Overview

• Kickoff is Saturday at 8:30 p.m. EDT in Chicago, with NYCFC on 44 points and the Fire on 42.
• New York City carries the advantage of a match in hand as Chicago holds the conference's final playoff slot entering the weekend.
• Chicago has collected 14 points from its last seven matches and is coming off a 3-2 win over New England, led by Hugo Cuypers' team-high 16 goals.
• Adrian Alonso Martinez Batista leads NYCFC with 14 goals, and goalkeeper Matt Freese has seven clean sheets in 24 outings after a recent unbeaten run ended with a 2-1 loss to D.C. United.
• BetMGM lists Chicago at +105 with a 2.5 total, and the AP notes several Fire injuries while NYCFC had no players listed out.