Their forthcoming US Open Cup tie will see Minnesota United taking on Chicago Fire on Wednesday.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Minnesota United v Chicago Fire game (inc. the best betting odds).
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Minnesota United
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Minnesota United, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-2 MLS success versus FC Dallas.
In that match, Minnesota United managed 47% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Minnesota United, the goalscorers were Carlos Harvey (35') and Anthony Markanich (58'). At the other end, FC Dallas had 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. Logan Farrington (73') was the scorer for FC Dallas.
Matches with Minnesota United have proved to be engaging ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum of 21 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 11 of them being chalked up by Minnesota United. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this game, however.
Chicago Fire
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Chicago Fire will go into this meeting after a 3-2 MLS win to defeat Charlotte FC in their previous game.
In that match, Chicago Fire managed 56% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Chicago Fire, the goalscorers were Philip Zinckernagel (23'), Brian Gutiérrez (25') and Hugo Cuypers (33'). For their opponents, Charlotte FC had 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Biel (56') and Idan Toklomati (59') scored for Charlotte FC.
The stats don’t lie, and Chicago Fire have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals in all. At the back, Chicago Fire just haven’t been too solid at all.
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Head to head
A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 27/08/2017 shows that Minnesota United have won 3 of these games and Chicago Fire 2, with the number of draws standing at 1.
A combined sum of 18 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them for Loons and 8 coming from Men in Red. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.
The previous league meeting between the two was MLS match day 10 on 09/04/2023 when the final score was Chicago Fire 2-1 Minnesota United.
On that day, Chicago Fire managed 52% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Kei Kamara (24', 36').
Minnesota United got 10 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Kervin Arriaga (57') scored.
The match was refereed by Timothy Ford.
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Team News: Minnesota United
The Minnesota United boss Eric Ramsay will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this clash owing to a fully healthy group available to select from.
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Team News: Chicago Fire
With a fully injury-free squad available to select from, the Chicago Fire boss Gregg Berhalter has zero fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.
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Prediction
We’re thinking that Minnesota United are likely to dominate possession and create several successful chances.
At the other end, Chicago Fire may well find it hard getting goals although we do see them getting the chances to score, too.
We’re predicting a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Minnesota United at the end of the 90 minutes.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Turning to the betting odds in the 90 minute result market, a victory for Minnesota United can be had for 1.83, betting on the game finishing all-square is 3.7 & taking a punt on a win for Chicago Fire can get you 3.7. Those are the most competitive prices being offered at this very moment.
Victor Martins,
16:01 05/07/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Minnesota United
Formed: 2015
Stadium: Allianz Field (19,400)
Captain: Michael Boxall
Chairman: Bill McGuire
Manager: Eric Ramsay
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Western Conference), US Open Cup (Quarter-finals)