Chicago Fire vs Toronto FC Prediction: An easy win for Chicago

Chicago Fire are beginning to pick up some serious form with the results to show for it. They recorded back-to-back wins in their last 2 games in a row and their most recent game against CF Montreal ended in a 3-0 win in their favor. They will need to keep the tempo if they must get another win when they take on Toronto FC at Soldier Field.

Toronto FC on the other hand are facing a crisis currently and their results in the past 8 games has been either a draw or a defeat. They have lost their last 5 games in a row and prior to that they had 3 draws. A win for Toronto FC is very crucial right now and they will be playing to get one in this game.

Chicago Fire and Toronto FC are separated by 10 points on the MLS table. Chicago Fire are 16th with 29 points from 22 matches, while Toronto FC are 27th with 19 points from 23 matches.

There is a huge expectation that Chicago Fire should win this game because they are better than the opposition in every respect and they are in fine form at the moment. They have won their last 2 matches in a row and in their last 5 matches, they had 4 wins and 1 defeat. They won against Portland Timbers, Sporting Kansas City, Nashville SC and CF Montreal and then lost the game against Orlando City SC.

Chicago Fire are ranked 18th on the MLS home table with 18 points from 11 home matches. They had 4 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat in those 11 games. In their last 5 home matches, they had 3 wins against Saint Louis City, Nashville SC and CF Montreal, 1 draw against Atlanta United and 1 defeat against Columbus Crew.

Their most recent encounter against CF Montreal resulted in a 3-0 win at full time. All 3 goals came in the first half from Brian Gutierrez, Maren Haile-Selassie and Xherdan Shaqiri in the 9th , 11th and 33rd minutes.

Team streak: more than 2.5 goals (5/7), first to score (4/5), less than 10.5 corners (5/7)

Toronto FC are under a lot of pressure to turn their poor form around. Their last defeat against Saint Louis City was their 5th defeat in a row and they now became winless in their last 8 matches in a row. They lost all of their last 5 matches against Cincinnati FC, New England Revolution, Real Salt Lake, Orlando City SC and Saint Louis City.

On their away form so far this season, Toronto FC are ranked bottom on the away table, with just 4 points from all 11 away games this season. They had 0 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats in those 11 games. Their last 5 away games ended in 1 draw against Minnesota United and 4 defeats against Austin FC, Cincinnati FC, New England Revolution and Orlando City SC.

Toronto faced Saint Louis City in the previous round and they lost by a single goal. After a goalless first half, they conceded the only goal in the 50th minute from Aziel Jackson and that was enough to give the Saints the victory and condemn Toronto to another defeat.

Team streak: losses (5), no wins (8), no goals scored (3), without a clean sheet (7), first to concede (4/5), less than 4.5 cards (7/9), less than 10.5 corners (5/7).

Chicago Fire and Toronto FC have played 20 matches against each other in the past. Toronto FC won 12 of those matches, while Chicago Fire won 4 and 4 matches ended in a draw.

• There were less than 4.5 cards in 6/8 meetings.
• There were less than 10.5 corners in 6/8 meetings.

According to analysis, Chicago Fire have scored 30 goals and conceded 31 goals in 22 matches in the MLS. They have scored 1.4 goals per game and have a 14% conversion rate. They also create 1.6 big chances per game and take a total of 9.5 shots per game with 3.0 shots on target per game. They take an average of 3.5 corners per game and take up 45.9% possession on average. On the defense, they have 6 clean sheets and they conceded 1.4 goals per game.

According to analysis, Toronto FC have scored 18 goals and conceded 32 goals in 23 matches in the MLS. They have scored 0.8 goals per game and have a 7% conversion rate. They also create 1.1 big chances per game and take a total of 10.6 shots per game with 3.8 shots on target per game. They take an average of 3.7 corners per game and take up 50.0% possession on average. On the defense, they have 6 clean sheets and they conceded 1.4 goals per game.

Betting Tips

• Home Win at 1.70 Odds
• Home Win at 1.70 Odds
• Home to Win at 1.65 Odds