The time’s nearly upon us for MLS action scheduled for Sunday as Chicago Fire will be taking on San Diego FC.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Chicago Fire v San Diego FC, scroll down (including the best match odds).
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Chicago Fire
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Chicago Fire will be hoping to bounce back here following a 3-1 US Open Cup loss in their previous game against Minnesota United.
The only player to score from Chicago Fire was Brian Gutiérrez (28'). Robin Lod (47') and Kelvin Yeboah (95', 120') scored for Minnesota United. The game was won by Minnesota United in extra time.
It has been seldom in recent games where Chicago Fire haven’t conceded. The facts show that Chicago Fire have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 11 goals in the process. That pattern might not be continued into this next game, however.
San Diego FC
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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Houston Dynamo in MLS competition, San Diego FC and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that game, San Diego FC had 59% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For San Diego FC, the goals were scored by Milan Iloski (25'), Luca Bombino (54') and Onni Valakari (67'). Houston Dynamo got 7 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Lawrence Ennali (36'), Franco Escobar (45') and Ezequiel Ponce (87', 100') scored for Houston Dynamo.
Proving their penchant for action-packed matches, we’ve had goals 29 times in the previous six games in which San Diego FC have sent out their troops, giving an average of 4.83 goals for each clash. Opposition teams have hit 12 of these goals.
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Team News: Chicago Fire
Carlos Terán (Hamstring injury) and David Poreba (Torn ligaments) won’t be playing for Chicago Fire manager Gregg Berhalter.
In our view, Men in Red will probably employ a 4-3-3 system with Jeff Gal, Leonardo Barroso, Jack Elliott, Samuel Rogers, Andrew Gutman, Mauricio Pineda, Brian Gutierrez, Sergio Oregel, Philip Zinckernagel, Hugo Cuypers and Jonathan Bamba.
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Team News: San Diego FC
San Diego FC boss Mikey Varas has a number of players out of action. Hamady Diop (Leg injury), Andrés Reyes (Leg injury) and Paddy McNair (Groin injury) are those who can’t be considered.
We are inclined to think that San Diego FC could decide to make use of a 4-3-3 lineup by sending out CJ dos Santos, Oscar Verhoeven, Christopher Mcvey, Patrick McNair, Luca Bombino, Anibal Godoy, Jeppe Tverskov, Onni Valakari, Anders Dreyer, Milan Iloski and Alex Mighten.
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Prediction
Looking at these two, we feel that San Diego FC and Chicago Fire may find themselves both scoring more than one goal each in what promises to be a fairly balanced contest.
A draw looks like a realistic possibility but, again, we don’t expect it to end goalless. We’re therefore seeing a very even match with a 2-2 score draw at full-time.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?
Regarding the current betting odds on the 90 min. result market, a win for Chicago Fire is best priced at 2.55, betting on a drawn result is 3.7 and staking on the winning team to be San Diego FC will get you 2.45. These are the top market prices offered at the moment.
Lucas Pereira,
05:01 10/07/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Chicago Fire
Formed: 1997
Stadium: Soldier Field (61,500)
Captain: Kellyn Acosta
Chairman: Joe Mansueto
Manager: Gregg Berhalter
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference), US Open Cup (Quarter-finals)