Seattle Sounders bring home losing streak into matchup against the Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire (11-6-3, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (7-9-4, 14th in the Western Conference)

Seattle; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Chicago +125, Seattle +180, Draw +277; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: The Seattle Sounders face the Chicago Fire looking to end a four-game home skid.

The Sounders are 4-4-1 in home games. The Sounders are seventh in the league giving up just 27 goals.

The Fire are 4-3-3 on the road. Philip Zinckernagel paces the ninth-ranked scoring team in the MLS with five goals. The Fire have scored 37.

Saturday's game is the first meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Paul Rothrock has five goals and one assist for the Sounders. Kalani Kossa-Rienzi has scored two goals over the last 10 games.

Zinckernagel has scored five goals with eight assists for the Fire. Robin Lod has three goals and one assist over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Sounders: 5-16-9, averaging 2.4 goals, 10.2 shots on goal and 12.9 corner kicks per game while allowing 6.3 goals per game.

Fire: 21-5-4, averaging 5.4 goals, 14.1 shots on goal and 11.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 4.5 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Sounders: Nikola Petkovic (injured), Peter Kingston (injured), Hassani Dotson (injured), Pedro De La Vega (injured), Jackson Ragen (injured), Jesus Ferreira (injured), Cristian Roldan (injured), Jordan Morris (injured), Yeimar Gomez Andrade (injured), Paul Arriola (injured).

Fire: Mbokazi (injured), Chris Mueller (injured), Andre Franco (injured).

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