FC Cincinatti vs Chicago Fire Live Stream, Predictions (Jul 05)

📊 Form Guide

FC Cincinatti

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FC Cincinatti will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 MLS triumph against Orlando City.

In that game, FC Cincinatti had 41% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for FC Cincinatti was Evander (45', 74'). Orlando City had 17 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Marco Pašalić (87') was the scorer for Orlando City.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that FC Cincinatti have shown defensive steel. The facts show that FC Cincinatti have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 11 goals during that time.

Chicago Fire

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Chicago Fire head into the match following on from a 3-2 MLS win vs Charlotte FC in their previous outing.

In that game, Chicago Fire had 56% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Chicago Fire, the goalscorers were Philip Zinckernagel (23'), Brian Gutiérrez (25') and Hugo Cuypers (33'). At the other end, Charlotte FC had 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Biel (56') and Idan Toklomati (59') scored for Charlotte FC.

Illustrating their penchant for productive encounters, the back of the net has been hit 24 times in the last 6 matches in which Chicago Fire have taken to the field, making it an average of 4 goals for each clash. Opposition teams have hit 10 from this total. Historical results aside, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern will be replicated in this next match or not.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 01/10/2022 tells us that FC Cincinatti have won 3 of these games and Chicago Fire 2, with the tally of draws being 1.

A total of 21 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 11 of them for Cincinatti and 10 being from Men in Red. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league contest between the two was MLS match day 13 on 20/04/2025 when it ended Chicago Fire 2-3 FC Cincinatti.

That day, Chicago Fire had 57% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorers were Hugo Cuypers (31') and Brian Gutiérrez (85').

On the other side, FC Cincinatti had 14 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Evander (9', 71') and Kévin Denkey (42') scored.

The match was refereed by Lorenzo Hernandez.

🗞️ Team News: FC Cincinatti

It looks as if FC Cincinatti should employ a 3-5-2 formation for the game, utilising Roman Celentano, Gilberto Flores, Matthew Miazga, Teenage Hadebe, DeAndre Yedlin, Pavel Bucha, Evander, Brian Anunga, Lukas Engel, Gerardo Valenzuela and Kévin Denkey.

📋 Team News: Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire manager Gregg Berhalter has to currently contend with reduced team options. Carlos Terán (Hamstring injury) and David Poreba (Torn ligaments) will not be playing here.

We’re of the thinking that Men in Red might begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, starting Jeff Gal, Jonathan Dean, Samuel Rogers, Jack Elliott, Andrew Gutman, Brian Gutierrez, Mauricio Pineda, Sergio Oregel, Philip Zinckernagel, Hugo Cuypers and Jonathan Bamba.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Chicago Fire will surely be able to break down this FC Cincinatti outfit, however that probably won’t quite prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for FC Cincinatti at the end of this one. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds on the win-draw-win market, the win for FC Cincinatti is available for 1.8, a bet on a draw is 4.1 and betting on the winning team to be Chicago Fire can be had at 3.7. These are the top prices available at this very moment.

Renata Leite, 15:02 01/07/2025