New York City FC brings draw streak into matchup against the Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire (6-12-7, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York City FC (11-9-5, fifth in the Eastern Conference)

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

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE NYCFC -146, Chicago +358, Draw +296; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: New York City FC plays the Chicago Fire after playing to a draw in three straight games.

NYCFC is 10-3-5 in Eastern Conference games. NYCFC is eighth in the Eastern Conference drawing 114 corner kicks, averaging 4.6 per game.

The Fire are 4-8-7 against Eastern Conference teams. The Fire have a -12 goal differential, scoring 30 goals while allowing 42.

The teams match up Saturday for the second time this season. The last meeting ended tied 0-0.

TOP PERFORMERS: Adrian Alonso Martinez Batista has scored eight goals with three assists for NYCFC. Hannes Wolf has three goals and two assists over the last 10 games.

Hugo Cuypers has nine goals and two assists for the Fire. Maren Haile-Selassie has four goals and one assist over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: NYCFC: 3-4-3, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.2 shots on goal and 4.1 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.4 goals per game.

Fire: 4-4-2, averaging 1.6 goals, 5.6 shots on goal and 4.0 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.5 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: NYCFC: Malachi Jones (injured), Andres Perea (injured).

Fire: Chase Gasper (injured), Andrew Gutman (injured), Carlos Teran (injured), Federico Navarro (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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