Columbus have as much momentum heading into this encounter as one could hope for, while the Fire seem to have lost all of theirs, not to mention the fact that several key players seem to be playing hurt for them which has impacted their performances of late. The Fire have failed to find the back of the net in their last three visits to Columbus, and they have not been consistently sharp in the final third all season. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Columbus Crew win with a probability of 54.82%. A draw had a probability of 22.8% and a win for Chicago Fire had a probability of 22.42%.

The most likely scoreline for a Columbus Crew win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.74%) and 2-0 (8.98%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.68%), while for a Chicago Fire win it was 1-2 (5.86%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood.

Result
Columbus Crew	Draw	Chicago Fire
54.82% ( 1.75)	22.75% ( -0.32)	22.42% ( -1.44)

Both teams to score 56.07% (

-0.73)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.33% (

-0.12)

43.66% (

0.11)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.94% (

-0.12)

66.05% (

0.11)

Columbus Crew Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.17% (

0.56)

15.83% (

-0.57)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.99% (

1.04)

45% (

-1.04)

Chicago Fire Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.62% (

-1.33)

33.38% (

1.32)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.99% (

-1.48)

70% (

1.47)

Score Analysis

Columbus Crew 54.82%

Chicago Fire 22.42%

Draw 22.75%

Columbus Crew	Draw	Chicago Fire
2-1 @ 9.85% ( 0.07) 1-0 @ 9.74% ( 0.23) 2-0 @ 8.98% ( 0.38) 3-1 @ 6.05% ( 0.16) 3-0 @ 5.52% ( 0.34) 3-2 @ 3.32% ( -0.03) 4-1 @ 2.79% ( 0.13) 4-0 @ 2.54% ( 0.2) 4-2 @ 1.53% ( 0.02) 5-1 @ 1.03% ( 0.07) 5-0 @ 0.94% ( 0.09) Other @ 2.54% Total : 54.82%	1-1 @ 10.68% ( -0.13) 2-2 @ 5.4% ( -0.16) 0-0 @ 5.28% ( 0.03) 3-3 @ 1.21% ( -0.06) Other @ 0.17% Total : 22.75%	1-2 @ 5.86% ( -0.29) 0-1 @ 5.8% ( -0.18) 0-2 @ 3.18% ( -0.22) 1-3 @ 2.14% ( -0.19) 2-3 @ 1.98% ( -0.13) 0-3 @ 1.16% ( -0.13) Other @ 2.3% Total : 22.42%