FC Cincinnati vs Chicago Fire

Major League Soccer · Apr 18, 2026 · 23:30 · TQL Stadium

Final score: FC Cincinnati 3–3 Chicago Fire

Standings

• FC Cincinnati: #9 · 17 Pts · 14 P (4W 5D 5L)
• Chicago Fire: #4 · 23 Pts · 13 P (7W 2D 4L)

Recent form

FC Cincinnati

• D Apr 11, 2026: Toronto FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati
• L Apr 4, 2026: New York Red Bulls 4–2 FC Cincinnati
• W Mar 22, 2026: FC Cincinnati 4–3 CF Montreal
• L Mar 20, 2026: Tigres UANL 5–1 FC Cincinnati
• L Mar 15, 2026: New England Revolution 6–1 FC Cincinnati

Chicago Fire

• W Apr 14, 2026: Detroit City 1–2 Chicago Fire
• W Apr 12, 2026: Chicago Fire 1–0 Atlanta United FC
• W Apr 5, 2026: Chicago Fire 1–0 Nashville SC
• W Mar 21, 2026: Philadelphia Union 1–2 Chicago Fire
• L Mar 15, 2026: Chicago Fire 1–2 DC United

Head-to-head

• 2026-05-03T00:30:00+00:00: Chicago Fire 2–3 FC Cincinnati
• 2026-04-18T23:30:00+00:00: FC Cincinnati 3–3 Chicago Fire
• 2025-07-05T23:30:00+00:00: FC Cincinnati 2–1 Chicago Fire
• 2025-04-20T00:30:00+00:00: Chicago Fire 2–3 FC Cincinnati
• 2024-07-17T23:30:00+00:00: FC Cincinnati 0–1 Chicago Fire

Match events

• 7' Card Yellow Card — Samuel Gidi (FC Cincinnati)
• 11' Card Yellow Card — Tom Barlow (FC Cincinnati)
• 26' Goal Normal Goal — H. Cuypers (Chicago Fire)
• 42' Goal Normal Goal — T. Barlow (FC Cincinnati)
• 45' Goal Penalty — P. Zinckernagel (Chicago Fire)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — G. Flores (FC Cincinnati) (assists: T. Hadebe)
• 48' Goal Normal Goal — H. Cuypers (Chicago Fire)
• 64' subst Substitution 2 — M. Robinson (FC Cincinnati) (assists: A. Powell)
• 70' subst Substitution 3 — T. Barlow (FC Cincinnati) (assists: A. Jabbari)
• 70' subst Substitution 4 — E. Echenique (FC Cincinnati) (assists: G. Valenzuela)
• 73' subst Substitution 1 — P. Zinckernagel (Chicago Fire) (assists: J. Waterman)
• 79' Goal Penalty — Evander (FC Cincinnati)
• 83' subst Substitution 2 — J. Dean (Chicago Fire) (assists: D. Borso)
• 83' subst Substitution 3 — R. Lod (Chicago Fire) (assists: P. Dithejane)
• 85' subst Substitution 5 — K. Mboma (FC Cincinnati) (assists: K. Smith)
• 86' Goal Own Goal — D. D'Avilla (FC Cincinnati)
• 90' Card Yellow Card — Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati)
• 90' Card Yellow Card — Bryan Ramirez (FC Cincinnati)
• 90'+9 Card Yellow Card — Mbekezeli Mbokazi (Chicago Fire)
• 90'+9 Card Yellow Card — Jack Elliott (Chicago Fire)
• 90' Card Yellow Card — Dylan Borso (Chicago Fire)
• 90'+4 subst Substitution 4 — M. Haile-Selassie (Chicago Fire) (assists: V. Radojevic)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 9 — 6
• Shots off Goal: 10 — 4
• Total Shots: 23 — 18
• Blocked Shots: 4 — 8
• Shots insidebox: 22 — 11
• Shots outsidebox: 1 — 7
• Fouls: 11 — 9
• Corner Kicks: 9 — 1
• Offsides: 1 — 0
• Ball Possession: 55% — 45%
• Yellow Cards: 4 — 3
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 3 — 7
• Total passes: 483 — 413
• Passes accurate: 400 — 318
• Passes %: 83% — 77%
• expected_goals: 4.12 — 1.75
• goals_prevented: 0.99 — 0.99

Injuries

FC Cincinnati

• K. Denkey — Red Card (Missing Fixture)
• K. Fletcher — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• M. Miazga — Leg Injury (Missing Fixture)
• O. Nwobodo — Leg Injury (Missing Fixture)
• K. Denkey — Red Card (Missing Fixture)
• K. Fletcher — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• M. Miazga — Leg Injury (Missing Fixture)
• O. Nwobodo — Leg Injury (Missing Fixture)

Chicago Fire

• J. Bamba — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• L. Barroso — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. Franco — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• C. Mueller — Lower-Body Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Bamba — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• L. Barroso — Injury (Missing Fixture)
• A. Franco — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• C. Mueller — Lower-Body Injury (Missing Fixture)