Chicago Fire at New England Revolution 3/7/20 - MLS Picks & Predictions

The Chicago Fire looks to bounce back from a loss in their opening match of the Major League Soccer season when they visit the New England Revolution on Saturday. The Fire fell to the Seattle Sounders 2-1 in their on Sunday. The winning goal was scored by Seattle during stoppage time past Fire goalkeeper Kenneth Kronholm. Robert Beric scored Chicago's only goal of the matche just 45 seconds into the second half following an excellent chest of the ball byDjordje Mihailovic to Beric’s feet and his 15-yard shot beat Stephen Frei.

Through one match the only goal of the season for Chicago is off the foot of Robert Beric, while Djordie Mihailovic and Alvaro Medran each have one assist. Only one yellow card has been issued against Chicago and that was issued to Fabian Herbers. In goal, Kenneth Kronholm is 0-0-1 with a 90-minute goal's against of 2.00 and save percentage of .600.

New England is looking for its first victory of the season as well when they host the Chicago Fire on Saturday. The Revolution were defeated by Montreal 2-1 in the season opener. Scoring the only goal for New England in the loss was Teal Bunbury in minute 13. However, the Revolution allowed two goals following Bunbury's and lost by the minimum. New England has not won a season opener in the last seven years going 0-5-2. The Revolution had an excellent chance to level the game in the 86th minute as Tajon Buchanan had a wide-open goal but his header bounced off the post.

The lone goal scored by New England after its opening match came off the foot of Teal Bunbury while Christian Penilla and Gustavo Bou each have one assist. New England has yet to be issued a yellow or red card after one match this season. Matt Turner is 0-0-1 in goal with a 90-minute goals against of 2.00 and save percentage of just .500.