{"id":14574,"date":"2026-10-03T20:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=14574"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:52:25","slug":"match-preview-chicago-fire-vs-new-york-city-fc-10-10-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/mls\/match-preview-chicago-fire-vs-new-york-city-fc-10-10-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Fire vs NYCFC: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chicago Fire host NYCFC at Soldier Field on Saturday, October 10 (2:30 PM ET \/ 1:30 PM CT \/ 11:30 AM PT).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chicago Fire have no fresh fitness concerns to report and will again lean on their most productive forward line of the season, with Maren Haile-Selassie’s 8 goals and Robert Lewandowski’s 6 setting the attacking tone up top, while Philip Zinckernagel pulls the strings from midfield with 5 goals and 54 chances created in 2047 minutes of work. NYCFC come into Soldier Field with a clean bill of health too, built almost entirely around Nicol\u00e1s Mercau, whose 15 goals and 51 chances created in 2314 minutes make him the most involved attacker on either team sheet, backed by Axel Ojeda and Hannes Wolf, both on 5 goals apiece.<\/p>\n

Chicago Fire are fifth in the East on 42 points from 26 games with a +8 goal difference, firmly in the playoff picture, and head into this one off the back of a 1-0 win at Charlotte. NYCFC sit ninth in the same conference and arrive at Soldier Field on the back of a 2-2 draw at Atlanta, still searching for consistency. With Haile-Selassie and Lewandowski offering more individual firepower than NYCFC can call on outside of Mercau, the home side’s greater depth in the final third should be the difference at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n\n\n