CF Montreal hosts the Chicago Fire in Eastern Conference action

Chicago Fire (6-4-2, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. CF Montreal (4-7-1, 10th in the Eastern Conference)

Montreal, Quebec; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Chicago +132, Montreal +175, Draw +263; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: CF Montreal and the Chicago Fire square off in conference action.

Montreal is 4-6-0 in Eastern Conference games. Montreal has a 7-1-1 record in games it scores three or more goals.

The Fire are 4-3-2 against Eastern Conference teams. The Fire are 17-0-1 when they record at least three goals.

The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. The Fire won the last meeting 3-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Prince-Osei Owusu has scored six goals with five assists for Montreal. Wikelman Carmona has four goals and one assist over the past 10 games.

Hugo Cuypers has scored 10 goals for the Fire. Philip Zinckernagel has four goals and five assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Montreal: 17-10-3, averaging 5.4 goals, 17.4 shots on goal and 14.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 5.1 goals per game.

Fire: 19-5-6, averaging 5.7 goals, 13.5 shots on goal and 13.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 3.9 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Montreal: Hennadiy Synchuk (injured), Bode Davis (injured), Sunusi Ibrahim (injured), Fabian Herbers (injured).

Fire: Leonardo Barroso (injured), Sergio Oregel (injured), Andre Franco (injured), Anton Jonsson Saletros (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.