Chicago Fire vs Columbus Crew SC Preview

Chicago Fire vs Columbus Crew SC

Competition – MLS

Stadium – Toyota Park

Date: 23rd August

Kick-off time – 23:59 GMT

These two teams face each other off the back of league losses last Sunday and they will both be looking to get back to winning ways at Toyota Park.

Chicago Fire’s loss to Montreal Impact at the weekend was their 8 consecutive loss and their fans will be frustrated even further if they fail to get all three points from this game.

Atlanta United beat Columbus Crew at the weekend in a game where Martinez scored for the 27th time this season, and the visitors will be looking to heap more misery on Fire by the end of 90 minutes here.

Chicago Fire are really struggling with game management as evidenced by their stoppage time loss againt Montreal in their last game.

Higuain has been in fine form in terms of dictating play from midfield for the visitors and he will be used against their struggling host here.

Fire have lost their last 8 games on the spin, while the visitors have three wins from their last four league games.

Chicago Fire has the better head to head record with 28 wins and 18 losses from 64 meetings over the years.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Chicago Fire

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Chicago Fire 0-1 New York Red Bulls 12 Aug, 2018 Major League Soccer
L Philadelphia Union 3-0 Chicago Fire 9 Aug, 2018 United States Open Cup
L Real Salt Lake 2-1 Chicago Fire 5 Aug, 2018 Major League Soccer
L Toronto FC 3-0 Chicago Fire 29 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
L Chicago Fire 1-2 Toronto FC 22 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer

Columbus Crew SC

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Columbus Crew SC 1-0 Houston Dynamo 12 Aug, 2018 Major League Soccer
W New York Red Bulls 2-3 Columbus Crew SC 29 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
W Columbus Crew SC 3-2 Orlando City SC 22 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
L New York City FC 2-0 Columbus Crew SC 15 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer
L LA Galaxy 4-0 Columbus Crew SC 8 Jul, 2018 Major League Soccer

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Columbus Crew SC 2-2 Chicago Fire 7 Jun, 2018 United States Open Cup
Columbus Crew SC 3-0 Chicago Fire 13 May, 2018 Major League Soccer
Chicago Fire 1-0 Columbus Crew SC 8 Apr, 2018 Major League Soccer
Columbus Crew SC 3-1 Chicago Fire 13 Aug, 2017 Major League Soccer
Chicago Fire 1-0 Columbus Crew SC 8 Apr, 2017 Major League Soccer

Other fixtures taking place this week in the MLS:

March 10, 2024
Philadelphia Union 01:30 Seattle Sounders
March 30, 2024
Philadelphia Union 19:00 Minnesota United
Colorado Rapids 21:00 Los Angeles
March 31, 2024
Charlotte 00:30 Cincinnati
D.C. United 00:30 Montréal
Inter Miami 00:30 New York City
Orlando City 00:30 New York RB
Toronto 00:30 Sporting KC
Austin 01:30 Dallas
Houston Dynamo 01:30 SJ Earthquakes
Nashville SC 01:30 Columbus Crew
Real Salt Lake 02:30 St. Louis City
LA Galaxy 03:30 Seattle Sounders
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 03:30 Portland Timbers
Atlanta United 19:30 Chicago Fire

MLS Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Cincinnati 5 3 2 0 5 2 +3 11
2 Inter Miami 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 10
3 New York RB 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
4 Columbus Crew 5 3 1 1 7 4 +3 10
5 Toronto 5 3 1 1 5 2 +3 10
6 Montréal 4 2 1 1 8 7 +1 7
7 Charlotte 5 2 1 2 5 4 +1 7
8 Atlanta United 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6
9 Philadelphia Union 4 1 3 0 8 6 +2 6
10 D.C. United 5 1 3 1 8 8 +0 6
11 Nashville SC 5 1 3 1 5 9 -4 6
12 Chicago Fire 5 1 2 2 9 10 -1 5
13 Orlando City 5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 4
14 New York City 5 1 0 4 3 7 -4 3
15 New England 5 0 1 4 4 11 -7 1

MLS Results

March 24, 2024
SJ Earthquakes 3 - 2 Seattle Sounders
Portland Timbers 1 - 3 Philadelphia Union
Los Angeles 5 - 0 Nashville SC
Colorado Rapids 0 - 1 Houston Dynamo
St. Louis City 2 - 2 D.C. United
Sporting KC 2 - 3 LA Galaxy
Cincinnati 1 - 0 New York City
Charlotte 2 - 0 Columbus Crew
Orlando City 2 - 0 Austin
Toronto 2 - 0 Atlanta United
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 - 2 Real Salt Lake
March 23, 2024
New York RB 4 - 0 Inter Miami
New England 1 - 1 Chicago Fire
March 18, 2024
Atlanta United 2 - 0 Orlando City

Check Also

Spain vs Brazil Preview

Spain will play their second South American team in March this Tuesday when they welcome ...

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *