Major League Soccer

Sep 3, 2022 at 10.30pm UK

Columbus Crew Stadium

Columbus Crew
0 - 0
Chicago Fire

Diaz Espinoza (74')

Herbers (85'), Espinoza (90+7')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Major League Soccer clash between Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Chicago Fire

Last Six:

Last Game: New England 0-0 Chicago Fire
Thursday, September 1 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
6	Toronto	29	-5	34
7	Chicago Fire	28	-10	31
8	Houston Dynamo	28	-11	29

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Columbus Crew win with a probability of 54.82%. A draw had a probability of 22.8% and a win for Chicago Fire had a probability of 22.42%.

The most likely scoreline for a Columbus Crew win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.74%) and 2-0 (8.98%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.68%), while for a Chicago Fire win it was 1-2 (5.86%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood.

Result
Columbus Crew	Draw	Chicago Fire
54.82% ( 1.75)	22.75% ( -0.32)	22.42% ( -1.44)

Both teams to score 56.07% (

-0.73)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.33% (

-0.12)

43.66% (

0.11)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.94% (

-0.12)

66.05% (

0.11)

Columbus Crew Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.17% (

0.56)

15.83% (

-0.57)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.99% (

1.04)

45% (

-1.04)

Chicago Fire Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.62% (

-1.33)

33.38% (

1.32)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.99% (

-1.48)

70% (

1.47)

Score Analysis

Columbus Crew 54.82%

Chicago Fire 22.42%

Draw 22.75%

Columbus Crew	Draw	Chicago Fire
2-1 @ 9.85% ( 0.07) 1-0 @ 9.74% ( 0.23) 2-0 @ 8.98% ( 0.38) 3-1 @ 6.05% ( 0.16) 3-0 @ 5.52% ( 0.34) 3-2 @ 3.32% ( -0.03) 4-1 @ 2.79% ( 0.13) 4-0 @ 2.54% ( 0.2) 4-2 @ 1.53% ( 0.02) 5-1 @ 1.03% ( 0.07) 5-0 @ 0.94% ( 0.09) Other @ 2.54% Total : 54.82%	1-1 @ 10.68% ( -0.13) 2-2 @ 5.4% ( -0.16) 0-0 @ 5.28% ( 0.03) 3-3 @ 1.21% ( -0.06) Other @ 0.17% Total : 22.75%	1-2 @ 5.86% ( -0.29) 0-1 @ 5.8% ( -0.18) 0-2 @ 3.18% ( -0.22) 1-3 @ 2.14% ( -0.19) 2-3 @ 1.98% ( -0.13) 0-3 @ 1.16% ( -0.13) Other @ 2.3% Total : 22.42%