Chicago Fire vs Columbus Crew - prediction, team news, lineups

Decision Day successful MLS sees Chicago Fire searching for location vantage successful the Best-of-Three bid erstwhile they big Columbus Crew astatine Soldier Field connected Saturday, November 7. 

The visitors person each inducement to triumph the last regular-season match, arsenic it would assistance them debar the single-elimination chaotic paper match. 

Match preview

Chicago person already done amended than their regular-season show from past term, arsenic they cannot decorativeness beneath fifth, which is 3 spots amended than 2025. 

The Fire volition anticipation to spell a measurement further, though, aft the Philadelphia Union bundled them retired successful the Best-of-Three bid past season. 

Home vantage volition beryllium important for them going forward, but they indispensable marque it number connected the last time to unafraid Soldier Field arsenic the destination for the adjacent signifier of the playoffs. 

Gregg Berhalter's charges are present unbeaten crossed their past 3 MLS fixtures, but they person not won immoderate of their erstwhile 2 games that they person hosted. 

The Fire won the corresponding fixture past season, and avoided decision successful the reverse lucifer earlier this term, but the visitors person a amended head-to-head record.

Nonetheless, the hosts indispensable triumph present to power their ain destiny, arsenic adjacent a gully whitethorn not beryllium capable for them to unafraid location vantage successful the adjacent round. 

Alternatively, Chicago fans tin softly get down Inter Miami, who volition beryllium entertaining Charlotte astatine the aforesaid time, arsenic if the Herons triumph oregon gully with the Crown, past the Fire volition beryllium comfortably done to the adjacent round, with the archetypal crippled acceptable to beryllium astatine Soldier Field. 

Columbus Crew person qualified for the playoffs successful immoderate form, but arsenic things stand, they indispensable contention the one-off elimination match. 

Laurent Courtois volition anticipation that his men tin marque a play for a Best-of-Three bid spot with a triumph successful Illinois. 

The Black and Gold person won their past 5 MLS matches successful a row, which means they volition caput into this fixture afloat of confidence. 

The information that they won 3 of the past 4 head-to-head matches successful Chicago volition further animate them to origin an upset this weekend. 

The visitors volition secretly anticipation for Nashville to bushed oregon gully with FC Cincinnati, which volition unfastened their way to the adjacent signifier of the competition. 

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Team News

It is mostly bully quality for the hosts arsenic they caput into the astir important portion of the MLS season, with South African defender Mbekezeli Mbokazi returning from injury. 

Robert Lewandowski snapped an eight-game extremity drought past weekend, erstwhile helium came disconnected the seat to manus his squad the pb successful their 4-2 triumph distant to Colorado Rapids. 

The Polish planetary past turned creator for Puso Dithejane to adhd immoderate glitter to the scoreline, but helium volition surely beryllium important for Berhalter's men. 

Another antheral that the location broadside volition beryllium connected is Ivorian Jonathan Bamba, who scored a brace past week, taking his extremity contributions this play to 12. 

The Fire volition beryllium without Robin Lod and Sam Rogers, who are some injured. 

The Crew are sweating implicit the fittingness of Brais Mendez, who has been fantabulous since joining arsenic a Designated Player from Real Sociedad. 

Wessam Abou Ali and Rudy Camacho are decidedly retired of contention for the travel to Chicago. 

Dylan Chambost volition beryllium important for the visitors' creativity, arsenic helium has done precocious for the Crew. 

Chicago Fire imaginable starting lineup:

Brady; Dean, Elliott, Mbokazi, Allen; Saletros, D'Avilla, Haile-Selassie; Zinckernagel, Bamba, Gomez

Columbus Crew imaginable starting lineup:

Shulte; Farsi, Moreira, Zawadzki, Amundsen; Zarourv, Chambost, Bangoura, Habroune; Tapia, Rodriguez

We say: Chicago Fire 1-1 Columbus Crew

The prime that some sides boast is incredible, and the visitors are connected an fantabulous tally of form. 

Additionally, the Crew person enjoyed occurrence successful Chicago, but with some teams successful bully form, they could conscionable cancel each different out. 

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