Chicago Fire vs Portland TimbersPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Soldier Field brings together two sides in good health. Chicago Fire are fourth in the Eastern Conference on 29 points and have won six of nine at home, scoring eighteen; they arrive on two straight wins and four in five. Portland Timbers are eighth in the Western Conference on 24 points with the busiest record in the group: thirty-three scored and thirty-three conceded in eighteen rounds, thirty-one of those goals coming in nine away trips. Their most recent meeting finished 4-3 to the visitors, and MLS runs at 3.22 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.