Overview
- Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 8:30 p.m. EDT in Chicago.
- Chicago sits ninth on 42 points and New York City has 44 with a game in hand, putting direct pressure on late-season seeding.
- The Fire have taken 14 points from their last seven under Gregg Berhalter, while NYCFC are 6-3-1 over their past 10 and have seven clean sheets from goalkeeper Matt Freese.
- Hugo Cuypers leads Chicago with 16 goals and Adrián Alonso Martínez has 14 for NYCFC, which won the earlier meeting 3-1.
- Chicago lists six players not expected to play, including Chris Mueller, and BetMGM makes the hosts a narrow favorite at +105 over NYCFC at +226.