Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

Major League Soccer

2026

Chicago Fire

Cuypers16'

Cuypers28'

-FT

May 03, 2026

Soldier Field

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Philip Zinckernagel

Chicago Fire

Assists

9.3

90'+12Yellow Card

A. Chirilă

Cincinnati

90'+8Substitution

Jason Shokalook· In

Jonathan Dean· Out

Chicago Fire

Goal!

2-3

Evander

90'+7·Cincinnati

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90'+3Yellow Card

Djé D'Avilla

Chicago Fire

90'+1Missed Penalty

Hugo Cuypers

Chicago Fire

90'Yellow Card

Ayoub Lajhar

Cincinnati

88'Substitution

Ayoub Lajhar· In

Bryan Ramírez· Out

Cincinnati

77'Substitution

Tom Barlow· In

Kenji Mboma Dem· Out

Cincinnati

77'Substitution

Ayoub Jabbari· In

Kévin Denkey· Out

Cincinnati

68'Yellow Card

Kévin Denkey

Cincinnati

66'Substitution

Matt Miazga· In

Gerardo Valenzuela· Out

Cincinnati

59'Substitution

Jonathan Bamba· In

Robin Lod· Out

Chicago Fire

56'Red Card

Kyle Smith

Cincinnati

46'Substitution

Nick Hagglund· In

Tah Anunga· Out

Cincinnati

Goal!

2-2

Evander

31'·Cincinnati

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Goal!

2-1

Hugo Cuypers

28'·Chicago Fire

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Goal!

1-1

Evander

24'·Cincinnati

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Goal!

1-0

Hugo Cuypers

16'·Chicago Fire

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Statistics of the Game

Chicago Fire

Cincinnati

56%Ball Possession44%

33Shots Total10

10Shots On Target4

10Corners1

12Fouls5

1Yellow Cards3

1Offsides0

1Saves8

506Passes419

16Shots Off Target2

108Attacks72

80Dangerous Attacks19

29Shots Inside Box3

4Shots Outside Box7

2Goals3

4Free Kicks11

7Shots Blocked4

2Substitutions5

17Tackles9

1Assists1

430Accurate Passes356

0Red Cards1

1Injuries1

27Total Crosses5

10Accurate Crosses0

5Interceptions16

49Duels Won44

6Big Chances Created2

4Big Chances Missed0

Chicago Fire

Manager: Gregg Berhalter

Starting XI

6.2

7.3

6.2

6.6

6.5

6.1

7.5

9.3

6.5

7.6

8.7

Substitutes

6.9

Jason Shokalook

6.3

Dylan Borso

Manager: Pat Noonan

Starting XI

Roman Celentano

8.8

Kyle Smith

5.6

A. Chirilă

6.8

6.9

6.7

6.8

6.3

7.5

9.0

7.1

6.9

Substitutes

6.4

6.4

6.9

Stiven Jimenez

Ayoub Lajhar

5.5

Ender Echenique

Ayoub Jabbari

6.1

Player Stats

Player	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Philip Zinckernagel MF	90'	0	2	3/9	51(84%)	1	6/17
Hugo Cuypers FW	90'	2	0	5/9	28(79%)	2	6/10
Maren Haile-Selassie MF	90'	0	0	2/6	41(83%)	1	3/4
Anton Salétros MF	90'	0	0	0/3	56(82%)	3	5/8
Jonathan Dean DF	90'	0	0	-	51(96%)	2	7/11
Jonathan Bamba FW	31'	0	0	-	25(92%)	-	-
Mbekezeli Mbokazi DF	90'	0	0	-	53(89%)	-	3/5
Robin Lod MF	59'	0	0	-	11(64%)	3	6/7
Andrew Gutman DF	90'	0	0	0/2	34(79%)	1	3/6
Jason Shokalook FW	1'	0	0	0/1	1	-	-
Chris Brady GK	90'	0	0	-	25(92%)	-	-
Jack Elliott DF	90'	0	0	0/2	68(83%)	2	8/18
Djé D'Avilla MF	90'	0	0	0/1	62(87%)	2	2/7

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati H2H, Form & Key Stats

Evander's 90th-minute goal decided the match.(Score by goal: 16' 1-0, 24' 1-1, 28' 2-1, 31' 2-2, 90+7' 2-3.)
Cincinnati won 3-2 after trailing 0-1.(Score by goal: 16' 1-0, 24' 1-1, 28' 2-1, 31' 2-2, 90+7' 2-3.)
Cincinnati moved from 9th to 5th in the Major League Soccer (United States) table with this result.(4 places up. Before kickoff: 9th, 12 points from 10 matches. After: 5th, 15 points from 11 matches; 15 teams in this group; the table also counts 1 match played at the same time.)

