Montreal Impact vs Chicago Fire Live Stream, Predictions

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Montreal Impact

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Montreal Impact will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 2-4 MLS defeat last time out to Columbus Crew.

In that match, Montreal Impact managed 46% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Montreal Impact, the goalscorers were Gabriele Corbo (14' Own goal), Kwadwo Opoku (52') and Jules-Anthony Vilsaint (68'). Columbus Crew had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Cucho Hernández (22', 43', 65') was the scorer for Columbus Crew.

Hernán Losada's Montreal Impact have hit the back of the net a sum total of 8 times over their preceding six outings. The tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures amounts to 11.

Chicago Fire

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against D.C. United in MLS competition, Chicago Fire will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Chicago Fire managed 51% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Chicago Fire was Carlos Terán (40' Own goal). At the other end, D.C. United had 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Christian Benteke (9', 91') and Ted Ku-DiPietro (20') scored for D.C. United.

The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games featuring Chicago Fire has become fairly consistent in recent matches. Looking at their last 6 meetings reveals that this has happened 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have hit a goal aggregate of 11 and Chicago Fire have scored 5.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 03/10/2020 shows that Montreal Impact have won 4 of these & Chicago Fire 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

17 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 10 from Impact and 7 created by Men in Red. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league match featuring these sides was MLS match day 32 on 13/07/2023 and the score finished Chicago Fire 3-0 Montreal Impact.

That time, Chicago Fire had 39% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Brian Gutiérrez (9'), Maren Haile-Selassie (11') and Xherdan Shaqiri (33').

For their opponents, Montreal Impact had 17 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Malik Badawi.

ℹ️ Team News: Montreal Impact

The Montreal Impact manager Hernán Losada doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this match thanks to a completely injury-free group to choose from.

📰 Team News: Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire manager Frank Klopas has to choose a team with limited availability. Chris Mueller (Hip Injury) and Victor Bezerra (Leg Injury) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

Chicago Fire have the capability to score against this Montreal Impact team, although that may not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re expecting a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for Montreal Impact when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 08:00 13/09/2023