Chicago Fire (8-8-7) vs Orlando (10-7-6)
Chicago Fire FC vs Orlando City SC 8/20/2023 – This year, the Chicago Fire made 75 saves and had a 74.3 save percentage. With 31 goals scored and 31 allowed, their goal differential is now at 0. This club is ranked 13th in the league with 21 assists, averaging 1.39 points per game this season (32 points). The Fire’s expected goals rank them 23rd with a score of 25.1, and their xGA is 33.8. This season, Chicago was responsible for 59 yellow and 4 red cards. As a result of their 31 goals allowed and 1.35 goals per 90 minutes allowed, Chicago allowed opponents to build up 105 SoT on them.
Orlando City SC has a season xG of 28.5 and 34 goals scored. With 59 saves, the team has a goals-against average of 1.22 and recorded 7 shutouts. Orlando currently ranks 7th in the league with 37 points and has a club save rate of 68.6 (86 SoTA) for the season. With 28 goals conceded, Orlando is ranked eighth, and the team has a goal differential of 6. Orlando had 48 yellow card cautions this season and a clean sheet percentage of 30.4%. For expert insights, consider our free daily soccer picks.
Chicago Fire vs. Orlando City Game Info
| When: | Saturday, August 20, 2023 7:30 PM ET |
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| Where: | Soldier Field. Chicago |
| TV: | Apple TV – MLS Season Pass |
| Stream: | N/A |
Fire GK Chris Brady and City SC GK Pedro Gallese
Chris Brady will be the one representing Chicago in the goal defense. His goals surrendered per 90 minutes are 0.96 (he gave up a total of 28 goals), and his save percentage is .724. Brady has an overall record of 11-13-6 in soccer and a clean sheet percentage of 33.3% thanks to his 10 shutouts. Brady logged 2,639 minutes on the field and 71 saves in his career. In 30 career starts, the American goalkeeper faced 98 shots that were tried against him.
For Orlando, Pedro Gallese will be in charge of the goal. In 33,726 career minutes, Gallese defended 1,608 shots while recording 95 shutouts. He has a save percentage of .698 and a 25.3% clean sheet rate. He has a record of 149-106-120 and a goals-against average of 1.30 per 90 minutes. In 375 starts over the course of his professional soccer career, Gallese made 1,122 saves while also surrendering 488 goals.
Odds/Point Spread: Draw +245, Total Odds: 2.5
Ercan Kara, a player for Orlando, will undoubtedly be the focus of the defense’s game plan in this contest. Throughout his soccer career, he had 8 cautions and has 13 times helped a teammate score. The Austrian forward played 6,903 minutes on the field and scored 43 goals. He started 82 games thus far in his career, scoring 0.56 goals on average every 90 minutes.
Chicago Fire FC Betting Trends
Chicago Fire FC is 2-1 in their last 5 matches. Chicago Fire FC is 3-2 in their last 5 matches against the spread Chicago Fire FC is 6-5 in their road matches against the spread. The totals went OVER in 1 of CHI’s last 5 matches.
Orlando City SC Betting Trends
Orlando City SC is 1-2 in their last 5 matches. Orlando City SC is 2-3 in their last 5 matches against the spread. Orlando City SC is 8-3 in their road matches against the spread. The totals went OVER in 3 of City SC’ last 5 matches.
Chicago Fire FC vs Orlando City SC 8/20/2023 Betting Picks
The totals went OVER in 5 of CHI’s 12 last matches at home. Similarly, the totals went OVER in 5 of City SC’s 12 last matches at home. The Chicago Fire has one win and three losses in its past four games against Orlando City. Since the middle of May, Orlando has played 13 regular-season MLS games, winning six and drawing five. It has lost only two of those games. The play in this game is UNDER because Chicago has held clean sheets in each of its previous three games and because the two teams will fight to a tie, but the UNDER will win. Our best play is UNDER 1-1, but the prediction is a draw. For valuable insights, consider our free daily premium sports picks.
Free Pick and Prediction: This game will be a draw, 1-1.