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Chicago Fire 1-1 Columbus Crew - August 23, 2018 / MLS 2018

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MLS 2018 - Round 26 - Eastern Conference

Toyota Park - Bridgeview - United States

August 23, 2018 - 18:00

8 551

Chicago Fire

1 - 1

Columbus Crew

Nemanja Nikolics

67'

87'

Niko Hansen

logo Chicago Fire CF

55' - Yellow card Michael de Leeuw55

57' - Substitution Ricardo Clarkis substituted by Niko Hansen photo Federico Higuaín

57' - Substitution Justin Meramis substituted by Federico Higuaín

60' - Substitution Michael de Leeuwis substituted by Aleksandar Katai60

65' - Yellow card Federico Higuaín

66' - Substitution Djordje Mihailovicis substituted by Mo Adams66

67' - Goal Nemanja Nikolics67

69' - Yellow card Aleksandar Katai69

81' - Substitution Gastón Saurois substituted by Patrick Mullins

87' - Goal Niko Hansen

91' - Yellow card Bastian Schweinsteiger91

93' - Substitution Brandt Bronicois substituted by Alan Gordon93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

1 - 1

Columbus Crew

Chicago Fire Columbus Crew

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Nikolics67

Nemanja Nikolics

Hungary

B.date31/12/1987

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

8de Leeuw6055

Michael de Leeuw

Netherlands

B.date07/10/1986

Age31 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

14Mihailovic66

Djordje Mihailovic

United States

B.date10/11/1998

Age19 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

13Bronico90+3

Brandt Bronico

United States

B.date20/06/1995

Age23 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

6McCarty

Dax McCarty

United States

B.date30/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m75

positionBox-to-box midfielder

7Edwards

Raheem Edwards

Canada

B.date17/07/1995

Age23 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

22Hasler

Nicolas Hasler

Liechtenstein

B.date04/05/1991

Age27 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

3Vincent

Brandon Vincent

United States

B.date01/05/1994

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

31Schweinsteiger91

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Germany

B.date01/08/1984

Age34 years

H1m83

positionBox-to-box midfielder

4Kappelhof

Johan Kappelhof

Netherlands

B.date05/08/1990

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

30Cleveland

Stefan Cleveland

United States

B.date24/05/1994

Age24 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
30	G	Stefan Cleveland		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Johan Kappelhof		28	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Brandon Vincent		24	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Raheem Edwards		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Dax McCarty		31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Nicolas Hasler		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	D	Bastian Schweinsteiger	91	34	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Michael de Leeuw	6055	31	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Brandt Bronico	90+3	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Djordje Mihailovic	66	19	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Nemanja Nikolics	67	30	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Columbus Crew

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Zardes

Gyasi Zardes

United States

B.date02/09/1991

Age26 years

H1m88

positionStriker

9Meram57

Justin Meram

Iraq

B.date04/12/1988

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

8Artur

Artur

Brazil

B.date11/03/1996

Age22 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Santos

Pedro Santos

Portugal

B.date22/04/1988

Age30 years

H1m73

positionWinger

6Trapp

Will Trapp

United States

B.date15/01/1993

Age25 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Clark57

Ricardo Clark

United States

B.date10/02/1983

Age35 years

H1m78

positionLeft central midfielder

19Valenzuela

Milton Valenzuela

Argentina

B.date13/08/1998

Age20 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

22Sauro81

Gastón Sauro

Argentina

B.date23/02/1990

Age28 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

3Williams

Josh Williams

United States

B.date18/04/1988

Age30 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

25Afful

Harrison Afful

Ghana

B.date24/07/1986

Age32 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

23Steffen

Zack Steffen

United States

B.date02/06/1995

Age23 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Zack Steffen		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Gastón Sauro	81	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Josh Williams		30	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Harrison Afful		32	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Milton Valenzuela		20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Artur		22	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Will Trapp		25	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Ricardo Clark	57	35	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Justin Meram	57	29	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gyasi Zardes		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Pedro Santos		30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
45	G	Richard Sanchez		24
26	D	Christian Dean		25
18	D	Drew Conner		24
19	M	Mo Adams	66	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Aleksandar Katai	6069	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Alan Gordon	90+3	36	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Daniel Johnson		22

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Jon Kempin		25
4	D	Jonathan Mensah		28
16	D	Hector Jiménez		29
10	M	Federico Higuaín	5765	33	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Niko Hansen	8757	23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Mike Grella		31
32	F	Patrick Mullins	81	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Michael de Leeuw

