I put together some more details of the game:
How They’re Doing
Chicago is currently last in the the League with only 18 points, but they are coming off their fifth win of the season against Western Conference leaders, the Seattle Sounders. With 17 games played this season they’ve scored 19 goals, averaging 1.1 goals per game. Their leading scorers are David Accam and Jeff Larentowicz with 4 goals a piece. They have however conceded 24 goals this season making their goal differential among the worst in the league at -5.
Columbus is currently sitting 5th in the Eastern Conference. Tied with Toronto FC and Orlando SC at 24pts. They are coming into this match off a 3-0 defeat to 8th place Montreal Impact. In the 19 games they’ve played this season they’ve scored 27 times, averaging 1.4 goals per match. The teams leading scorer is Kei Kamara, who scored a brace in these team’s last match-up. Kei leads the MLS with 12 goals this season. Ethan Finley who has scored 5 goals, leads the MLS in assists this season with 10. Crew have conceded 29 goals this season setting their differential at -2, whereas Toronto and Orlando, both at 24 pts, have maintained a -1 differential.
Previous Meeting
The last time these teams met was May 22, 2015 for week 12 of the MLS season. Columbus started off strong with Kei Kamara opening scoring in the 8th minute. The goal came as Justin Meram slipped a pass through the Chicago defense to Ethan Finlay who was able to put the ball in front of Kamara. Kei tapped the ball past Fire GK Jon Busch.
Kei Kamara would get his brace in the 55' with a header, as Frederic0 Higuain sent a corner kick to the head of George who tipped the ball across the 6 yard line into the path of Kamara.
Crew's second goal ignited the flames under Fire's shoes and they quickly had an answer. Kennedy Igboananike sprinted up the left side of the field and crossed to Davad Accam. Accam tipped the ball into the opposite corner of the net leaving Crew Keep Clark scrambling to the ground.
Chicago found their equalizer late in the 94th minute as Eric Gehrig(Former Crew Defender) made a last-ditch effort, crossing the ball into the 6 yard box to Jason Johnson who was able to nod the ball into the net.
It was a pretty exciting match that up until the last moment looked to be going Crew's way. The teams would draw leaving Chicago with 11pts and Columbus with 15.
The teams have met a total of 53 times:
Fire: 24 wins, 80 goals
Crew SC: 14 wins, 78 goals
Ties 15
You can see more details of the match on my blog here: http://kit-picks.com/match-chicago-fire-vs-columbus-crew/