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Chicago Fire	15	L1	0	1	8	1	10/15	12-6
Cincinnati	15	W1	4	0	9	0	6/15	12-12

Chicago Fire — last 5 games

W1-0 vs Atlanta United2026-04-12
W2-1 @ Detroit City2026-04-14
D3-3 @ Cincinnati2026-04-18
W5-0 vs Sporting KC2026-04-26
L1-2 vs St. Louis City2026-04-30

Cincinnati — last 5 games

L2-4 @ New York RB2026-04-04
D1-1 @ Toronto2026-04-11
D3-3 vs Chicago Fire2026-04-18
D4-4 @ New York City2026-04-22
W2-0 vs New York RB2026-04-25

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Chicago Fire	15	3.47	80%	80%	40%	67%	33%	7%
Cincinnati	15	4.53	87%	67%	60%	47%	33%	20%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Chicago Fire	Home	7	4	0	3	15-8	1.71	71%	57%
Cincinnati	Away	7	1	2	4	13-21	0.71	71%	14%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Chicago Fire	15	15-3	17-17	53%	73%	9-6-0
Cincinnati	15	14-12	22-20	61%	67%	4-6-5

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 7
Period covered: 2023-03-19 – 2026-04-18
Chicago Fire wins: 1
Draws: 2
Cincinnati wins: 4
Avg goals per meeting: 3.57
Over 2.5 goals: 71%
Both teams scored: 71%
Home side won: 29%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted
Last 5 meetings: 1W 1D 3L (Chicago Fire view)
Avg goals, last 5 vs all-time: 3.6 vs 3.57

Most recent meetings (5 of 7)

Date	Home	Score	Away
2026-04-18	Cincinnati	3-3	Chicago Fire
2025-07-05	Cincinnati	2-1	Chicago Fire
2025-04-20	Chicago Fire	2-3	Cincinnati
2024-07-17	Cincinnati	0-1	Chicago Fire
2024-03-03	Chicago Fire	1-2	Cincinnati

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 153 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Chicago Fire	4	9	17	9	WWWDW	1	+3
Cincinnati	9	10	12	-4	LDDDW	7	+2

Table context

Points gap: 5 ptsChicago Fire 17 · Cincinnati 12
Positions: #4 vs #9
Goals per game: 1.89/0.89 vs 1.9/2.3scored/conceded per game · league average 1.57

How we calculate this

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati — 15-Minute Goal Timing Breakdown

Verified regulation-time goal windows (scored vs conceded)

Chicago Fire

Last 17 gamesPeak scoring: 31-45+'76-90+' goal in 65% of games

Minutes	Scored (32)	Conceded (23)
1-15'	6 (19%)	0 (0%)
16-30'	5 (16%)	3 (13%)
31-45+'	7 (22%)	2 (9%)
46-60'	3 (9%)	3 (13%)
61-75'	6 (19%)	3 (13%)
76-90+'	5 (16%)	12 (52%)

Cincinnati

Last 20 gamesPeak scoring: 76-90+'76-90+' goal in 80% of games

Minutes	Scored (41)	Conceded (33)
1-15'	2 (5%)	6 (18%)
16-30'	5 (12%)	4 (12%)
31-45+'	9 (22%)	6 (18%)
46-60'	5 (12%)	6 (18%)
61-75'	4 (10%)	2 (6%)
76-90+'	16 (39%)	9 (27%)

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati — Corners & Cards Trends

Chicago FireLast 15 games

4 straight games under 10.5 corners

Corners Profile

Won / Conceded per game: 4.3 / 5.1
Match total corners/g: 9.3
Over 8.5 corners: 53%
Over 9.5 corners: 47%
Over 10.5 corners: 27%
Won corner count: 33%

