Chicago FireAttacking momentumCharlotte
Preview
- 2026-08-02 at 01:30 GMT marks a key Group Stage encounter between Chicago Fire and Charlotte in 2026's MLS.
- Referee J. Freemon has dished out around 4-5 yellows and 0 reds, plus 23 fouls per match across 10 games.
- With the data available to us, Mario Barcena and D. Smith have not met as managers before.
- Chicago Fire have 4 players out: C. Cupps (International duty), A. Franco (Knee Injury), M. Mbokazi (Lower-Body Injury), C. Mueller (Inactive) but Charlotte have 3 players missing: N. Berchimas (International duty), A. John (Upper-Body Injury), A. Saint-Maximin (Inactive).
- We're predicting Chicago Fire to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-4-2, and Charlotte are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- Both teams are coming from different results: Chicago Fire fell 1-3 against New York City, while Charlotte prevailed 2-0 over New York RB.
- Chicago Fire (3-0-2) and Charlotte (3-1-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Charlotte hold the upper hand H2H: of 8 meetings, they've triumphed 5 times, conceded 3 times and shared 0 draws.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (5-0-3 vs 2-1-4) and scoring roughly 2.00-2.00 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Chicago Fire
Charlotte
Events
| 10' | A. Saletros | ||
| 18' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 20' | 1 - 1 | ||
HT 1 - 1 | |||
| 59' | J. Waterman | ||
| 68' | 2 - 1 | ||
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| 74' | |||
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| 88' | |||
| 90+5' | R. Lewandowski | ||
Stats
Lineups
Standings
Chicago Fire is going head to head with Charlotte on 2/8/2026 00:30 GMT for the USA MLS. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Chicago Fire v Charlotte H2H statistics!