D.C. United vs Chicago Fire Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

D.C. United

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D.C. United enter this match following a 1-1 MLS tied result versus New York Red Bulls.

In that game, D.C. United had 54% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for D.C. United was Kamara (44'). At the other end, New York Red Bulls got 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. Yearwood (5') scored for New York Red Bulls.

D.C. United have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They’ve managed to rack up 11 during that period while also conceding a total of 13.

Chicago Fire

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Sporting Kansas City in MLS action, Chicago Fire will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Chicago Fire had 39% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. At the other end, Sporting Kansas City had 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Mauri (4') and Russell (6') scored for Sporting Kansas City.

During their six most recent matches, Raphaël Wicky's Chicago Fire have converted a total of 6 times, yielding them the goals per game average of 1.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels dating back to 28/10/2018, neither club has come out on top overall with D.C. United winning 1 of those games, Chicago Fire 1 and 4 being draws in regulation time.

A total of 14 goals were produced between them in these games, with 7 for Black-and-Red and 7 being from Men in Red. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league clash between these sides was MLS match day 18 on 22/07/2021 and the score finished Chicago Fire 2-2 D.C. United.

That time, Chicago Fire had 52% possession and 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Giménez (32').

D.C. United had 12 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Najar (61' Own goal), Paredes (82') and Kamara (87') scored.

The match was refereed by Marcos de Oliveira.

📋 Team News: D.C. United

Brendan Hines-Ike (Hip Injury), Bill Hamid (Muscle Injury), Adrien Pérez (Foot Injury) and Nigel Robertha (Groin Injury) won’t be able to feature for D.C. United boss Hernán Losada.

ℹ️ Team News: Chicago Fire

In an otherwise full-strength group, there’s just a single fitness issue for the Chicago Fire boss Raphaël Wicky to be concerned with. Kenneth Kronholm (Knee Injury) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

It certainly seems that Chicago Fire will need to be at their best to be putting goals past a D.C. United side who have the quality to boss this game in attack, midfield and defence.

We are anticipating a comprehensive 3-0 margin for D.C. United by the conclusion of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 10:38 12/09/2021