Boston Red Sox vs Chicago Cubs (27 Sept): preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

Match overview

On Sunday, 27 September 2026, Boston Red Sox welcome Chicago Cubs for a MLB game set to start at 19:05 UTC. The game is listed as "Rescheduled from 9/26" in MLB.

The match is scheduled to be played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. All times on this page are shown in UTC; the match page converts the start time to your local time zone.

Where the teams stand

In the latest standings Chicago Cubs are 5th with 88 wins and 73 defeats from 161 matches.

Chicago Cubs have scored 844 runs and conceded 701 runs in the league, a difference of +143.

Recent form

Boston Red Sox: 3 wins and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches (L-W-L-W-W), scoring 9 runs and conceding 7 runs.

Chicago Cubs: 1 win and 4 defeats in their last 5 matches (L-L-W-L-L), scoring 9 runs and conceding 18 runs.

Head-to-head

Across 2 meetings in our records, the tally is 2 wins for Boston Red Sox and 0 wins for Chicago Cubs. The most recent meeting came on Friday, 25 September 2026: Boston Red Sox 2-0 Chicago Cubs.

Across 2 meetings, the sides have produced 9 runs, an average of 4.5 per game.

Key numbers to watch

In their recent matches Boston Red Sox averaged 1.8 runs scored and 1.4 conceded per game, while Chicago Cubs averaged 1.8 scored and 3.6 conceded.

Boston Red Sox have been harder to score against, conceding 1.4 runs per game over the same spell.

How to watch

Broadcast listings stored for this match: MLB.TV (United States), Marquee Sports Net (United States) and NESN (United States).

Rights differ from country to country, so check your local listings before the start.

Follow the match live

Once the game starts, follow Boston Red Sox vs Chicago Cubs live on Golatooo for the score, key events, statistics and line-ups, all updated in real time.