Sporting Kansas City vs. Chicago Fire 10/7/20 - MLS Picks & Predictions

Sporting Kansas City will host the Chicago Fire FC on Wednesday in an MLS fixture. Sporting Kansas City improved to 7-2-5 on 23 points following its 2-1 victory on Saturday on the road against Houston. Sporting KC is in third place in the Western Conference just four points adrift of first-place Seattle and one point behind second place Portland. Alan Pulido scored both goals for Sporting KC in its victory over the Dynamo.

Sporting Kansas City has two wins and three losses in its last five matches played and over that span has scored seven goals and allowed seven. The leading goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City is Johnny Russell with six, while Alan Pulido has scored five. Pulido is leading Sporting KC in assists with four and two other players have three apiece.

The Chicago Fire is in 11th place in the Eastern Conference standings of the MLS at 4-4-7 on 16 points and is coming off a 2-2 draw on the road against Montreal. Robert Beric opened the scoring for the Chicago Fire with a goal in the 15th minute and Francisco Calvo scored an equalizer for the Fire in the 73rd minute to split the spoils on the road against Montreal.

Chicago has two wins, two draws and one loss in its last five matches played and over that span has scored 11 goals and allowed eight. The Chicago backline and goalkeeper have two clean sheets in the last three matches played. Robert Beric is the leading goal scorer for Chicago with seven, while Alvaro Medran and Djorde Mihailovic have four assists to lead the Fire.