Anticipation builds as Chicago Fire prepare to host Columbus Crew at Soldier Field on 2025-09-28 (kick-off 01:30 GMT), in week 52 of the 2025 MLS.
Looking back over duel, W. Nancy has 1 win versus G. Berhalter, who has no wins, with no draws.
A view of the standings shows Chicago Fire in 9th spot with 45 points and Columbus Crew in 8th on 50 points.
Chicago Fire have one player out: C. Mueller (Health problems) but Columbus Crew face 4 absences: R. Camacho (Pelvis Injury), D. Rossi (Thigh Injury), S. Zawadzki (Injury), M. Farsi (Pelvis Injury).
Our forecast has Chicago Fire in a 4-man backline (4-3-3), with Columbus Crew set to counter in 3-4-2-1.
Chicago Fire suffered a 2-5 defeat to Philadelphia Union II, while Columbus Crew managed a 1-1 draw versus Toronto.
Neither side is flying – Chicago Fire 2-0-3 and Columbus Crew 1-2-2 over the last 5 matches.
Columbus Crew hold the upper hand H2H: of 42 meetings, they've triumphed 18 times, conceded 13 times and shared 11 draws.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (5-5-5 vs 5-6-4) and scoring roughly 1.40-1.63 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.
Chicago Fire is going head to head with Columbus Crew on 28/9/2025 00:30 GMT at Soldier Field 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 Columbus Crew H2H statistics!