FC Cincinnati - Chicago Fire

Logo FC Cincinnati
FC Cincinnati
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Major League Soccer - MLS Season 2026 - Round 8
3 - 3
Finished
Referee: Malik Badawi
Logo Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire
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Result

Ball possession

55%
45%

Timeline

Samuel Mawuena Gidi
7'
Tom Barlow
11'
26'
0-1
Hugo Cuypers
Tom Barlow
1-1
42'
45'
1-2 P
Philip Zinckernagel
Gilberto Ivan Flores Melgarejo (out)
Teenage Lingani Hadebe (in)
46'
48'
1-3
Hugo Cuypers
Miles Robinson (out)
Alvas Elvis Powell (in)
64'
Tom Barlow (out)
Ayoub Jabbari (in)
70'
Ender Jesús Echenique Peña (out)
Gerardo Valenzuela (in)
70'
73'
Philip Zinckernagel (out)
Joel Waterman (in)
Evander da Silva Ferreira
2-3 P
79'
83'
Robert Jonathan Dean Jr (out)
Dylan Borso (in)
83'
Robin Lod (out)
Puso Dithejane (in)
Kenji Mboma Dem (out)
Kyle Smith (in)
85'
Dje Tah D'Avilla
3-3 OG
86'
Pavel Bucha
90'
Bryan Josías Ramírez León
90'
90'
Dylan Borso
90+4'
Maren Haile-Selassie (out)
Viktor Radojević (in)
90+9'
Mbekezeli Mbokazi
90+9'
Jack Elliott

Odds

1X2 10Bet 188Bet 888Sport Bet365 Betano Betfair BetVictor Dafabet Marathonbet Pinnacle SBO Unibet William Hill
1 FC Cincinnati 2.50 2.41 2.45 2.55 2.52 2.40 2.50 2.55 2.48 2.52 2.36 2.45 2.45
X Draw 3.80 3.75 3.50 3.60 3.75 3.80 3.60 3.80 3.65 3.75 3.34 3.65 3.50
2 Chicago Fire 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.60 2.57 2.60 2.55 2.60 2.53 2.58 2.46 2.60 2.50

Previous confrontations (H2H)

7 FC Cincinnati
4 Draw
4 Chicago Fire
60% Over 2.5 goals
53% Both teams scored
2.7 Goals per match
Logo FC Cincinnati 5 | Logo Chicago Fire 5 Clean sheets
🔥 FC Cincinnati won the last 2 head-to-head meetings
Biggest win: Chicago Fire 3-0 FC Cincinnati (2020)
Most goals: FC Cincinnati 3-4 Chicago Fire (2021)
Goals scored all matches
Logo FC Cincinnati
1.40
Logo Chicago Fire
1.33
Goals in home matches
Logo FC Cincinnati
1.00
Logo Chicago Fire
1.57
Goals in away matches
Logo FC Cincinnati
1.86
Logo Chicago Fire
1.13
Above is calculated based on the below matches

Stats

FC Cincinnati
Chicago Fire
9
Shots on goal
6
10
Shots off goal
4
23
Total shots
18
4
Blocked shots
8
22
Shots inside box
11
1
Shots outside box
7
11
Fouls
9
9
Corners
1
4
Yellow cards
3
3
Goalkeeper saved
7
483
Total passes
413
400
Passes success
318
83%
Passes %
77%
4.12
Expected goals (xG)
1.75
0.99
Goals prevented
0.99

