CF Montréal vs Chicago Fire FC, 2021 MLS, Regular Season
· MLSCF Montreal cashes in on chances to beat Chicago Fire
CF Montreal continued their run of success in a bid for a playoff spot with a 2-0 win against the visiting Chicago Fire on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 2': Foul by Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC).
- 4': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Joel Waterman.
- 5': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Djordje Mihailovic.
- 7': Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC).
- 9': Foul by Miguel Ángel Navarro (Chicago Fire FC).
- 9': Mathieu Choinière (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 13': Foul by Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC).
- 13': Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Attempt missed. Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Djordje Mihailovic with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 19': Attempt saved. Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabian Herbers with a headed pass.
- 19': Attempt saved. Luka Stojanovic (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov.
- 20': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by James Pantemis.
- 21': Attempt saved. Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Carlos Terán.
- 23': Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 23': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (CF Montréal).
- 25': Foul by Mathieu Choinière (CF Montréal).
- 25': Miguel Ángel Navarro (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Federico Navarro (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 26': Carlos Terán (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26': Foul by Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montréal).
- 27': Attempt blocked. Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov.
- 31': Foul by Luka Stojanovic (Chicago Fire FC).
- 31': Samuel Piette (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 33': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Kamal Miller.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov with a cross.
- 38': Foul by Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal).
- 38': Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Foul by Luka Stojanovic (Chicago Fire FC).
- 39': Luka Stojanovic (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Jonathan Bornstein.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, CF Montréal 0, Chicago Fire FC 0.
- 45': Second Half begins CF Montréal 0, Chicago Fire FC 0.
- 45': Substitution, CF Montréal. Ahmed Hamdi replaces Samuel Piette.
- 48': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Miguel Ángel Navarro.
- 48': Foul by Kamal Miller (CF Montréal).
- 48': Jonathan Bornstein (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabian Herbers with a headed pass.
- 49': Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Foul by Carlos Terán (Chicago Fire FC).
- 49': Carlos Terán (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Ahmed Hamdi (CF Montréal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathieu Choinière.
- 51': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Boris Sekulic.
- 52': Attempt missed. Ahmed Hamdi (CF Montréal) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Djordje Mihailovic with a cross following a corner.
- 53': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by James Pantemis.
- 54': Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 54': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (CF Montréal).
- 57': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Álvaro Medrán replaces Luka Stojanovic.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Romell Quioto (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Mathieu Choinière with a cross.
- 58': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Mauricio Pineda.
- 60': Goal! CF Montréal 1, Chicago Fire FC 0. Romell Quioto (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Djordje Mihailovic with a through ball.
- 61': Attempt saved. Mathieu Choinière (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victor Wanyama.
- 62': Foul by Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC).
- 62': Joel Waterman (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Fabian Herbers tries a through ball, but Miguel Ángel Navarro is caught offside.
- 65': Ahmed Hamdi (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Foul by Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC).
- 67': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Mathieu Choinière.
- 67': Djordje Mihailovic (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Álvaro Medrán (Chicago Fire FC).
- 68': Substitution, CF Montréal. Emanuel Maciel replaces Djordje Mihailovic.
- 68': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Robert Beric replaces Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov.
- 70': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Miguel Ángel Navarro.
- 71': Foul by Rudy Camacho (CF Montréal).
- 71': Robert Beric (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Kamal Miller (CF Montréal).
- 71': Robert Beric (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Attempt missed. Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 74': Attempt saved. Romell Quioto (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ahmed Hamdi.
- 74': Offside, CF Montréal. Romell Quioto tries a through ball, but Ahmed Hamdi is caught offside.
- 75': Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by Joel Waterman (CF Montréal).
- 75': Foul by Miguel Ángel Navarro (Chicago Fire FC).
- 75': Joaquín Torres (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Foul by Romell Quioto (CF Montréal).
- 76': Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Federico Navarro tries a through ball, but Miguel Ángel Navarro is caught offside.
- 79': Attempt missed. Robert Beric (Chicago Fire FC) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Boris Sekulic with a cross.
- 80': Own Goal by Carlos Terán, Chicago Fire FC. CF Montréal 2, Chicago Fire FC 0.
- 82': Foul by Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal).
- 82': Álvaro Medrán (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 84': Substitution, CF Montréal. Sunusi Ibrahim replaces Romell Quioto because of an injury.
- 84': Substitution, CF Montréal. Lassi Lappalainen replaces Joaquín Torres.
- 85': Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Zorhan Bassong (CF Montréal).
- 87': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Johan Kappelhof replaces Carlos Terán.
- 87': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Elliot Collier replaces Fabian Herbers.
- 87': Foul by Sunusi Ibrahim (CF Montréal).
- 87': Jonathan Bornstein (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Attempt saved. Sunusi Ibrahim (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kamal Miller.
- 90'+1': Offside, CF Montréal. Ahmed Hamdi tries a through ball, but Sunusi Ibrahim is caught offside.
- 90'+2': Substitution, CF Montréal. Rida Zouhir replaces Zorhan Bassong.
- 90'+3': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Rudy Camacho.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Johan Kappelhof (Chicago Fire FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Medrán with a cross.
- 90'+3': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by James Pantemis.
- 90'+3': Foul by Ahmed Hamdi (CF Montréal).
- 90'+3': Miguel Ángel Navarro (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, CF Montréal 2, Chicago Fire FC 0.
- 0': Match ends, CF Montréal 2, Chicago Fire FC 0.
Statistics
CHI |
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|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 38.2 | Possession | 61.8 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 267 | Accurate Passes | 489 |
| 332 | Passes | 559 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 21 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 50 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 29 | Accurate Long Balls | 30 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 15 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 17 | Effective Clearances | 26 |
| 17 | Clearances | 26 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Stade Saputo
Location: Montreal, Canada
Venue: Stade Saputo
Location: Montreal, Canada
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City FC | 4 | +8 | 10 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 4 | +6 | 10 |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Red Bull New York | 4 | -1 | 7 |
Line-Ups
CF Montréal (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 41 | James Pantemis (GK) |
| 4 | Rudy Camacho |
| 3 | Kamal Miller |
| 16 | Joel Waterman |
| 6 | Samuel Piette |
| 2 | Victor Wanyama |
| 19 | Zorhan Bassong |
| 29 | Mathieu Choinière |
| 30 | Romell Quioto |
| 8 | Djordje Mihailovic |
| 18 | Joaquín Torres |
Chicago Fire FC (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 32 | Gaga Slonina (GK) |
| 22 | Mauricio Pineda |
| 3 | Jonathan Bornstein |
| 23 | Carlos Terán |
| 21 | Fabian Herbers |
| 8 | Luka Stojanovic |
| 31 | Federico Navarro |
| 6 | Miguel Navarro |
| 2 | Boris Sekulic |
| 9 | Chinonso Offor |
| 99 | Stanislav Ivanov |
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