2 Chicago Fire (Half-time 3 : 2)
19 May 2024 • MLS • Chicago Fire 1 : 3 Columbus Crew (Half-time 0 : 1)
10 March 2024 • MLS • Columbus Crew 2 : 1 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)
21 September 2023 • MLS • Columbus Crew 3 : 0 Chicago Fire (Half-time 3 : 0)
11 June 2023 • MLS • Chicago Fire 1 : 2 Columbus Crew (Half-time 0 : 0)
3 September 2022 • MLS • Columbus Crew 0 : 0 Chicago Fire (Half-time 0 : 0)
10 July 2022 • MLS • Chicago Fire 2 : 3 Columbus Crew (Half-time 2 : 0)

Form: last 10 matches

	Chicago Fire	Columbus Crew
W-D-L	4-2-4	7-0-3
Scored (per match)	14 (1.4)	20 (2.0)
Conceded (per match)	16 (1.6)	11 (1.1)
Clean sheets	1 / 10	3 / 10
Both teams scored	7 / 10	6 / 10
Over 2.5 goals	7 / 10	6 / 10

Recent form - Chicago Fire

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)
L13 September 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 1 : 2 New England Revolution (Half-time 0 : 1)
D10 September 2026 • MLS • Chicago Fire 1 : 1 Inter Miami (Half-time 1 : 0)

Recent form - Columbus Crew

W29 October 2026 • MLS • FC Dallas 0 : 2 Columbus Crew (Half-time 0 : 1)
W24 October 2026 • MLS • Columbus Crew 4 : 2 Toronto FC (Half-time 2 : 0)
W18 October 2026 • MLS • FC Cincinnati 0 : 2 Columbus Crew (Half-time 0 : 1)
W15 October 2026 • MLS • Columbus Crew 3 : 1 Charlotte (Half-time 1 : 1)
L11 October 2026 • MLS • Orlando City 3 : 2 Columbus Crew (Half-time 2 : 1)
W28 September 2026 • MLS • Columbus Crew 2 : 1 Inter Miami (Half-time 1 : 1)
W20 September 2026 • MLS • CF Montreal 0 : 2 Columbus Crew (Half-time 0 : 0)
W17 September 2026 • US Open Cup • Columbus Crew 2 : 1 Orlando City (Half-time 1 : 1)
L13 September 2026 • MLS • Columbus Crew 0 : 1 New York Red Bulls (Half-time 0 : 0)
L10 September 2026 • MLS • DC United 2 : 1 Columbus Crew (Half-time 2 : 0)

Standings - Eastern Conference

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nashville SC	32	21	8	3	66	23	+43	71
2	New England Revolution	32	18	4	10	54	44	+10	58
3	Inter Miami	32	15	11	6	75	55	+20	56
4	Chicago Fire	32	15	7	10	57	48	+9	52
5	Charlotte	32	14	8	10	59	48	+11	50
6	Philadelphia Union	32	13	8	11	62	50	+12	47
7	Orlando City	32	12	7	13	62	74	-12	43
8	FC Cincinnati	32	11	10	11	66	73	-7	43
9	Columbus Crew	32	12	5	15	52	49	+3	41
10	New York Red Bulls	32	11	6	15	43	59	-16	39
11	Toronto FC	32	9	12	11	50	60	-10	39
12	New York City	32	9	11	12	47	44	+3	38
13	DC United	32	7	12	13	39	57	-18	33
14	Atlanta Utd	32	8	6	18	40	56	-16	30
15	CF Montreal	32	6	7	19	36	66	-30	25

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nashville SC	16	14	2	0	45	12	+33	44
2	New England Revolution	16	11	2	3	30	18	+12	35
5	Charlotte	16	9	4	3	33	16	+17	31
8	Orlando City	16	9	3	4	32	22	+10	30
10	Chicago Fire	16	9	2	5	30	21	+9	29
14	FC Cincinnati	15	8	3	4	38	30	+8	27
15	Toronto FC	17	6	9	2	36	33	+3	27
16	Inter Miami	16	6	8	2	43	28	+15	26
17	Philadelphia Union	16	7	5	4	28	18	+10	26
18	Columbus Crew	16	8	2	6	26	19	+7	26
23	New York Red Bulls	16	6	3	7	24	29	-5	21
24	New York City	16	5	5	6	29	23	+6	20
25	DC United	16	5	5	6	20	28	-8	20
28	CF Montreal	16	4	5	7	19	23	-4	17
29	Atlanta Utd	16	4	2	10	23	32	-9	14

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inter Miami	16	9	3	4	32	27	+5	30
2	Nashville SC	16	7	6	3	21	11	+10	27
6	Chicago Fire	16	6	5	5	27	27	0	23
7	New England Revolution	16	7	2	7	24	26	-2	23
9	Philadelphia Union	16	6	3	7	34	32	+2	21
11	Charlotte	16	5	4	7	26	32	-6	19
14	New York City	16	4	6	6	18	21	-3	18
15	New York Red Bulls	16	5	3	8	19	30	-11	18
18	Atlanta Utd	16	4	4	8	17	24	-7	16
19	FC Cincinnati	17	3	7	7	28	43	-15	16
21	Columbus Crew	16	4	3	9	26	30	-4	15
22	DC United	16	2	7	7	19	29	-10	13
23	Orlando City	16	3	4	9	30	52	-22	13
26	Toronto FC	15	3	3	9	14	27	-13	12
30	CF Montreal	16	2	2	12	17	43	-26	8

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	L. Messi	Inter Miami	29	0	5
2	D. Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	24	0	0
3	S. Surridge	Nashville SC	24	0	0
1	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami	23	1	12
2	Petar Musa	FC Dallas	22	5	0
4	A. Dreyer	San Diego FC	19	0	0
3	Sam Surridge	Nashville SC	18	3	0
4	Kelvin Yeboah	Minnesota United	18	3	0
5	Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC	18	1	0
5	Evander	FC Cincinnati	18	0	0
6	P. Musa	FC Dallas	18	0	0
7	D. Joveljic	Sporting Kansas City	18	0	0
6	Ahoueke Denkey	Cincinnati	17	3	0
7	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	1	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
8	Guilherme	Houston	16	1	8
9	Milan Iloski	Philadelphia Union	16	4	0
10	Tai Baribo	DC United	16	5	0
13	D. Rossi	Columbus Crew	16	0	0
16	P. Zinckernagel	Chicago Fire	15	0	0
23	Hugo Cuypers	Chicago	13	2	0
28	Maren Haile-Selassie	Chicago	12	0	6
7	M. Arfsten	Columbus Crew	1	0	3