Charlotte vs Chicago Fire Prediction: Chicago will struggle in the Bank of America Stadium

Two Eastern Conference teams square off in another MLS game. Charlotte welcomes Chicago Fire to the Bank of America Stadium and this will be the first ever clash between both teams. Chicago Fire come here better on form and look set to return to winning ways after playing a bore draw against Atlanta United last time out. Charlotte also play at home where they have a pretty decent record. They ran big winners against DC United 3 days ago on this ground. They will carry the motivation into this clash and try to go out for a better result.

Charlotte have endured unstable form but on home ground they seem to find their rhythm. After 23 games in this MLS campaign, they did well to pick up 29 points, considering the fact that they are just 1 point behind 5th position. They have 9 wins, 2 draws and 12 losses. Clearly they have a lot of work to do. They have scored 28 goals and conceded 31 in the process. For such an ambitious side, defensively they would need to do better. 

Charlotte have 3 wins and 2 losses in their last 5, but a major point to consider is, they hardly lose while playing on home soil and they have only lost 3 times at home after 13 games.

Chicago Fire is a very decent team, going by statistics. In 5 games,they have lost 1, drawn 1 and won 3. Last time out, they were lucky to pick a point, after Xherdan Shaqiri's opener was disallowed by VAR in the 57th minute. They carried a 3 game win streak into that match but failed to carry on the win record. 

Sadly, Chicago Fire have a very poor record away from home. In 9 away games, they picked up 1 win against Vancouver Whitecaps and 1 draw against New York Red Bulls, 7 games have ended in defeats. They will keep that in mind, approaching this game. Chicago Fire are 10th, after picking up 27 points in 23 games. That means, they have won 7 games, drawn 6 and lost 10.

Charlotte and Chicago Fire have never met before. This will be their first ever encounter.

• Charlotte: Adam Armour(injury),Vinicius Mello(injury)
• Chicago Fire: Wyatt Omsberg (injury), Chris Brady(Injury)

Both teams are in form and have all it takes to win. It's tougher for Chicago Fire traveling to the Bank of America to snatch a win against Charlotte. Charlotte are a confident side at home and they will show that confidence in this match. I strongly believe Charlotte can secure a win with a couple of goals and we can expect Chicago Fire to reply with at least a goal.

• Back Charlotte Win or Draw and Under 4.5 at 1.60 Odds
• Back 2nd Half Over 1.5 Goals for 2.02 Odds
• Back Correct Score 1-0 at 8.5 Odds