The Group Stage of the 2026 MLS sees Charlotte and Chicago Fire collide on 2026-09-27 at 00:30 GMT.
In the past meeting, Mario Barcena leads 1-0 over D. Smith, with no draws.
Charlotte have 2 players sidelined: N. Berchimas (Foot Injury), A. John (Upper-Body Injury) while Chicago Fire face 3 absences: A. Franco (Knee Injury), M. Mbokazi (Lower-Body Injury), A. Saletros (Lower-Body Injury).
We're predicting Charlotte to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-3-3, and Chicago Fire are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
The previous match saw T. Ream lead Charlotte with a 5.5 TheyScored rating, and P. Zinckernagel top-rating for Chicago Fire at 7.9.
Charlotte won 2-1 against D.C. United\t, while Chicago Fire lost their fixture 0-3 vs Nashville SC.
Charlotte look strong (3-2-0) over the last 5 matches, whereas Chicago Fire have 0-3-2 in the same span.
Dominance for Charlotte: across 9 clashes, they've won 5 games and only lost 4 games to Chicago Fire, with 0 stalemates.
Our model forecasts 1-0 for Charlotte, bolstered by their 7-4-2 home record and an average of 2.00 goals per game.
Charlotte is going head to head with Chicago Fire on 26/9/2026 23:30 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 Charlotte v Chicago Fire H2H statistics!