Orlando City takes shutout streak into matchup with the Chicago Fire
Orlando City SC (4-2-4, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Chicago Fire (3-4-3, 10th in the Eastern Conference)
Chicago; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Chicago +146, Orlando City SC +164, Draw +247; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Orlando City comes into a matchup against the Chicago Fire after putting together four straight shutout wins.
The Fire are 1-3-3 in conference matchups. The Fire are 1-2 in one-goal matches.
Orlando is 3-2-4 against Eastern Conference opponents. Marco Pasalic paces the sixth-ranked scoring team in the league with five goals. Orlando has scored 18.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Hugo Cuypers has seven goals and one assist for the Fire. Brian Gutierrez has three goals over the past 10 games.
Pasalic has five goals and two assists for Orlando. Luis Muriel has four goals and three assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Fire: 3-4-3, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.7 shots on goal and 3.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game.
Orlando: 4-2-4, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.9 shots on goal and 3.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Fire: Leonardo Barroso (injured), David Poreba (injured), Chase Gasper (injured), Carlos Teran (injured), Chris Mueller (injured), Rominigue Kouame N'Guessan (injured).
Orlando: Favian Loyola (injured), Cesar Araujo (injured), Rafael Lucas Cardoso Dos Santos (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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