Match Info

MLS

Date: 7 March 2026, Saturday

Location: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field (Columbus, OH)

Referee: Penso T. (Usa)

Where to Watch on TV:


Finland	Veikkaus TV
Usa	MLS Season Pass
World	Apple TV International


	Columbus Crew		Chicago Fire

	1	X	2
	1.81	3.6	4.2	Watch
	1.88	3.75	3.6
	1.95	3.55	3.95	Watch
	1.93	3.75	4.19
	1.88	3.64	4.05	Watch
	1.85	3.75	3.3
	1.96	3.62	4.11	Watch
Avarage Now (Initially)	1.89 ↓ (2)	3.67 ↑ (3.2)	3.91 ↓ (4.05)

The most likely Over/Under: 3.00

The best margin for this event is 2.3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Columbus Crew
50%

Draw
25.8%

Chicago Fire
24.2%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

47.2%

29.5%

23.3%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Columbus Crew has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2.8%)

Chicago Fire has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.9%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
85.7%	9.5%	4.8%

Columbus Crew - Chicago Fire Predictions

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

DNB - Columbus (1.40) (votes: 1 - 50%) .

BTTS - yes (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Users Predictions: Columbus Crew will win (18 of 21 users predict this - 85.71%).
Confidence interval (95%): 70.74% – 100%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): Columbus Crew will win (8 of 8 users predict this - 100%) 🥇 Gold Tip.

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 10 Selected Experts predict this event. Columbus (votes: 9 - 90%). Chicago (votes: 1 - 10%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 2:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
28. Schulte P. (G) 2. Herrera A. 31. Moreira S. 4. Camacho R. 18. Amundsen M. 16. Habroune T. 25. Zawadzki S. 14. Sejdic A. 27. Arfsten M. 10. Rossi D. 9. Abou Ali W.	1. Brady C. (G) 3. Elliott J. 16. Waterman J. 4. Mbokazi M. 2. Barroso L. 6. Saletros A. 22. Pineda M. 7. Haile-Selassie M. 11. Zinckernagel P. 8. Mueller C. 19. Bamba J.
Substitutes
17. Bangoura S. 22. Brown T. 21. Cheberko Y. 8. Gazdag D. 1. Hagen N. (G) 30. Picard H. 45. Presthus O. 12. Ruvalcaba C. 19. Thiare J.	27. Borso D. 44. Cohen J. (G) 38. Cupps C. 42. D'Avilla D. 12. Dithejane P. 17. Lod R. 35. Oregel S. 14. Radojevic V. 20. Shokalook J.
Coaches
Rydstrom H.	Berhalter G.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
14', Arfsten M. 🟨,
28', Barroso L. ↓, Borso D. ↑,
2nd Half (0 - 0)
55', Pineda M. ↓, D'Avilla D. ↑,
55', Mueller C. ↓, Lod R. ↑,
61', Waterman J. 🟨,
73', Sejdic A. ↓, Picard H. ↑,
77', Zinckernagel P. 🟨,
83', Saletros A. 🟨,
87', Zawadzki S. 🟨,
90', Bamba J. 🟨,
90', Abou Ali W. 🟨,
90+3', Zinckernagel P. ↓, Shokalook J. ↑,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Columbus won 4.

In this match, Columbus is seen as the favorite.

There will not play in Columbus: Chambost D. (Muscle Injury) Farsi M. (Pelvis Injury)

There will not play in Chicago: Dean J. (Red Card) Franco A. (Knee Injury) Gutman A. (Inactive) Rogers S. (Lower-Body Injury)

There are questionable in Columbus: Aliyu I. (Ankle Injury)

There are questionable in Chicago: Radojevic V. (Lower-Body Injury) Shokalook J. (Head Injury)

In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Columbus won 10 matches, drew 6 matches, lost 4 matches, and goals 36:21. (average 1.8:1.1).

Including home matches between the teams, Columbus won 7 matches, drew 3 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 23:8. (average 2.1:0.7).

Outrights of MLS for now

Chicago Fire: 5.37% Columbus Crew: 0.69%

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Columbus Crew
MLS
28.02.26	Sporting Kansas City - Columbus Crew	2:2 ✺
21.02.26	Portland Timbers - Columbus Crew	3:2 ✺
08.11.25	Cincinnati - Columbus Crew	2:1 ✺
02.11.25	Columbus Crew - Cincinnati	4:0 ✺
27.10.25	Cincinnati - Columbus Crew	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 1.9 TLLWL
- Chicago Fire
MLS
28.02.26	Chicago Fire - CF Montréal	3:0 ✺
21.02.26	Houston Dynamo - Chicago Fire	2:1 ✺
Club Friendly
14.02.26	Chicago Fire - Portland Timbers	3:4 ✺
08.02.26	Los Angeles Galaxy - Chicago Fire	2:3 ✺
MLS
01.11.25	Chicago Fire - Philadelphia Union	0:3 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 9.2 WLLWL

Latest Head to Head

MLS
27.09.25	Chicago Fire - Columbus Crew	2:0
22.02.25	Columbus Crew - Chicago Fire	4:2
18.05.24	Chicago Fire - Columbus Crew	1:3
09.03.24	Columbus Crew - Chicago Fire	2:1
20.09.23	Columbus Crew - Chicago Fire	3:0
10.06.23	Chicago Fire - Columbus Crew	1:2
03.09.22	Columbus Crew - Chicago Fire	0:0

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