Match Details

Major League Soccer
FC Cincinnati
1 2
Chicago Fire
Half Time
HT 1-2
T. Barlow 42'
H. Cuypers 27'P. Zinckernagel 45' (P)
Match Started
S. Gidi 7'

Yellow Card

T. Barlow 11'

Yellow Card

H. Cuypers 27'

Goal

T. Barlow 42'

Goal

P. Zinckernagel 45+4'

Penalty Goal

Half Time

FC Cincinnati 3-5-2 Pat Noonan

Roman Celentano 18
Celentano
Gilberto Flores 3
Flores
Miles Robinson 12
Robinson
Nick Hagglund 4
Hagglund
Bryan Ramirez 29
Ramirez
Samuel Gidi 11
Gidi
Evander 10
Evander
Pavel Bucha 20
Bucha
Ender Echenique 66
Echenique
Tom Barlow 16
Barlow
Kenji Mboma Dem 17
Dem

Starters

  • Roman Celentano18 Roman Celentano
  • Gilberto Flores3 Gilberto Flores
  • Miles Robinson12 Miles Robinson
  • Nick Hagglund4 Nick Hagglund
  • Bryan Ramirez29 Bryan Ramirez
  • Samuel Gidi11 Samuel Gidi
  • Evander10 Evander
  • Pavel Bucha20 Pavel Bucha
  • Ender Echenique66 Ender Echenique
  • Tom Barlow16 Tom Barlow
  • Kenji Mboma Dem17 Kenji Mboma Dem

Substitutes

  • Alvas Powell2 Alvas Powell
  • Evan Louro13 Evan Louro
  • Teenage Hadebe15 Teenage Hadebe
  • Gerardo Valenzuela22 Gerardo Valenzuela
  • Kyle Smith24 Kyle Smith
  • Tah Anunga27 Tah Anunga
  • Ayoub Jabbari99 Ayoub Jabbari

Chicago Fire 4-4-2 Gregg Berhalter

Chris Brady 1
Brady
Andrew Gutman 15
Gutman
Mbekezeli Mbokazi 4
Mbokazi
Jack Elliott 3
Elliott
Jonathan Dean 24
Dean
Maren Haile-Selassie 7
Haile-Selassie
Dje Tah D'Avilla 42
D'Avilla
Anton Saletros 6
Saletros
Philip Zinckernagel 11
Zinckernagel
Hugo Cuypers 9
Cuypers
Robin Lod 17
Lod

Starters

  • Chris Brady1 Chris Brady
  • Andrew Gutman15 Andrew Gutman
  • Mbekezeli Mbokazi4 Mbekezeli Mbokazi
  • Jack Elliott3 Jack Elliott
  • Jonathan Dean24 Jonathan Dean
  • Maren Haile-Selassie7 Maren Haile-Selassie
  • Dje Tah D'Avilla42 Dje Tah D'Avilla
  • Anton Saletros6 Anton Saletros
  • Philip Zinckernagel11 Philip Zinckernagel
  • Hugo Cuypers9 Hugo Cuypers
  • Robin Lod17 Robin Lod

Substitutes

  • Puso Dithejane12 Puso Dithejane
  • Viktor Radojević14 Viktor Radojević
  • Joel Waterman16 Joel Waterman
  • Jason Shokalook20 Jason Shokalook
  • Mauricio Pineda22 Mauricio Pineda
  • Dylan Borso27 Dylan Borso
  • David Poreba29 David Poreba
  • Sergio Oregel35 Sergio Oregel
  • Josh Cohen44 Josh Cohen

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Match Statistics

FC Cincinnati Chicago Fire
  • 6 Shots on Goal 3
  • 2 Shots off Goal 4
  • 9 Total Shots 15
  • 1 Blocked Shots 8
  • 9 Shots insidebox 9
  • 0 Shots outsidebox 6
  • 6 Fouls 3
  • 5 Corner Kicks 1
  • 0 Offsides 0
  • 51% Ball Possession 49%
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Red Cards 0
  • 2 Goalkeeper Saves 5
  • 220 Total passes 219
  • 182 Passes accurate 183
  • 83% Passes % 84%
  • 1.67 expected_goals 0.80
  • 1 goals_prevented 1

Head-to-Head Stats

FC Cincinnati Wins 5
Draws 1
Chicago Fire Wins 4

Recent Matches

  • 2021-10-20 FC Cincinnati 3 - 4 Chicago Fire
  • 2022-05-15 Chicago Fire 1 - 2 FC Cincinnati
  • 2022-10-01 FC Cincinnati 2 - 3 Chicago Fire
  • 2023-03-19 Chicago Fire 3 - 3 FC Cincinnati
  • 2023-06-03 FC Cincinnati 1 - 0 Chicago Fire
  • 2024-03-03 Chicago Fire 1 - 2 FC Cincinnati
  • 2024-07-17 FC Cincinnati 0 - 1 Chicago Fire
  • 2025-04-20 Chicago Fire 2 - 3 FC Cincinnati
  • 2025-07-05 FC Cincinnati 2 - 1 Chicago Fire
  • 2026-04-18 FC Cincinnati 2 - 3 Chicago Fire

League Standings

# Team MP W D L GD Pts
1 Vancouver Whitecaps 8 7 0 1 18 21
2 San Jose Earthquakes 7 6 0 1 11 18
3 Los Angeles FC 7 5 1 1 13 16
4 Real Salt Lake 6 4 1 1 4 13
5 Seattle Sounders 6 4 1 1 4 13
6 Colorado Rapids 8 4 0 4 6 12
7 FC Dallas 7 3 3 1 5 12
8 San Diego 7 3 2 2 4 11
9 Minnesota United FC 7 3 2 2 -5 11
10 Los Angeles Galaxy 7 2 2 3 -1 8
11 Portland Timbers 7 2 1 4 -5 7
12 Austin 8 1 4 3 -3 7
13 Houston Dynamo 6 2 0 4 -6 6
14 St. Louis City 7 1 3 3 -3 6
15 Sporting Kansas City 8 1 1 6 -13 4
1 Nashville SC 7 5 1 1 11 16
2 Inter Miami 8 4 3 1 2 15
3 Chicago Fire 7 4 1 2 4 13
4 Toronto FC 8 3 3 2 -1 12
5 New York City FC 7 3 2 2 5 11
6 Charlotte 7 3 2 2 4 11
7 New York Red Bulls 8 3 2 3 -7 11
8 New England Revolution 6 3 0 3 3 9
9 DC United 7 2 1 4 -5 7
10 FC Cincinnati 7 2 1 4 -6 7
11 CF Montreal 8 2 0 6 -8 6
12 Columbus Crew 7 1 3 3 -1 6
13 Atlanta United FC 7 1 1 5 -6 4
14 Orlando City SC 7 1 1 5 -18 4
15 Philadelphia Union 7 1 0 6 -6 3

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