Cards & Discipline

Team yellows / game: 1.93
Opponent cards / game: 1.67
Match total cards / game: 3.73
Over 3.5 match cards: 60%
Over 4.5 match cards: 40%

CincinnatiLast 15 games

Corners Profile

Won / Conceded per game: 5.2 / 3.5
Match total corners/g: 8.7
Over 8.5 corners: 40%
Over 9.5 corners: 40%
Over 10.5 corners: 33%
Won corner count: 67%

Cards & Discipline

Team yellows / game: 2.13
Opponent cards / game: 1.93
Match total cards / game: 4.4
Over 3.5 match cards: 60%
Over 4.5 match cards: 47%

Major League Soccer Standings

Major League Soccer · 2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	33	18	7	8	+38	61	WLWWW
2	Inter Miami	33	16	11	6	+21	59	WLDWL
3	New England	33	18	4	11	+9	58	WWWLL
4	Chicago FireH	33	16	7	10	+11	55	LWDWL
5	Charlotte	33	15	8	10	+15	53	DLWWD
6	Philadelphia Union	33	13	8	12	+11	47	DLDLL
7	CincinnatiA	33	12	10	11	-6	46	LWDWW
8	Columbus Crew	33	13	5	15	+6	44	WWWWL
9	Orlando City	33	12	7	14	-16	43	WDDLL
···
15	CF Montréal	33	6	8	19	-30	26	DLLDL

10 / 30Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

Major League Soccer

Chicago Fire33 matches

Cincinnati

33 matches

#4Position#7

55Points46

16Wins12

7Draws10

10Losses11

61Goals67

1.85Goals per game2.03

50Goals conceded73

1.52Goals per game conceded2.21

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (33 vs 33 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityChicago Fire 48% · X · Draw 21% · Cincinnati 31%

1 · Home Win

48%

X · Draw

21%

2 · Away Win

31%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

2.11 vs 1.67

Projected Total: 3.78

Over 1.5 Goals

89%

Over 2.5 Goals

73%

Over 3.5 Goals

52%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

71%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

19% / 12%

Chicago Fire / Cincinnati

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

2 - 1(8.6%)1 - 1(8.1%)2 - 2(7.1%)

Recent matches

Apr 18

3-3

@ Cincinnati

Away

Apr 12

1-0

vs Atlanta United

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Previous Meetings

Last 7 matches

Won 14%

(1/7)

Draw 29%

(2/7)

Won 57%

(4/7)

Goals

11-14

Total matches

Recent matches (5/7)

Major League Soccer•Apr 18, 2026

Cincinnati

3-3

Chicago Fire

Major League Soccer•Jul 5, 2025

Cincinnati

2-1

Chicago Fire

Major League Soccer•Apr 20, 2025

Chicago Fire

2-3

Cincinnati

Major League Soccer•Jul 17, 2024

Cincinnati

0-1

Chicago Fire

Major League Soccer•Mar 3, 2024

Chicago Fire

1-2

Cincinnati

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati — Head to Head

Last 7 matches

Chicago Fire wins

Draws

Cincinnati wins

Goals Scored

11 - 14

Apr 18, 2026 • Major League Soccer

Cincinnati

3-3

Chicago Fire

Jul 5, 2025 • Major League Soccer

Cincinnati

2-1

Chicago Fire

Apr 20, 2025 • Major League Soccer

Chicago Fire

2-3

Cincinnati

Match summary

Cincinnati beat Chicago Fire 3-2 in the Major League Soccer (United States).

Before kickoff, Chicago Fire sat 4th on 17 points, while Cincinnati were 9th on 12 points. Across 7 previous meetings on record, Chicago Fire won 1 and Cincinnati won 4, with 2 draws (3.57 goals per game).

Goals came from Hugo Cuypers (16', 28') for Chicago Fire and Evander (24', 31', 90') for Cincinnati.

More details:

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Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati H2H, Form & Key Stats

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati — 15-Minute Goal Timing Breakdown

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati — Corners & Cards Trends

Major League Soccer Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches (5/7)

Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati — Head to Head

Last 7 matches

Match summary