📏 Form Guide

Chicago Fire

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Chicago Fire go into this game following on from a 0-0 MLS drawn result vs New York Red Bulls.

In that game, Chicago Fire managed 66% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. New York Red Bulls got 19 shots at 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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Previously, Real Salt Lake drew 0-0 in the MLS match with Columbus Crew.

In that match, Real Salt Lake managed 45% possession and 16 shots on goal with 8 on target. For their opponents, Columbus Crew had 12 attempts on 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 over their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 09/05/2015 tells us that Chicago Fire have won 2 of these games & Real Salt Lake 3, with the number of draws being 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them for Men in Red and 8 created by Claret and Cobalt. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was MLS match day 42 on 24/10/2021 when the final score was Chicago Fire 1-0 Real Salt Lake.

That day, Chicago Fire had 48% possession and 26 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. The scorer was Robert Berič (45').

At the other end, Real Salt Lake had 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Rosendo Mendoza.

🗞️ Team News: Chicago Fire

Chase Gasper (unknown injury) and Andrew Gutman (Hamstring injury) will be missing for Chicago Fire manager Frank Klopas.

ℹ️ 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) will not be playing here.

🧠 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, 00:01 21/04/2024