On Sun Jul 10th, Chicago Fire hosts Columbus Crew in a Major League Soccer match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, which is great football weather. Chicago Fire is fresh off their 1-2 loss against San Jose Earthquakes. B. Kikanovic scored the first goal for San Jose Earthquakes in the 47th minute, then B. Kikanovic added another in the 87th minute on a feed from Jamiro Monteiro. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while columbus Crew sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Philadelphia Union. Neither Columbus Crew nor Philadelphia Union could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 19 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Columbus Crew is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Columbus Crew won the head to head battle with 2 wins and 1 losss.
Columbus Crew’s most prolific scorer has been Erik Hurtado. The American attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Chicago Fire is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Kacper Przybylko and Carlos Teran each only have 1 goal in their last 5.