Chicago Fire vs Santos Laguna — Leagues Cup: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow4 clips- 20′Santos Laguna, goal:0–1
- 28′Santos Laguna, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time0 – 1
- 46′Chicago Fire, substitution:off
- 46′Chicago Fire, substitution:off
- 46′Chicago Fire, substitution:off
- 54′Santos Laguna, yellow card:Argument
- 56′Santos Laguna, yellow card:Renato Paiva
- 62′Santos Laguna, substitution:off
- 62′Santos Laguna, substitution:off
- 68′Santos Laguna, substitution:off
- 69′Chicago Fire, substitution:off
- 69′Chicago Fire, substitution:off
- 72′Chicago Fire, goal:1–1
- 78′Santos Laguna, yellow card:Argument
- 78′Chicago Fire, yellow card:Argument
- 84′Santos Laguna, substitution:off
- 84′Santos Laguna, substitution:M. F. Lopezoff
- 90′Chicago Fire, goal:2–1assist
- 90′Chicago Fire, goal:3–1
- 90+5′Chicago Fire, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time3 – 1
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Match report
Chicago Fire rally past Santos Laguna with late double at SeatGeek Stadium
Chicago Fire came from behind to beat Santos Laguna 3-1 in a Leagues Cup Group Stage fixture at SeatGeek Stadium, overturning a half-time deficit with three goals in the closing stages. Ezequiel Bullaude had given the visitors the lead in the 20th minute, and Santos Laguna held that advantage through to the interval.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Philip Zinckernagel drew Chicago level in the 72nd minute, sparking a home surge that Santos Laguna could not withstand. Robin Lod put the Fire ahead in the 90th minute with a finish set up by Anton Salétros, before Robert Lewandowski added a third in stoppage time to complete the turnaround and settle the contest.
Chicago dominated territory throughout, holding 66 percent of possession and firing 22 shots to Santos Laguna's eight, though only four found the target compared with three for the visitors. The Fire also won seven corners to two and picked up a single yellow card, while Santos Laguna collected three bookings in a match they controlled for long periods without matching Chicago's late intensity.
Zinckernagel scored Chicago's equaliser and earned the highest rating on the pitch at 8.0, having turned the game with his goal in the 72nd minute.
Chicago's 22 shots to Santos Laguna's eight underlined how much more Chicago pressed the issue in front of goal.
Chicago Fire beat Santos Laguna 3–1 (half-time 0–1).
Chicago Fire met Santos Laguna in the Leagues Cup (Group Stage). Kick-off was Monday, 10 August 2026, 00:00 UTC at SeatGeek Stadium. Referee: R. Gumbs.
Team pages: Chicago Fire · Santos Laguna · Leagues Cup
Key moments
- 20' Goal: Ezequiel Bullaude — 0–1 · Watch Ezequiel Bullaude's goal video (20')
- 72' Goal: Philip Zinckernagel — 1–1 · Watch Philip Zinckernagel's goal video (72')
- 90' Goal: Robin Lod (assist: Anton Salétros) — 2–1 · Watch Robin Lod's goal video (90')
- 90' Goal: Robert Lewandowski — 3–1 · Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal video (90')
Starting line-ups
Chicago Fire (4-3-3)
Santos Laguna (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Chicago Fire 49%, the draw 25%, Santos Laguna 26%. It finished Chicago Fire 3–1 Santos Laguna.
Chicago Fire's rating edge on neutral ground — Chicago Fire are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Chicago Fire's 49%. The draw at 25% is lifted by neutral ground.
Why Chicago Fire at 49%?
Chicago Fire sit 163 points higher on our strength rating — 1596 to 1433. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.2% of 12,664 such games.
Why only 49%?
Leagues Cup is played on neutral grounds: Chicago Fire are the listed home side but get none of the usual home lift, so the class read is re-centred. On grounds we detect as neutral, listed-home sides won 44.6% of 26,871 games vs 45.2% at real homes — so a tournament game away from a side's own ground scores the class edge venue-free, as the average of the home and away reads.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 24,752. Neutral ground adds 1.5 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Chicago Fire average 5 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 163 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Chicago Fire scored +0.33 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,745 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Chicago Fire vs Santos Laguna final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Leagues Cup fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Ezequiel Bullaude's goal against Chicago Fire (20').
- Watch Philip Zinckernagel's goal against Santos Laguna (72').
- Watch Robin Lod's goal against Santos Laguna (90').
- Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal against Santos Laguna (90').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Chicago Fire 3–1 Santos Laguna. Explore more on the Chicago Fire and Santos Laguna team pages or the Leagues Cup page.