MLS

FT Saturday, September 2, 2023
Chicago Fire FC LLLLL 0
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D.C. United WLLLL 4
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DC314
Audi Field · 16,075 att.

Match Report

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D.C. United rout Fire behind Christian Benteke's brace

Christian Benteke snapped a long goalless drought to score his team-leading ninth and 10th of the season as D.C. United rolled to a 4-0 victory over the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
3
50.8
Possession
49.2
13
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
375
Accurate Passes
376
439
Passes
444
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
3
28
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.4
45
Long Balls
46
28
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
15
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
9
9
Effective Clearances
26
9
Clearances
26

Head to Head

CHI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

DC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 24Alex BonoG
  2. 3Derrick WilliamsCD-L
  3. 15Steve BirnbaumCD-R
  4. 31Éric DavisLB
  5. 14Andy NájarRB
  6. 10Gabriel PiraniAM
  7. 43Mateusz KlichLM
  8. 6Russell CanouseRM
  9. 20Christian BentekeF
  10. 21Ted Ku-DipietroAM-L
  11. 12Cristián DájomeAM-R

CHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 34Chris BradyG
  2. 5Rafael CzichosCD-L
  3. 4Carlos TeránCD-R
  4. 3Daniel AcevesLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 17Brian GutiérrezAM
  7. 30Gastón GiménezLM
  8. 31Federico NavarroRM
  9. 23Kei KamaraF
  10. 7Maren Haile-SelassieAM-L
  11. 21Fabian HerbersAM-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! D.C. United 1, Chicago Fire FC 0. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mateusz Klich.
  2. 20' Goal! D.C. United 2, Chicago Fire FC 0. Theodore Ku-DiPietro (D.C. United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Benteke following a fast break.
  3. 21' Federico Navarro (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 24' Substitution, D.C. United. Brendan Hines-Ike replaces Derrick Williams because of an injury.
  5. 27' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Ousmane Doumbia replaces Federico Navarro because of an injury.
  6. 41' Own Goal by Carlos Terán, Chicago Fire FC. D.C. United 3, Chicago Fire FC 0.
  7. 45' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Maren Haile-Selassie.
  8. 58' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jairo Torres replaces Fabian Herbers.
  9. 59' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Miguel Navarro replaces Alonso Aceves.
  10. 65' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Georgios Koutsias replaces Kei Kamara.
  11. 73' Substitution, D.C. United. José Fajardo replaces Theodore Ku-DiPietro.
  12. 78' Substitution, D.C. United. Ruan replaces Cristian Dájome.
  13. 78' Substitution, D.C. United. Chris Durkin replaces Russell Canouse.
  14. 78' Substitution, D.C. United. Pedro Santos replaces Éric Davis.
  15. 90'+1' Goal! D.C. United 4, Chicago Fire FC 0. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Durkin.

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