Cuypers leads the Chicago Fire against Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City (1-6-1, 16th in the Western Conference) vs. Chicago Fire (4-2-2, third in the Eastern Conference)

Chicago; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Chicago -358, Sporting Kansas City +755, Draw +478; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Hugo Cuypers leads the Chicago Fire into a matchup with Sporting Kansas City fresh off of a two-goal showing against Cincinnati.

The Fire are 3-1-0 at home. The Fire are 5-0-1 when they score at least three goals.

Sporting KC is 1-3-0 on the road. Sporting KC is 7-0-2 when it records a pair of goals.

The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cuypers has six goals for the Fire. Jonathan Bamba has two goals and two assists.

Dejan Joveljic has scored four goals with one assist for Sporting KC. Lasse Berg Johnsen has one goal.

SEASON SO FAR: Fire: Averaging 1.5 goals, 4.4 shots on goal and 3.9 corner kicks through eight games while allowing 1.0 goal per game.

Sporting KC: Averaging 0.9 goals, 2.8 shots on goal and 3.0 corner kicks through eight games while allowing 2.5 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Fire: None listed.

Sporting KC: None listed.

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