Match Centre: New England vs Chicago Fire
Player of the match Matt Turner 8.3
GolVolt rating 4.9GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 26' Polster, 1:0-
1.3 xG
New England kept a clean sheet against 1.3 xG.
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38% → 95%
New England: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 93.
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6 → 4
New England climb 2 places in the table. Chicago Fire stay in place 7.
The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 33% to 56% (New England).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90+4' · 1:0New England 95%draw 5%Chicago Fire 0%
90+4' · 1:0xG New England 0.37xG Chicago Fire 1.29
90+4' · 1:0Last 10 minutes: Chicago Fire pressing (11:0 dangerous attacks)
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Race for the top places, keeper Turner: 6 saves.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 86′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 3.0 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Keeper Turner: 6 saves. Heroes: 8.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% Race for the top places. Stakes: 8.7 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 3.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 4.9more watchable than 49% 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
1 goal2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 26' Goal: Matt Polsterright foot · assist: Gil1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 58' Andrew Gutmanyellow card · foul
- 65' SubstitutionGazdag for Langoni
- 67' 2 substitutionsAllen for GutmanDithejane for Bamba
- 68' SubstitutionMekvabishvili for D'Avilla
- 75' SubstitutionYueill for Sands
- 79' Ethan Kohleryellow card · foul
- 79' SubstitutionGómez for Barroso
- 86' SubstitutionBeason for Feingold
- 87' SubstitutionBaker for Turgeman
- Full-time · 1:0
Match stats
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Discipline
Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
New England
Chicago Fire
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
New England
- 73 JD Gunn GK —
- 4 Tanner Beason DEF on
- 15 Cody Baker DEF on
- 14 Jackson Yueill MID on
- 16 Dániel Gazdag MID on
- 65 J. Siqueira MID —
- 77 Diego Fagúndez MID —
- 7 Griffin Yow ATT —
- 27 Wilson Harris ATT —
Chicago Fire
- 44 Josh Cohen GK —
- 22 Mauricio Pineda DEF —
- 24 Jonathan Dean DEF —
- 32 Noah James Allen DEF on
- 23 Anzor Mekvabishvili MID on
- 29 David Poreba MID —
- 35 Sergio Oregel MID —
- 12 Puso Dithejane ATT on
- 18 Johan Gómez ATT on
Match sheet
- Coaches
- Marko Mitrovic New England Gregg Berhalter Chicago Fire
- Stadium
- Boston Stadium, Foxborough
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · New England Matt Turner
- 2. place · New England Joshua Wynder
- 3. place · New England Peyton Miller
New England
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New England
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Pro analysis
GolVolt ProPro extends the free match profile with its own goals model, lineup stability and results from similar fixtures. Coverage depends on the available data.
- GolVolt’s own goals model
- XI stability
- Matches with this profile
The grey bars are figures available in Pro.
Unlock from €3.25 a month See the full sample on the match of the dayAbsences
New England · 1 out
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Leonardo Campana Injured
since 23 Mar · return date unknown · 27 matches missed · Muscle Injury
Chicago Fire · 1 out
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André Franco Injured
since 2 Oct 2025 · return date unknown · 45 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.