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Aron Wright - July 14, 2023
Chicago Fire vs Toronto Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the Major League Soccer on Sunday, 16 July 2023.
Toronto are quite easily the worst team in the MLS at the moment. They are on a long losing streak, and are the only squad in the whole competition to have lost the past five games in a row. And it goes without saying that their performances on the road have simply been worrisome.
Meanwhile, Chicago Fire have been on a course of improvement. They won three of their past four fixtures, and impressively they lost just twice here in the past 11 months. They hope to make the most of this upcoming encounter, and deliver a convincing win.
Chicago Fire are unbeaten in the past two clashes. They also kept clean sheets in these two meetings. It is also of significance that they lost here just once in the past five years.
Chicago Fire are on a long stretch of unbeaten results at home. Such has been their consistency that they lost here just twice in total since September. And to swing the scales further in their direction, they have a dominant h2h record against this rival as well.
On the other hand, Toronto are on a long losing streak. They are the only team to have lost the last five games in a row in the conference, and it also worries fans that they are still searching for their first victory away from home.
By the looks of things, a win is expected for Chicago Fire.
Chicago Fire are on a dominant run at home – so much so that they lost here only twice since September of 2022. They also have a superior h2h record against this rival. In fact, they have an unbeaten record here in the past five years – barring a single defeat.
On the other hand, Toronto are on a five-fixture losing streak, and managed to win just thrice in all competitions since August of 2022.
By the looks of things, a win for hosts Chicago Fire appear to be the expected outcome, at 1.75 odd.
They are also consistently scoring goals, and taking into account the defensive woes of Toronto as well, the Over 2.5 Match Goals wager looks promising at 2.00 odd.
