Orlando City SC vs Chicago Fire FC 9/19/20 - MLS Picks & Predictions

The Orlando City SC hosts the Chicago Fire on Saturday in an MLS showdown in Central Florida. Orlando City is in fourth place in the MLS Eastern Conference at 5-4-2 on 19 points following its 2-1 victory over Inter Miami CF. Miami’s Andres Reyes scored an own goal that gave Orlando a first half lead but Brek Shea equalized for Miami in the 69th minute, followed by Orlando’s Mauricio Pereyra scoring the winner in the 69th minute.

Orlando City has three wins and two draws in its last five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored 10 goals while allowing just five. Orlando has allowed just one goal and each of its last five matches. Chris Mueller is the leading goal scorer for Orlando City with six and Miller is also leading in assists with four. Nani and Daryl Dike have each scored three goals for Orlando City.

Following a 2-2 draw with Columbus Crew, Chicago Fire improved to 2-3-6 on nine points but is in 12th place in the Eastern conference table. Chicago Fire received calls from Djordje Milahilovic in the 11th minute and shortly thereafter by Robert Beric in the 14th minute. However, two second-half Columbus goals including an equalizer in the 88th minute by Gyasi Zardes left Chicago Fire sharing the spoils with Columbus.

Chicago Fire has one win, two draws and two losses over its last five fixtures in the MLS and has scored seven goals and allowed seven. The leading goal scorer for Chicago Fire is Robert Beric with three, while Mauricio Pineda and Fabian Herbers have each scored two. Alvaro Medran is leading the Chicago Fire in assists with three.