Match Centre: Chicago Fire vs Cincinnati
Cuypers 31′Gutiérrez 85′ (p)
Evander 9′Denkey 42′Evander 71′
Player of the match Evander 9.8
GolVolt rating 7.9GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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6 → 3
Cincinnati climb 3 places in the table. Chicago Fire stay in place 14.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Evander scored the winner, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 89′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Evander scored the winner, Evander: rated 9.8.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.2 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 5 goals.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 8.5 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 7.9more watchable than 79% of MLS matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
5 goals4 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 9' Goal: Evanderassist: Santos0:1
- 21' SubstitutionRogers for Terán
- 31' Goal: Hugo Cuypersassist: Bamba1:1
- 42' Kévin Denkeyyellow card
- 42' Goal: Kévin Denkeyassist: Santos1:2
- Half-time · 1:2
- 46' SubstitutionFlores for Miazga
- 53' SubstitutionOrellano for Santos
- 64' SubstitutionHaile-Selassie for Oregel
- 65' SubstitutionD'Avilla for Pineda
- 70' SubstitutionAcosta for Zinckernagel
- 71' Goal: Evanderassist: Orellano1:3
- 80' SubstitutionValenzuela for Evander
- 85' Goal: Brian Gutiérrezpenalty2:3
- 86' 2 substitutionsBaird for DenkeyPowell for Yedlin
- 88' Kellyn Acostayellow card
- 90+5' Roman Celentanoyellow card
- 90+6' Luca Orellanoyellow card
- Full-time · 2:3
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Chicago Fire
Cincinnati
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Chicago Fire
- 25 Jeff Gal GK —
- 5 Sam Rogers DEF on
- 34 Mikolaj Luczak DEF —
- 36 Justin Reynolds DEF —
- 7 Maren Haile-Selassie MID on
- 23 Kellyn Acosta MID on
- 24 Jonathan Dean MID —
- 42 Djé D'Avilla MID on
- 12 Tom Barlow ATT —
Cincinnati
- 13 Evan Louro GK —
- 2 Alvas Powell DEF on
- 3 Gilberto Flores DEF on
- 14 Brad Smith DEF —
- 19 Ștefan Chirilă MID —
- 22 Gerardo Valenzuela MID on
- 37 Stiven Jimenez MID —
- 11 Corey Baird ATT on
- 23 Luca Orellano ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Soldier Field, Chicago
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cincinnati Evander
- 2. place · Chicago Fire Hugo Cuypers
- 3. place · Chicago Fire Jonathan Bamba
Chicago Fire
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