Chicago Fire vs Real Salt Lake Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Chicago Fire

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Chicago Fire enter this game after a 0-0 MLS drawn match against New York Red Bulls.

In that match, Chicago Fire managed 66% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. New York Red Bulls had 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Chicago Fire haven’t conceded. The facts show that Chicago Fire have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals in the process. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this match, of course.

Real Salt Lake

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In their previous game, Real Salt Lake drew 0-0 in the MLS match with Columbus Crew.

In that game, Real Salt Lake had 45% possession and 16 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. At the other end, Columbus Crew had 12 shots at goal with 4 on target.

In the course of their 6 latest matches, Pablo Mastroeni's Real Salt Lake have fired home 10 times thus yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.67.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 09/05/2015 shows us that Chicago Fire have won 2 of these and Real Salt Lake 3, with the number of draws being 1.

A sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 7 from Men in Red and 8 for Claret and Cobalt. That is an average goals per game value of 2.5.

The previous league game between these sides was MLS match day 42 on 24/10/2021 which ended up with the score at Chicago Fire 1-0 Real Salt Lake.

On that occasion, Chicago Fire had 48% possession and 26 shots at goal with 10 on target. The scorer was Robert Berič (45').

For their opponents, Real Salt Lake got 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

The referee was Rosendo Mendoza.

📋 Team News: Chicago Fire

Chase Gasper (unknown injury) and Andrew Gutman (Hamstring injury) aren’t available for Chicago Fire manager Frank Klopas.

🗞️ Team News: Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake boss Pablo Mastroeni has not got a full squad to pick from. Pablo Ruiz (Knee injury) and Kevin Bonilla (Cruciate ligament surgery) are those who can’t be considered.

💡 Prediction

We feel that Real Salt Lake will need to put in a solid display to break down this Chicago Fire team who should score & stay on top.

We’ve gone for a good battle with a 1-0 winning margin for Chicago Fire at the end of this one.

There should be little in it.

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

Andre Moura, 22:01 19/04/2024