Seattle Sounders (home)
- Seattle are in poor form, having won one of their last five MLS 2026 matches (D1, L3).
- Seattle Sounders have been in mediocre to poor form in recent weeks, suffering a 2-0 home loss to Vancouver Whitecaps before the international break and following that up with a 2-0 defeat at home to Austin FC prior to a 1-1 away draw against FC Cincinnati last time out.
Chicago Fire (away)
- Chicago are in great form, having won four of their last five MLS 2026 matches (D1, L0).
- Chicago have beaten Portland Timbers 2-1 at home, Orlando City SC 2-1 away and held New York Red Bulls to a 0-0 tie in New York on their latest travels.
- Puso Dithejane has chipped in with three goals during that run of five to contribute to Fire's total of ten.
Key Players
- Puso Dithejane - three goals in the recent five-match run for Chicago.
- Hugo Cuypers - leads the line for Chicago with 13 MLS 2026 goals in 11 games.
Betting Insights
- Brian Schmetzer's side play in a very different manner to Fire, they like to get on the ball and play out from wide areas, but their real danger lies in transition when they can catch teams with their directness and high tempo.
- Chicago are on a hot streak and are capable of matching Seattle's quickness in the offensive third.
- The draw at 3.8 offers some value.
- Over 2.5 goals at 1.55 is the play on the goals line.
- Both teams to score is short odds at 1.45.
- Chicago are averaging 1.60 goals per game scored and 1.80 conceded per away match in all competitions.
Prediction
Back Chicago to edge it - going for the visitors at 2.48 to just edge this one at Lumen Field .
