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Chicago Fire

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Chicago Fire will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 1-4 MLS defeat last time out to Inter Miami.

In that game, Chicago Fire managed 50% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Chicago Fire, goals were scored by Tobias Salquist (25' Own goal) and Georgios Koutsias (82'). At the other end, Inter Miami got 17 shots on goal with 7 on target. Luis Suárez (46', 65') and Robert Taylor (93') scored for Inter Miami.

Over their last 6 fixtures, Frank Klopas's Chicago Fire have found the net a total of 5 times which gives them an average number of goals per match equal to 0.83.

D.C. United

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D.C. United come into this clash following a 1-3 MLS win to defeat Toronto FC in their last game.

In that match, D.C. United had 43% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For D.C. United, the scorers were Martín Rodríguez (67'), Dominique Badji (88') and Gabriel Pirani (93'). At the other end, Toronto FC got 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Deandre Kerr (83') scored for Toronto FC.

In as many as 6 out of the previous 6 clashes featuring D.C. United, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The overall average goals scored per match within that spell is 4.83, with the number of goals averaged by D.C. United coming out as 2.17.

↔️ Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head duels dating back to 15/09/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Chicago Fire winning 2 of those games, D.C. United 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A total of 12 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 4 for Men in Red and 8 netted by Black-and-Red. The average goals per game has been 2.

The last league fixture between these sides was MLS match day 20 on 25/05/2024 which ended up with the score at D.C. United 1-1 Chicago Fire.

That time, D.C. United managed 48% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Christopher McVey (20').

Chicago Fire had 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Kellyn Acosta (53') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Mark Allatin.

🗞️ Team News: Chicago Fire

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Chicago Fire boss Frank Klopas to be concerned about from an otherwise complete set of players. Chase Gasper (Hamstring injury) is sidelined.

It seems likely that Men in Red may well go for a 3-4-3 system for this game, beginning the first half with Chris Brady, Arnaud Souquet, Tobias Salquist, Carlos Terán, Allan Arigoni, Kellyn Acosta, Gastón Giménez, Andrew Gutman, Maren Haile-Selassie, Hugo Cuypers and Brian Gutierrez.

📰 Team News: D.C. United

In an otherwise healthy group of players, there is just the sole fitness issue for the D.C. United boss Troy Lesesne to contend with. Russell Canouse (Ill) misses out for this game.

We are inclined to think that Black-and-Red appear most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 system with a starting lineup of Alex Bono, Cristian Dájome, Lucas Bartlett, Christopher Mcvey, Pedro Santos, Jared Stroud, Mateusz Klich, Martín Rodríguez, Theodore Ku-DiPietro, Dominique Badji and Christian Benteke.

🔮 Prediction

In our view, Chicago Fire will most probably convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, D.C. United could well find it tough getting goals although we do reckon that they could well end up getting enough chances to score, too.

Accordingly, we see a comfortable 3-1 margin for Chicago Fire by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

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

Renata Leite, 00:01 08/09/2024