Aleksandar Katai

OUT

Stefan Cleveland

Richard Sanchez

OUT

Brandt Bronico

Jorge Luis Corrales

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Josh Williams

Jonathan Mensah

OUT

Milton Valenzuela

Hector Jiménez

OUT

Gastón Sauro

Lalas Abubakar

OUT

Justin Meram

Federico Higuaín

OUT

Ricardo Clark

Edward Opoku

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Veljko Paunovic

106

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Paunovic vs Columbus Crew

3 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2018

Paunovic vs Berhalter

3 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Gregg Berhalter

182

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Berhalter vs Chicago Fire

6 victories

7 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2018

Berhalter vs Paunovic

3 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 23, 2018

Referee

Armando Villarreal

2 victories	6 draws	7 losses	Chicago Fire15 matches	General total	Columbus Crew23 matches	12 victories	3 draws	8 losses
0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Chicago Fire2 matches	Season total	Columbus Crew2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 23, 2020					Latest figure on March 06, 2024

4th official

Fotis Bazakos

6 victories	5 draws	9 losses	Chicago Fire20 matches	General total	Columbus Crew18 matches	10 victories	4 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	4 losses	Chicago Fire6 matches	Season total	Columbus Crew1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 29, 2023					Latest figure on November 25, 2023

Video referee

Robert Sibiga

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Chicago Fire1 match	General total	Columbus Crew3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Chicago Fire1 match	Season total	Columbus Crew1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 23, 2018					Latest figure on August 10, 2019

Videos

August 24, 2018

Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Tom Fitzgerald head of Columbus Crew (02/08/1996-17/05/2001), you can see a manager go over Gregg Berhalter with 1.45 goals conceded per game in Major League Soccer (1.51).

Nemanja Nikolics scored 5 goals vs Columbus Crew in his professional career

Only back at the time of Bob Bradley head of Chicago Fire (30/10/1997-05/10/2002), you can see a manager go over Veljko Paunovic with 1.46 goals scored per game in Major League Soccer (1.77).

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

	7	New England Revolution	29 pts	24 rd
	8	D.C. United	27 pts	22 rd
	9	Toronto FC	24 pts	24 rd
+1	10	Chicago Fire	24 pts	27 rd
-1	11	Orlando City	23 pts	24 rd

General ranking

2	New York Red Bulls	49 pts	25 rd
3	New York City FC	48 pts	26 rd
4	Columbus Crew	40 pts	26 rd
5	Philadelphia Union	33 pts	24 rd
6	Impact de Montréal	33 pts	26 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChicago Fire 1-1 New England Revolution09/06/2018

VChicago Fire 3-2 New York City FC30/06/2018

LChicago Fire 3-4 Philadelphia Union11/07/2018

VChicago Fire 4-0 Louisville City18/07/2018

LChicago Fire 1-2 Toronto FC21/07/2018

LChicago Fire 0-1 New York Red Bulls11/08/2018

Overall

LChicago Fire 1-2 Toronto FC21/07/2018

LToronto FC 3-0 Chicago Fire28/07/2018

LReal Salt Lake 2-1 Chicago Fire04/08/2018

LPhiladelphia Union 3-0 Chicago Fire08/08/2018

LChicago Fire 0-1 New York Red Bulls11/08/2018

LCF Montréal 2-1 Chicago Fire18/08/2018

Current form

Away

DSporting Kansas City 0-0 Columbus Crew27/05/2018

LLos Angeles FC 2-0 Columbus Crew23/06/2018

LLos Angeles Galaxy 4-0 Columbus Crew07/07/2018

LNew York City FC 2-0 Columbus Crew14/07/2018

VNew York Red Bulls 2-3 Columbus Crew28/07/2018

LAtlanta United 3-1 Columbus Crew19/08/2018

Overall

LLos Angeles Galaxy 4-0 Columbus Crew07/07/2018

LNew York City FC 2-0 Columbus Crew14/07/2018

VColumbus Crew 3-2 Orlando City21/07/2018

VNew York Red Bulls 2-3 Columbus Crew28/07/2018

VColumbus Crew 1-0 Houston Dynamo11/08/2018

LAtlanta United 3-1 Columbus Crew19/08/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	6
Winless streak	2	6
Drawless streak	5	11
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	9
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	General ranking (Competition total)	4
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	5
828	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	552
18	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

26	Number of games (Competition total)	25
13	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
6	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
15	Losses (Competition total)	8
7	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.58
1.96	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.77	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-4 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

