Betting tips & predictions

Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire Betting Tips and Predictions

28th July 2021

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America’s MLS has been running throughout the summer if you didn’t already know and Philadelphia Union have been one of the better sides in the Eastern Conference. They currently sit on 24 points after 16 games. Chicago Fire find themselve way down in 13th position with just 12 points to their name so far this season. There have been some proper ding-dong bouts between these sides over the last few seasons so this should be another cracker. Let’s get into the stats and find some value in the betting markets.

Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire Betting Tips and Predictions Union’s position is a bit better than their form it must be noted. Over their five most recent matches they’ve only managed to win one match, losing two and drawing two. The silver lining is that they’ve scored five over four of those matches. Their home form is far superior though where they’ve won four and drawn one of their last five at Subaru Park.

Fire’s results aren’t all that bad in fairness, they’ve won two of their last five MLS games, drawing one and losing two, however their away form is miserable. Of their five away games this season, they’ve lost all of them, conceding a total of 13 goals and scoring just two. Should we lump on Union then? At odds as high as 1.81 at the time of writing you’d be forgiven for being tempted.

Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire Betting Tips and Predictions The sides have met here six times since 2016, five were MLS games, one was in the Cup. Union won all six of those games. Five saw Over 2.5 goals occurring while Both Teams to Score landed in four. It’s worth pointing out too that Over 3.5 goals was witnessed in three of those games.

Over 2.5 goals, at the current odds of 1.71 looks good with those stats but we prefer to look at current form rather than historical results when it comes to goals. Of Union’s five most recent home games only two saw Over 2.5 goals and they kept a clean sheet in three of those five games.

Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire Betting Tips and Predictions Overs was seen in two of Fire’s five most previous MLS games on the road but Fire themselves only managed to score two over those five games. With Union’s record of keeping clean sheets regularly at home matches with Chicago’s Fire’s lack of, well, firepower, we’re getting some good odds backing Philadelphia Union to Win to Nil.

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