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MLS Regular Season - 5 Final

Chicago Fire at Columbus Crew

Chicago Fire Away
12
Columbus Crew Home

Score by half

Box score
Team HT2H T
Chicago Fire 01 1
Columbus Crew 02 2

Summary

Columbus Crew beat Chicago Fire 2-1 on Saturday, March 9 (Lower.com Field, Columbus, Ohio).

Match events

  1. First half

    1. 13' Yellow card A. Arigoni Yellow Card

  2. Second half

    1. 59' Substitution M. Hinestroza ↔ J. Russell-Rowe
    2. 59' Substitution D. Nagbe ↔ Steven Moreira
    3. 59' Substitution B. Gutiérrez ↔ C. Mueller
    4. 67' Substitution M. Arfsten ↔ M. Farsi
    5. 68' Goal J. Russell-Rowe Assist: M. Amundsen Normal Goal
    6. 72' Goal F. Herbers Assist: M. Haile-Selassie Normal Goal
    7. 82' Substitution X. Shaqiri ↔ G. Giménez
    8. 82' Substitution H. Cuypers ↔ T. Barlow
    9. 86' Substitution Y. Yeboah ↔ Y. Cheberko
    10. 86' Substitution R. Camacho ↔ D. Jones
    11. 88' Substitution K. Acosta ↔ F. Navarro
    12. 89' Substitution M. Haile-Selassie ↔ J. Dean
    13. 90+1' Yellow card M. Meineche Yellow Card
    14. 90+5' Yellow card T. Barlow Yellow Card
    15. 90+10' Goal M. Farsi 0 Normal Goal

Team stats

Chicago Fire Columbus Crew
42%
Possession
58%
1.72
Expected goals (xG)
1.33
11
Shots
18
3
Shots on target
10
5
Shots off target
4
3
Blocked shots
4
9
Shots inside the box
8
2
Shots outside the box
10
5
Corners
6
1
Offsides
3
10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow cards
1
8
Saves
1
395
Passes
557
325
Accurate passes
499
82%
Pass accuracy
90%

Player ratings

Chicago Fire

Player ratings
Player MINRTGGASHPASKPTKLDUELFCCARD
Chris Brady G 907.9000/024000/00–
Allan Arigoni D 907.0000/132049/132🟨
Tobias Salquist D 906.9000/041101/21–
Rafael Czichos D 906.9000/043023/70–
Chase Gasper D 907.2000/045023/40–
Fabian Herbers M 908.0101/131159/111–
Kellyn Acosta M 896.7000/038036/121–
Maren Haile-Selassie M 897.2011/219115/100–
Xherdan Shaqiri C M 826.9000/032401/61–
Hugo Cuypers F 826.9001/316014/100–
Brian Gutierrez M 607.0000/128047/112–
Chris Mueller F 306.7000/022102/30–
Jonathan Dean M 156.7000/01011/10–
Federico Navarro M 156.3000/04012/30–
Gastón Giménez M 86.5000/011012/30–
Tom Barlow F 86.7000/08002/42🟨

Columbus Crew

Player ratings
Player MINRTGGASHPASKPTKLDUELFCCARD
Patrick Schulte G 906.7000/026000/10–
Sean Zawadzki D 907.6001/163015/81–
Malte Amundsen D 907.3010/062114/71🟨
Aidan Morris M 907.2000/183111/41–
Diego Rossi F 907.5003/341208/162–
Cucho Hernández F 907.3002/338104/122–
Rudy Camacho D 866.9001/157003/92–
Yaw Yeboah M 867.2000/143204/80–
Maximilian Arfsten M 687.0000/133023/70–
Darlington Nagbe C M 596.6000/025101/40–
Marino Hinestroza F 596.7000/019111/70–
Steven Moreira D 317.2000/021200/11–
Jacen Russell-Rowe F 318.0102/217224/81–
Mohamed Farsi D 227.6101/113002/20–
Yevhen Cheberko D 186.3000/010001/30–
Derrick Jones M 186.6000/06022/30–

Lineups

Columbus Crew3-4-2-1
9C. Hernández
10D. Rossi11M. Hinestroza
27M. Arfsten8A. Morris6D. Nagbe14Y. Yeboah
25S. Zawadzki4R. Camacho18M. Amundsen
28P. Schulte

Substitutes

Coach: W. Nancy

Chicago Fire4-2-3-1
9H. Cuypers
7M. Haile-Selassie10X. Shaqiri17B. Gutiérrez
21F. Herbers23K. Acosta
27A. Arigoni14T. Salquist5R. Czichos77C. Gasper
34C. Brady

Substitutes

Coach: F. Klopas

Head-to-head

Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew, all competitions
1Wins
9 meetings 2 draws Goals 8–17
6Wins

Previous meetings

Form guide

Chicago Fire

DLLLL W-D-L 0-1-4 · Goals 5-13

Columbus Crew

WWDWW W-D-L 4-1-0 · Goals 13-5

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