Stadion

Stadion name

Nippert Stadium

Capacity

40000

Address

2700 Bearcats Way
Cincinnati, Ohio

table 2026

Western Conference
Team Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps 46
Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo 43
FC Dallas FC Dallas 43
San Jose Earthquakes San Jose Earthquakes 41
St. Louis City St. Louis City 41
Los Angeles FC Los Angeles FC 40
Colorado Rapids Colorado Rapids 35
Portland Timbers Portland Timbers 32
San Diego San Diego 30
Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles Galaxy 30
Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake 29
Minnesota United FC Minnesota United FC 29
Austin Austin 29
Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders 28
Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 18
Eastern Conference
Team Pts
Nashville SC Nashville SC 54
Inter Miami Inter Miami 45
New England Revolution New England Revolution 43
Charlotte Charlotte 40
Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 39
Orlando City SC Orlando City SC 34
Philadelphia Union Philadelphia Union 33
New York City FC New York City FC 32
FC Cincinnati FC Cincinnati 32
New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls 30
DC United DC United 29
Toronto FC Toronto FC 29
Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 23
Atlanta United FC Atlanta United FC 23
CF Montréal CF Montréal 21
Complete table

Line-ups

Logo FC Cincinnati FC Cincinnati — Formation: 3-4-1-2
Coach: Pat Noonan
18
Roman Celentano
4
Nick Hagglund
12
Miles Robinson
3
Gilberto Ivan Flores Melgarejo
66
Ender Jesús Echenique Peña
20
Pavel Bucha
11
Samuel Mawuena Gidi
29
Bryan Josías Ramírez León
10
Evander da Silva Ferreira
17
Kenji Mboma Dem
16
Tom Barlow
17
Robin Lod
9
Hugo Cuypers
7
Maren Haile-Selassie
42
Dje Tah D'Avilla
6
Anton Salétros
11
Philip Zinckernagel
15
Andrew Gutman
4
Mbekezeli Mbokazi
3
Jack Elliott
24
Robert Jonathan Dean Jr
1
Christopher Brady
Chicago Fire — Formation: 4-4-2 Logo Chicago Fire
Coach: Mario Barcena

Substitutes

Substitutes FC Cincinnati

Name Age Position
Evan Louro 30 Goalkeeper
Teenage Lingani Hadebe 30 Defender
Alvas Elvis Powell 32 Defender
Kyle Smith 34 Defender
Brian Anunga 30 Midfielder
Ayoub Jabbari 26 Attacker
Gerardo Valenzuela 21 Attacker

Substitutes Chicago Fire

Name Age Position
Josh Cohen 34 Goalkeeper
Joel Waterman 30 Defender
Mauricio Pineda 28 Defender
Puso Dithejane 22 Defender
Dylan Borso 20 Midfielder
Viktor Radojević 22 Midfielder
David Poreba 23 Midfielder
Sergio Oregel Jr. 21 Midfielder
Jason Shokalook 23 Attacker

