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Chicago Fire v Columbus Crew : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 7th Nov, 21:00 BST, SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview

Columbus Crew are on the road on Saturday night, as manager Laurent Courtois takes his men to visit Chicago Fire and Gregg Berhalter at the SeatGeek Stadium in the Major League Soccer. We have custom-designed stats for all of the main betting markets, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head-to-head data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Chicago should have reason to feel positive ahead of this fixture and, funnily enough, so might Columbus. The bookmakers see them as well matched and so do we – there's no obvious victor in this fixture. So we look to the both teams to score market, where there's far more reason to be certain. The form statistics, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookmakers odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and we think that's the tip to go with here.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Chicago are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 42% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.96.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Chicago 42%	24/25 20%	-
Draw 23%	14/5 6%	-
Columbus 35%	11/5 31%	-
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1 7%	-
Chicago 2-1 9%	8/1 10%	-
Columbus 2-1 8%	11/1 20%	-
Draw 2-2 7%	10/1	-
Chicago 1-0 6%	12/1	-
Columbus 1-0 5%	16/1 31%	-
Chicago 2-0 5%	12/1 24%	-
Chicago 3-1 5%	12/1 24%	-
Columbus 2-0 4%	20/1 24%	-
Columbus 3-1 4%	20/1 24%	-
Chicago 3-2 4%	16/1 19%	-
Columbus 3-2 4%	22/1 10%	-
Draw 0-0 3%	20/1 11%	-
Chicago 3-0 3%	20/1 19%	-
Columbus 3-0 2%	40/1 58%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 66%	4/9 4%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 34%	17/10 8%	-
Home 1st Goal 50%	4/6 13%	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	11/10 10%	-
No 1st Goal 2%	20/1 11%	-
BTTS - Yes 67%	4/9	-
BTTS - No 33%	13/8	-
BTTS - Home Win 26%	11/5 20%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3 8%	-
BTTS - Away Win 22%	4/1 25%	-
Home/draw 65%	4/11 9%	-
Away/draw 58%	4/5 20%	-
Home/away 77%	1/4 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 85%	1/8 1%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 15%	5/1 9%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 44%	11/10 5%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 56%	4/6 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 26%	5/2 7%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 74%	2/7 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 13%	11/2 7%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 87%	1/9 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/50	-
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	20/1 11%	-
Home DNB 58%	1/2 18%	-
Away DNB 51%	6/4 37%	-
Chicago win to nil 17%	7/2 25%	-
Columbus win to nil 13%	7/1 33%	-
Chicago / Chicago 26%	21/10 23%	-
Chicago / Columbus 4%	22/1 10%	-
Chicago / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Chicago 15%	9/2 15%	-
Draw / Columbus 10%	7/1 23%	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1 8%	-
Columbus / Chicago 4%	18/1 10%	-
Columbus / Columbus 16%	4/1 25%	-
Columbus / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Chicago	2 - 2	Orlando
Chicago	1 - 3	Philadelphia
Chicago	2 - 1	NY City
Chicago	3 - 1	Vancouver
Chicago	1 - 2	New England
Chicago	1 - 1	Miami
Chicago	2 - 1	Portland
Chicago	2 - 1	Charlotte
Chicago	2 - 1	Toronto
Chicago	1 - 3	NY Red Bulls
Chicago	2 - 3	Cincinnati
Chicago	5 - 0	Sporting KC
Chicago	1 - 0	Atlanta
Chicago	1 - 0	Nashville
Chicago	1 - 2	DC United
Chicago	3 - 0	Montreal
Chicago	0 - 3	Philadelphia
Chicago	3 - 1	Orlando
Chicago	2 - 2	Toronto
Chicago	2 - 0	Columbus

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Chicago	4 - 2	Colorado
H	Chicago	2 - 2	Orlando
A	Chicago	3 - 2	Atlanta
A	Chicago	0 - 1	New England
H	Chicago	1 - 3	Philadelphia
H	Chicago	2 - 1	NY City
H	Chicago	3 - 1	Vancouver
A	Chicago	1 - 0	Charlotte
A	Chicago	0 - 3	Nashville
H	Chicago	1 - 2	New England
H	Chicago	1 - 1	Miami
A	Chicago	4 - 4	Toronto
A	Chicago	2 - 2	Seattle
A	Chicago	1 - 1	NY Red Bulls
A	Chicago	2 - 1	Orlando
H	Chicago	2 - 1	Portland
H	Chicago	2 - 1	Charlotte
A	Chicago	1 - 3	NY City
A	Chicago	2 - 3	Miami
H	Chicago	2 - 1	Toronto

