Chicago Fire vs Minnesota United Predictions

Chicago Fire and Minnesota United have both have steady starts to the new season and recent performances give both plenty of reasons to be excited for the rest of the 2019 campaign. A big win for Chicago Fire in their last home game suggests the hosts are going to be full of confidence heading into Sunday’s match, and while Minnesota United remain unbeaten in their last three matches, the visitors have only managed to win once match and score twice during that period.

Chicago Fire destroyed a hapless New England at the SeatGeek Stadium in midweek, with a brace from Nikolić seeing the hosts lead 2-0 at the interval. Bronico made it 3-0 in the seventy-eighth minute and that’s when the New England defence gave up and goals from Gaitan and Frankowski followed in the last five minutes of the ninety. Minnesota United were the better of the two sides and probably should have won at home to Seattle Sounders last weekend, but Opara’s opener was cancelled out before the break and the hosts couldn’t carve out a winning goal during the second forty-five.

The very limited head to head record between these two sides doesn’t give us much to go on, but Chicago Fire’s home form coupled with Minnesota United’s results on the road, suggests that Chicago Fire will win and that we are likely to see both teams score and over 2.5 goals produced. Chicago Fire have only lost one of their five home games so far this season, while Minnesota United have lost three of their last four away games in the MLS. Chicago Fire head into Sunday’s game on the back of a 5-0 home win over New England, but their guests have only won one of their last five matches. Both teams have scored in four of Minnesota United’s last six matches and over 2.5 goals have been scored in two of Chicago Fire’s last five, and three of Minnesota United’s last six matches, all of which leads us to believe there are going to be goals in this game.

Nikolić top scores for Chicago Fire with five MLS goals so far this season, while Quintero leads the way for Minnesota United with five goals, four of which have arrived in the form of penalties. We’re confident that Chicago Fire will win on Sunday, and have predicted a final score of 3-2. The hosts have a very good home form this season, while their guests have struggled on the road of late. Both teams have been involved in high scoring games recently, and we’re expecting a five-goal thriller between the pair this weekend.