Chicago Fire VS Philadelphia Union will see Fire wanting to stretch their undefeated streak to five matches when they host Union today.
Philadelphia on the other hand is looking for their first MLS victory in over a month to redeem themselves for what was a bad start to the 2023 season.
MatchPlug has all the information and analysis for Fire and Union. There are also our other previews for Best Betting Tips Today and MLS Predictions.
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Predictions and Betting Preview for Chicago Fire Vs Philadelphia Union Matchday Game 8
- Venue: Soldier Field Stadium, Chicago City
- When: Saturday, April 15th, 2023
- Time: 17:30 GMT
- Teams to play: Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union
- MLS Picks: OVER 2.5
Odds as provided by 1XBet.
Betting On Chicago Fire
- 1XBet Spread: -1.5
- 1XBet Over/Under: Over 2.5
- 1XBet Moneyline: 2.49
Chicago Fire fought off Minnesota United in a challenging 2-1 win at the Soldier Field Stadium last Saturday when the teams met.
Kei Kamara pulled a double that put Chicago in the driver’s seat at halftime before Kervin Arriaga pulled one back at the beginning of the second half.
Due to this, Fire is in 6th position in the Eastern Conference standings, a wide 8 points from the spot, even with a game in hand. Their upcoming match is against a team that has won only twice in the last 15 editions of this game over the last 5 years.
They are undefeated in all of them except their nine home matches since the beginning of the year. This Saturday they’ll want to get a good result in front of their fans.
Possible Lineup: Brady, Soquet, Teran, Czichos, Navarro, Herbers, Gimenez, Mueller, Gutierrez, Haile-Selassie, Kamara.
Betting On Philadelphia Union
- 1XBet Spread: +1.5
- 1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
- 1XBet Moneyline: 2.78
Philadelphia Union secured a safe pass into the last four of the CONCACAF Champions League courtesy of a 2-2 draw against Mexican club Atlas on Thursday.
They went 1-0 and 2-1 down to strikes from Julian Quinones and Julio Furch but maintained a drawing level in the two matches through Julian Carranza.
Before that, Philadelphia was in a narrow 1-0 defeat against division leaders FC Cincinnati and is in 10th position in the Eastern Conference, which is two points from the last playoff place.
The Union are without a win in the last 9 outings on the road, which is why they’ll want to change their fate as soon as humanly possible.
Possible Lineup: Blake, Wagner, Elliot, Glesnes, Mbaizo, McGlynn, Bedoya, Martinez, Carranza, Gazdag.
MatchPlug Prediction
Philadelphia has been favoured the most of this matchup lately, but Chicago’s home records show that today’s matchup is far from being concluded.
Experts are predicting that these teams will win over each other and may settle for one goal in the end.
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