Chicago Fire (2-3-2, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Red Bulls (4-1-2, first in the Eastern Conference)
Harrison, New Jersey; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE New York -169, Chicago +458, Draw +295; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Red Bulls play the Chicago Fire in Eastern Conference play.
The Red Bulls are 2-1-1 in Eastern Conference play. Lewis Morgan paces the seventh-ranked scoring team in the MLS with six goals. The Red Bulls have scored 11.
The Fire are 1-3-2 in conference play. The Fire are 0-2-1 when they score only one goal.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Morgan has six goals for the Red Bulls. Emil Forsberg has one goal and two assists.
Brian Gutierrez has three goals and one assist for the Fire. Fabian Herbers has two goals and two assists.
SEASON SO FAR: Red Bulls: Averaging 1.6 goals, 4.4 shots on goal and 4.1 corner kicks through seven games while allowing 1.0 goal per game.
Fire: Averaging 1.6 goals, 4.1 shots on goal and 4.6 corner kicks through seven games while allowing 2.0 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Red Bulls: Cory Burke (injured).
Fire: Chase Gasper (injured), Andrew Gutman (injured), Carlos Teran (injured), Wyatt Omsberg (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
