Toronto plays the Chicago Fire in conference action

Chicago Fire (3-8-6, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto FC (7-7-3, sixth in the Eastern Conference)

Toronto; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Toronto FC -117, Chicago +298, Draw +253; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Fire play Toronto in Eastern Conference play.

Toronto is 6-4-3 in Eastern Conference games. Toronto is 3-2-0 when it scores just one goal.

The Fire are 1-6-6 against Eastern Conference opponents. The Fire have a 2-0-1 record in games they score a pair of goals.

The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Federico Bernardeschi has scored seven goals with four assists for Toronto. Prince-Osei Owusu has five goals over the past 10 games.

Hugo Cuypers has five goals and one assist for the Fire. Carlos Teran has scored one goal over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Toronto: 4-4-2, averaging 2.0 goals, 5.0 shots on goal and 4.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.7 goals per game.

Fire: 1-5-4, averaging 0.6 goals, 3.2 shots on goal and 5.0 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.5 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Toronto: Brandon Servania (injured), Prince-Osei Owusu (injured), Shane O'Neill (injured).

Fire: Chase Gasper (injured), Andrew Gutman (injured), Tobias Salquist (injured), Xherdan Shaqiri (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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