Orlando City host Chicago Fire at Inter&Co Stadium on Wednesday, August 19 (7:30 PM ET \/ 6:30 PM CT \/ 4:30 PM PT).<\/p>\n
There are no injury or suspension concerns flagged for either side, so expect both teams to lean on their established attacking pieces. Mart\u00edn Ojeda leads the Orlando City line with 11 goals and 24 shots on target, with Tyrese Spicer’s 5 goals and Griffin Dorsey’s 13 created chances offering support from wide areas. Chicago Fire will again build around Philip Zinckernagel, whose 5 goals and 40 created chances make him the Fire’s chief creative outlet, flanked by Maren Haile-Selassie and Robin Lod, who have 3 goals apiece.<\/p>\n
Chicago sit fourth in the East on 29 points, firmly in the playoff picture, while Orlando are 10th on 21 points and some way off the pace. