Chicago Fire vs Columbus Crew Prediction

Form guide

Chicago Fire have won 10 of their last 20 matches across all competitions, losing just 5, with 37 goals scored and 31 conceded. That's a fairly settled record, with five draws mixed in too.

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Chicago Fire: 20 completed matches; Columbus Crew: 20 completed matches.

Chicago Fire

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

31

Difference

+6

Columbus Crew

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

26

Difference

+8

Columbus Crew have also won 10 from their last 20, but they've lost eight compared to Fire's five, with 34 goals for and 26 against. Similar win tally, but a bumpier overall ride.

Fire's extra draws point to a side that rarely falls apart, while Columbus have been more feast or famine.

Comparative Team Statistics: Chicago Fire vs Columbus Crew

Head-to-head record

These two drew 0-0 back in March this year, and their history over the last several seasons is genuinely mixed rather than one-sided. There have been heavy wins both ways, a 3-3 draw, a 4-4 draw, and several tight 1-0 and 2-0 results scattered through the fixture list.

Nothing in this head-to-head suggests Fire have Columbus's measure, despite the current gap between them in the standings.

League standings

Chicago Fire sit 4th with 55 points from 33 games, built on 16 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses. Columbus Crew are 8th on 44 points from the same number of matches, with 13 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses.

That's an 11-point gap, which is meaningful over a long season, even if it doesn't tell us much about how a single match will go.

Team news

Fire's top scorer H. Cuypers has 13 goals in just 11 matches, but he's listed as questionable with a lower-body issue. There's also a cluster of other Fire names carrying knocks, including Bamba, Radojevic, Shokalook, Mueller and Barroso, all questionable.

Chicago Fire:

Best scorers:

H. Cuypers - 13

Best assist providers:

P. Zinckernagel - 8

Penalty cards:

T. D'Avilla x 7

Injury list:

J. Bamba

V. Radojevic

J. Shokalook

H. Cuypers

C. Mueller

L. Barroso

Columbus Crew:

Injury list:

I. Aliyu

W. Abou Ali

N. Hagen

S. Moreira

G. Tapia

S. Bangoura

R. Camacho

L. Giaccone

Columbus have their own list of concerns. W. Abou Ali is out with a knee injury, and three players, Hagen, Moreira and Tapia, are away on international duty. A few more, including Aliyu, Bangoura, Camacho and Giaccone, are questionable too.

If Cuypers can't go, Fire's main source of goals takes a hit.

How it could play out

Both sides have shown they can put goals together and also concede them, so a reasonably open game wouldn't be a surprise on recent patterns. Fire's table position points to more control, but that edge leans heavily on Cuypers being fit enough to lead the line.

Columbus arrive with their own gaps, missing players to injury and international call-ups, which makes it harder to lean on their underlying away form holding up as it has in recent weeks.