MLS · 2026

Chicago Fire4th East - 45 pts vSat 7 Nov, 4:00 PM EST Columbus Crew12th East - 29 pts

Match resultChicago 54%Draw 24%Columbus 22%

What this game means

The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.

At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 3% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.

The result is worth up to 16 points in the Playoffs race.

Chicago Fire
Playoffsmagic number 4>99%
MLS Cupseason odds5%
Columbus Crew
Playoffs11%
Chicago winPlayoffsColumbus Crew11%6%▼ -5
DrawPlayoffsColumbus Crew11%10%▼ -1
Columbus winPlayoffsColumbus Crew11%22%▲ +11

The race they're in

Playoffs, and where each club sits in it.

Eastern Conference