Player stats

# Name FN rating Min Pos G A Sh SoT Pas KP Pas+ Tkl Blk Int Du Du+ Dri Dri+ Foul Foul+ 🟨 🟥 Off Sav GC Pen+ Pen- PenSv
1 Logo Chicago Fire Christopher Brady 9.2 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 35 - 21 - - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - 7 3 0 0 0
9 Logo Chicago Fire Hugo Cuypers 8.3 90 Attacker 2 0 2 2 28 1 20 3 - 1 22 8 1 - 2 4 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
10 Logo FC Cincinnati Evander da Silva Ferreira 8.2 90 Attacker 1 0 5 2 39 7 34 - - 1 8 3 4 1 - 1 0 0 - - 0 1 0 -
11 Logo Chicago Fire Philip Zinckernagel 7.9 73 Midfielder 1 1 2 2 28 3 20 3 - - 12 7 2 1 - 3 0 0 - - 0 1 0 -
66 Logo FC Cincinnati Ender Jesús Echenique Peña 7.5 70 Midfielder - 0 3 2 17 3 14 - - - 10 3 7 3 - - 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo FC Cincinnati Pavel Bucha 7.3 90 Midfielder - 0 1 1 44 1 35 2 - - 7 5 2 1 - - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo FC Cincinnati Bryan Josías Ramírez León 7.2 90 Midfielder - 0 2 1 39 3 33 3 - - 11 7 3 3 2 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
2 Logo FC Cincinnati Alvas Elvis Powell (sub) 7.2 26 Defender - 0 - - 20 - 19 - - - 7 5 4 3 1 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo FC Cincinnati Gerardo Valenzuela (sub) 7.2 20 Midfielder - 0 1 1 9 1 9 - - - 4 2 - - - 2 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo FC Cincinnati Kenji Mboma Dem 7.0 85 Attacker - 0 2 - 31 2 26 2 - - 6 5 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo FC Cincinnati Tom Barlow 6.9 70 Attacker 1 0 1 1 22 2 16 1 1 - 8 3 1 - 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo FC Cincinnati Kyle Smith (sub) 6.9 15 Defender - 0 - - 10 - 7 - - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo FC Cincinnati Miles Robinson ©️ 6.7 64 Defender - 0 1 1 38 - 27 4 2 - 10 7 - - 2 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
99 Logo FC Cincinnati Ayoub Jabbari (sub) 6.7 20 Attacker - 0 - - 6 - 5 - - - 2 1 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
12 Logo Chicago Fire Puso Dithejane (sub) 6.7 18 Attacker - 0 - - 3 - 3 1 - - 1 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
27 Logo Chicago Fire Dylan Borso (sub) 6.7 18 Attacker - 0 - - 1 - 1 - - - 4 2 1 1 - 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
11 Logo FC Cincinnati Samuel Mawuena Gidi 6.6 90 Midfielder - 0 - - 63 - 53 1 1 4 7 2 - - 2 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo Chicago Fire Jack Elliott ©️ 6.5 90 Defender - 0 - - 42 2 35 - 2 - 11 5 - - 1 1 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
7 Logo Chicago Fire Maren Haile-Selassie 6.5 89 Midfielder - 0 3 1 29 - 23 2 - - 8 2 2 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo FC Cincinnati Nick Hagglund 6.3 90 Defender - 0 2 - 53 - 46 - 1 - 10 7 1 - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
15 Logo FC Cincinnati Teenage Lingani Hadebe (sub) 6.3 45 Defender - 0 1 - 37 - 28 - 1 - 6 3 1 1 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
6 Logo Chicago Fire Anton Salétros 6.3 90 Midfielder - 0 1 - 51 - 47 1 - 1 3 1 - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
42 Logo Chicago Fire Dje Tah D'Avilla 6.3 90 Midfielder - 0 2 1 41 1 35 2 - 1 7 4 - - - 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
3 Logo FC Cincinnati Gilberto Ivan Flores Melgarejo 6.2 45 Defender - 0 - - 29 - 25 - 2 2 6 2 - - 3 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
24 Logo Chicago Fire Robert Jonathan Dean Jr 6.2 83 Defender - 0 - - 28 2 20 - - 1 3 1 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
4 Logo Chicago Fire Mbekezeli Mbokazi 6.2 90 Defender - 0 - - 52 - 42 3 2 - 7 4 - - 2 - 1 0 - - 0 0 0 -
17 Logo Chicago Fire Robin Lod 6.2 83 Attacker - 0 - - 28 3 19 1 - 1 11 4 1 - 1 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
18 Logo FC Cincinnati Roman Celentano 6.0 90 Goalkeeper - 0 - - 26 - 23 - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - 3 3 0 0 0
15 Logo Chicago Fire Andrew Gutman 6.0 90 Defender - 0 - - 39 - 28 3 - - 10 6 2 2 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
16 Logo Chicago Fire Joel Waterman (sub) 6.0 17 Defender - 0 - - 6 - 3 - - - 2 1 - - 1 - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
13 Logo FC Cincinnati Evan Louro (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
27 Logo FC Cincinnati Brian Anunga (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
14 Logo Chicago Fire Viktor Radojević (sub) - 1 Defender - 0 - - 2 - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
44 Logo Chicago Fire Josh Cohen (sub) - - Goalkeeper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
35 Logo Chicago Fire Sergio Oregel Jr. (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
22 Logo Chicago Fire Mauricio Pineda (sub) - - Defender - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
29 Logo Chicago Fire David Poreba (sub) - - Midfielder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -
20 Logo Chicago Fire Jason Shokalook (sub) - - Attacker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 0 0 -