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dallas	0 - 2	Columbus
Cincinnati	0 - 2	Columbus
Orlando	3 - 2	Columbus
Montreal	0 - 2	Columbus
DC United	2 - 1	Columbus
Nashville	3 - 2	Columbus
Charlotte	3 - 1	Columbus
Miami	2 - 2	Columbus
Philadelphia	1 - 1	Columbus
NY Red Bulls	3 - 2	Columbus
NY City	3 - 0	Columbus
New England	2 - 1	Columbus
Atlanta	1 - 3	Columbus
Toronto	2 - 1	Columbus
Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
Portland	3 - 2	Columbus
Cincinnati	2 - 1	Columbus
Cincinnati	1 - 0	Columbus
Orlando	1 - 1	Columbus
Chicago	2 - 0	Columbus

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Columbus	3 - 0	DC United
A	Columbus	2 - 0	Dallas
H	Columbus	4 - 2	Toronto
A	Columbus	2 - 0	Cincinnati
H	Columbus	3 - 1	Charlotte
A	Columbus	2 - 3	Orlando
H	Columbus	2 - 1	Miami
A	Columbus	2 - 0	Montreal
H	Columbus	0 - 1	NY Red Bulls
A	Columbus	1 - 2	DC United
H	Columbus	3 - 0	Colorado
H	Columbus	1 - 3	New England
A	Columbus	2 - 3	Nashville
H	Columbus	1 - 2	Montreal
A	Columbus	1 - 3	Charlotte
A	Columbus	2 - 2	Miami
H	Columbus	2 - 1	Cincinnati
H	Columbus	1 - 2	NY City
H	Columbus	2 - 0	Atlanta
A	Columbus	1 - 1	Philadelphia

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Chicago

Columbus

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 9

6 / 9

Clean sheets

3 / 9

0 / 9

CHI

COL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Chicago
Chicago	2 - 0
	1 - 3	Columbus
	1 - 2	Columbus
	2 - 3	Columbus
Chicago	1 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Chicago	1 - 0

Columbus

Chicago

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

3 / 10

Clean sheets

7 / 10

2 / 10

COL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Columbus
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Columbus	4 - 2
Columbus	2 - 1
Columbus	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Columbus	2 - 0
Columbus	2 - 0
Columbus	3 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Columbus	3 - 0

Goal Statistics

Columbus Crew have been steady in attack of late, scoring in 7 consecutive Major League Soccer outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Chicago Fire on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Chicago 4th	Columbus 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 83% probability that Chicago will score 1 or more goals	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Columbus will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-8 Chicago’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-11 Columbus have scored 11% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.9 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

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CHI

COL

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Games scored	30		29
Failed to score	3		4
Scored first	19		18
Goals scored	61		55
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1.7
Avg. shots per game	10		10
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	18		18
Avg. XG for	1.8		1.5
KickOff rating		+9%

CHI

COL

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Games conceded	26		25
Clean sheets	7		8
Conceded first	13		14
Goals conceded	50		49
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	17%		16%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.3
KickOff rating		+3%

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Chicago Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
31	12	10	10
P Zinckernagel	M Haile-Selassie	P Zinckernagel	D. D'Avilla

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Haile-Selassie MID	33	12	6	1 -
P Zinckernagel FWD	32	7	10	6 -
C Brady GLK	31			1 -
D. D'Avilla MID	30	1	1	9 1
J Elliott DEF	29		2	7 1
J Dean DEF	28		1	3 1
A Salétros MID	28	2	2	5 -
P Dithejane FWD	26	3	1	2 -
J Bamba FWD	26	6	3	2 -
A Gutman DEF	25	1	4	5 -
R Lod MID	24	4	3	3 -
M Pineda DEF	21			1 -
L. Caetano Barroso DEF	20		3	2 -
M. Mbokazi DEF	19			4 -
R Lewandowski FWD	18	7	4	1 -
S Oregel MID	11			3 -
N Allen DEF	10		1	2 -
J Gómez MID	10	1		1 -
S Rogers DEF	8			2 -
A Hanche-Olsen DEF	5			-
A Mekvabishvili MID	5	1		1 -
D Poreba MID	3		1	1 -
J Cohen GLK	2			-
A Franco MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	33	10	15
M Haile-Selassie	P Zinckernagel	P Zinckernagel	P Zinckernagel

