Orlando City takes on the Chicago Fire in conference matchup
Chicago Fire (5-5-4, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando City SC (7-3-6, fourth in the Eastern Conference)
Orlando, Florida; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orlando City SC -153, Chicago +369, Draw +298; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Orlando City and the Chicago Fire meet in Eastern Conference play.
Orlando is 5-3-6 in Eastern Conference games. Orlando ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference allowing just 19 goals.
The Fire are 3-4-4 against Eastern Conference opponents. The Fire rank seventh in the Eastern Conference with 25 goals led by Hugo Cuypers with eight.
The matchup Saturday is the second meeting of the season between the two teams. The last meeting ended tied 0-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Martin Ojeda has scored eight goals and added four assists for Orlando. Cesar Araujo has one goal and two assists over the last 10 games.
Cuypers has eight goals and one assist for the Fire. Philip Zinckernagel has five goals and three assists over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Orlando: 4-1-5, averaging 1.5 goals, 5.0 shots on goal and 3.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.7 goals per game.
Fire: 3-4-3, averaging 1.6 goals, 5.4 shots on goal and 4.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Orlando: Gustavo Caraballo (injured), Nicolas Santiago Rodriguez Calderon (injured), Eduard Atuesta (injured).
Fire: David Poreba (injured), Chase Gasper (injured), Carlos Teran (injured), Chris Mueller (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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