Chicago Fire vs. New York Red Bulls 10/24/20 - MLS Picks & Predictions

The Chicago Fire host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday in an MLS Eastern Conference clash.  Chicago is in 10th place in the conference at 5-5-8 on 20 points with a goal difference of -4. The Fire battled to a 2-2 draw with Sporting Kansas City at the weekend. Robert Beric scored Chicago's first goal during stoppage time in the first half and Djordie Mihailovic scored the equalizer in the 95th minute during stoppage time of the second half to salvage one point for the home club.

Chicago has two wins, two draws and one loss in its last five matches played in the MLS and over that span has scored eight goals and allowed six. Robert Beric is the leading goal scorer for Chicago with eight, while Fabian Herbers has scored four. Alvaro Medran has a team-high six assists and Djordie Mihailovic has four assists.

The New York Red Bulls are in seventh place in the conference at 7-4-8 on 25 points with a goal difference of -1. New York played to a 1-1 draw with Orlando City on the weekend. The Red Bull trailed 1-0 after Orlando City’s Nani scored in the 56th minute but Brian White scored an equalizer during stoppage time in the 95th minute to give the Red Bulls a 1-1 draw and a share of the spoils.

The Red Bulls have one win, two draws and two losses in their last five matches in the MLS and over that span have scored five goals and allowed seven. New York has scored just one goal in each of its last five matches. The leading goal scorer for the New York Red Bulls is Daniel Royer with four and seven other teammates have two goals apiece. Kaku is the leader in assists with four and Kyle Duncan, Florian Valot and Royer each have three.