Toronto FC vs Chicago Fire — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 6 September 2026

MLS·Sunday, 6 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Independent model — no market price

Frozen as published · 15.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Toronto FC

29%

Draw

24%

result

Chicago Fire

47%

top pick

Final score

4–4

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 24.3% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Chicago Fire win. Expected goals 1.42–1.84 against 4–4 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals63%8 scored
Both teams score64%yes
Toronto FC clean sheet16%no
Chicago Fire clean sheet24%no
Toronto FC score 2+41%yes
Chicago Fire score 2+55%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1512
1X2 Brier score0.8756
Probability on the result24.3%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (10.8%), 1–2 (9.2%), 2–1 (7.1%). It finished 4–4.

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Toronto FC

22 FebAvs FC Dallas2–3L
1 MarAvs Vancouver Whitecaps0–3L
8 MarAvs FC Cincinnati1–0W
14 MarHvs New York Red Bulls1–1D
21 MarHvs Columbus Crew2–1W

Chicago Fire

22 FebAvs Houston Dynamo1–2L
28 FebHvs CF Montreal3–0W
8 MarAvs Columbus Crew0–0D
15 MarHvs DC United1–2L
21 MarAvs Philadelphia Union2–1W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatToronto FC
(Home · 17 matches)
Chicago Fire
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate100.0%70.6%
Over 2.5 rate76.5%70.6%
Clean sheet0.0%17.6%
Avg goals4.063.53

Home stats use Toronto FC's home record; away stats use Chicago Fire's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.