46	Yellow cards (Competition total)	39
24	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	21
3	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Nemanja Nikolics	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Gyasi Zardes
Nemanja Nikolics	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Gyasi Zardes
Nemanja Nikolics	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Federico Higuaín
Nemanja Nikolics	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Bastian Schweinsteiger	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Federico Higuaín
Bastian Schweinsteiger	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Federico Higuaín
Nemanja Nikolics	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	15 goals during the last 25 matches	Gyasi Zardes

Historical head to head

Home

37 matches

21 v

10 d

6 l

61 gf

43 ga

Away

34 matches

10 v

10 d

14 l

44 gf

63 ga

Total

71 matches

31 v

20 d

20 l

105 gf

106 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

14 v

10 d

10 l

63 gf

44 ga

Away

37 matches

6 v

10 d

21 l

43 gf

61 ga

Total

71 matches

20 v

20 d

31 l

106 gf

105 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	June 25, 2014
Home	4 - 2	June 25, 2014

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	October 26, 2003
Away	4 - 1	October 07, 2006

Latest head to head

June 06, 2018 - US Open Cup 2018

Columbus Crew

2 - 2

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

May 12, 2018 - MLS 2018

Columbus Crew

3 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

April 07, 2018 - MLS 2018

Chicago Fire

1 - 0

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

August 12, 2017 - MLS 2017

Columbus Crew

3 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

April 08, 2017 - MLS 2017

Chicago Fire

1 - 0

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Ante Razov	11 goals	1999 - 2003
Chris Rolfe	8 goals	2005 - 2012
Damani Ralph	5 goals	2003 - 2004
David Accam	5 goals	2015 - 2017
Brian McBride	5 goals	2008 - 2010
Nemanja Nikolics	4 goals	2017 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Jeff Cunningham	13 goals	1999 - 2004
Edson Buddle	7 goals	2002 - 2004
Federico Higuaín	5 goals	2013 - 2018
Eddie Gaven	4 goals	2006 - 2012
Ethan Finlay	4 goals	2014 - 2017
Kei Kamara	4 goals	2015 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

CJ Brown	38 matches	1998 - 2010
Logan Pause	31 matches	2003 - 2014
Chris Armas	26 matches	1998 - 2007
Jesse Marsch	25 matches	1998 - 2005
Zach Thornton	23 matches	1998 - 2006
Chris Rolfe	23 matches	2005 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Chad Marshall	26 matches	2004 - 2013
Jeff Cunningham	26 matches	1998 - 2011
Eddie Gaven	21 matches	2006 - 2013
Mike Clark	20 matches	1998 - 2003
Justin Meram	19 matches	2011 - 2017
Duncan Oughton	19 matches	2001 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ante Razov

196 matches

7 matches

1998 - 2005

Jon Busch

90 matches

101 matches

2002 - 2015

Dominic Oduro

73 matches

46 matches

2011 - 2014

Brian McBride

72 matches

199 matches

1996 - 2010

Andy Herron

72 matches

19 matches

2004 - 2008

Daniel Paladini

67 matches

5 matches

2011 - 2014

Total : 20 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Brian McBride

72 matches

199 matches

1996 - 2010

Tony Tchani

16 matches

145 matches

2011 - 2018

Jon Busch

90 matches

101 matches

2002 - 2015

Dilly Duka

41 matches

70 matches

2010 - 2017

Eric Gehrig

36 matches

54 matches

2011 - 2016

Dominic Oduro

73 matches

46 matches

2011 - 2014

Total : 20 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Atlanta United	51	25	15	6	4	53	29	+24
2	New York Red Bulls	49	25	15	4	6	48	26	+22
3	New York City FC	48	26	14	6	6	49	34	+15
4	Columbus Crew	40	26	11	7	8	33	33	0
5	Philadelphia Union	33	24	10	3	11	34	39	-5
6	Impact de Montréal	33	26	10	3	13	33	42	-9
7	New England Revolution	29	24	7	8	9	38	40	-2
8	D.C. United	27	22	7	6	9	39	39	0
9	Toronto FC	24	24	6	6	12	40	45	-5
+110	Chicago Fire	24	27	6	6	15	37	52	-15
-111	Orlando City	23	24	7	2	15	37	57	-20

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Chicago Fire 1-1 Columbus Crew - August 23, 2018 / MLS 2018

Chicago Fire

1 - 1

Columbus Crew

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Paunovic vs Columbus Crew

Paunovic vs Berhalter

Manager

Berhalter vs Chicago Fire

Berhalter vs Paunovic

Referee

4th official

Video referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking