Columbus Crew 4-2 Chicago Fire — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - Major League, 23 Feb 2025

📅23/02/2025 · 🕒03:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 3-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
52%
1.61
Draw
23%
3.94
Away
25%
4.47
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
45%
2.18
Over 2.5
55%
1.62
Both Teams to Score
Yes
53%
1.68
No
47%
2.06
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
23%
4.06
2-3 Goals
37%
1.82
4-5 Goals
26%
2.84
6+ Goals
14%
8.36
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
27%
2.0
1/2
6%
34.5
1/X
8%
14.6
X/1
19%
4.21
X/2
10%
10.45
X/X
9%
6.03
2/1
6%
20.55
2/2
9%
7.97
2/X
6%
16.2
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
52%
Home Win
58%
-6.5pp
23%
Draw
22%
+0.4pp
26%
Away Win
19%
+6.1pp
45%
Under 2.5
42%
+3.1pp
55%
Over 2.5
58%
-3.1pp
53%
BTTS Yes
56%
-2.1pp
47%
BTTS No
44%
+2.1pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Columbus Crew EU Bookmakers 62%
Head to Head
AWAY Chicago Fire EU Bookmakers 22%
+0% / -16% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -8% / -5%
1.72/1.15 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.24/1.80
-2% / -5% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -17% / -13%
53% Ball Possession 47%
14 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
380 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 308 · 78%
29.9 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.0
19.4 Crosses 16.2
1.4 Yellow Cards 2.0
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Columbus Crew
5W-1D-0L
AWAY Chicago Fire
2.17 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
1.35 xG 0.93
60% Ball Possession 40%
15 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 3
500 Passes 302
88% Pass Accuracy 82%
28 Box Touches 12
16 Crosses 13
1 Yellow Cards 3
19.05.2024 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 1-3 HT 0-1 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew ABD
10.03.2024 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 2-1 HT 0-0 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire ABD
21.09.2023 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 3-0 HT 3-0 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire ABD
11.06.2023 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 1-2 HT 0-0 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew ABD
04.09.2022 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew 0-0 HT 0-0 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire ABD
10.07.2022 Chicago Fire Chicago Fire 2-3 HT 2-0 Columbus Crew Columbus Crew ABD
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Columbus Crew
4-2
AWAY Chicago Fire
2.50 xG 1.79
57% Ball Possession 43%
14 Total Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 2
511 Passes 378
88% Pass Accuracy 84%
36 Box Touches 35
12 Crosses 9
0 Yellow Cards 3
POST-MATCH Columbus Crew vs Chicago Fire
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Columbus Crew got the better of Chicago Fire 4-2. Half-time: 3-2. 6 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had Columbus Crew as the likeliest winner at 52%, and the 4-2 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (55%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Columbus Crew had 57% of the ball to Chicago Fire's 43%, shots finished 14-13, expected goals 2.50 to 1.79.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Columbus Crew had the better of it with 5 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 2.17 goals for Columbus Crew and 0.83 for Chicago Fire.

What was the final score of Columbus Crew vs Chicago Fire?

Columbus Crew 4-2 Chicago Fire in the USA - Major League on 23/02/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Columbus Crew vs Chicago Fire?

Before kick-off our model rated a Columbus Crew win the most likely single outcome at about 52%, with the full match-result split Columbus Crew 52%, draw 23%, Chicago Fire 26%. The final score 4-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Columbus Crew), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Columbus Crew) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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