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Haile-Selassie MID	12	27	6	12
P Zinckernagel FWD	7	33	10	15
R Lewandowski FWD	7	13	4	3
J Bamba FWD	6	20	3	8
R Lod MID	4	10	3	3
P Dithejane FWD	3	12	1	3
A Salétros MID	2	10	2	6
D. D'Avilla MID	1	7	1	1
A Gutman DEF	1	2	4	4
J Gómez MID	1	3
A Mekvabishvili MID	1	2
J Elliott DEF		2	2	2
J Dean DEF			1	2
M Pineda DEF		1
L. Caetano Barroso DEF		3	3	4
M. Mbokazi DEF		3
N Allen DEF			1	1
D Poreba MID			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1765	57	167
J Elliott	P Zinckernagel	P Zinckernagel

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Elliott DEF	1765	28	94
A Salétros MID	1471	39	66
D. D'Avilla MID	1384	39	96
M. Mbokazi DEF	1005	31	78
C Brady GLK	972		11
P Zinckernagel FWD	924	57	167
M Haile-Selassie MID	911	23	81
J Dean DEF	797	38	92
A Gutman DEF	743	33	83
J Bamba FWD	719	29	85
M Pineda DEF	568	26	45
L. Caetano Barroso DEF	519	31	54
S Rogers DEF	392	4	10
R Lod MID	390	26	64
N Allen DEF	310	11	21
S Oregel MID	309	5	18
R Lewandowski FWD	259	6	78
A Hanche-Olsen DEF	251	6	18
P Dithejane FWD	173	6	39
A Mekvabishvili MID	147	9	12
J Gómez MID	129	7	23
J Cohen GLK	73		1
D Poreba MID	28	1	5
A Franco MID	5	1	1

Columbus Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	5	7	6
P Schulte	T Habroune	D Chambost	S Bangoura

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Schulte GLK	33			3 -
S Zawadzki DEF	33	1	1	3 -
T Habroune MID	32	5	3	4 -
S Moreira DEF	31			3 -
D Chambost MID	29		7	5 -
M Amundsen DEF	28	2	1	3 -
A Herrera DEF	23		1	3 -
A Gomes MID	23	1		4 -
S Bangoura MID	22	1		5 1
M Farsi MID	21	2	6	-
R Camacho DEF	19			6 -
J Thiaré FWD	18	2		3 -
T. Karumanchi MID	13			3 -
B Méndez MID	13	5	2	3 -
B Lennon DEF	12	1	1	1 -
J Martínez FWD	12	1	1	-
S Rodríguez MID	11	3	2	2 -
G Tapia FWD	10	4	2	-
L Giaccone FWD	8			-
C. Ruvalcaba Perez DEF	7			2 -
A Sejdic MID	7			-
A Zaroury FWD	7	2	1	-
W Ali FWD	7	5	1	1 -
E Bailly DEF	6			1 -
C. M. Adams FWD	6	1		-
K. Gbamblé FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	19	7	10
T Habroune	B Méndez	D Chambost	T Habroune

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Habroune MID	5	12	3	10
B Méndez MID	5	19	2	4
W Ali FWD	5	9	1
G Tapia FWD	4	10	2	4
S Rodríguez MID	3	8	2	3
M Amundsen DEF	2	2	1	2
M Farsi MID	2	4	6	4
J Thiaré FWD	2	3		1
A Zaroury FWD	2	10	1	1
S Zawadzki DEF	1	4	1
A Gomes MID	1	3		1
S Bangoura MID	1	2
B Lennon DEF	1	3	1	1
J Martínez FWD	1	5	1
C. M. Adams FWD	1	1
S Moreira DEF		4		2
D Chambost MID		5	7	8
A Herrera DEF		5	1	2
R Camacho DEF		4
T. Karumanchi MID				1
A Sejdic MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2109	71	142
S Zawadzki	T Habroune	T Habroune

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
S Zawadzki DEF	2109	60	139
S Moreira DEF	1661	27	58
D Chambost MID	1523	33	57
R Camacho DEF	1481	18	49
M Amundsen DEF	1329	39	93
T Habroune MID	1273	71	142
P Schulte GLK	1159		8
A Gomes MID	1157	29	78
M Farsi MID	704	18	48
B Méndez MID	547	17	41
S Bangoura MID	524	25	61
A Herrera DEF	487	24	48
S Rodríguez MID	359	23	76
T. Karumanchi MID	355	24	43
C. Ruvalcaba Perez DEF	263	5	15
B Lennon DEF	244	2	12
A Zaroury FWD	218	3	18
A Sejdic MID	125	6	9
W Ali FWD	116	5	23
E Bailly DEF	102	2	5
G Tapia FWD	90	4	24
J Martínez FWD	81	1	8
L Giaccone FWD	75	1	4
J Thiaré FWD	69	4	31
C. M. Adams FWD	31	3	10
K. Gbamblé FWD	4		4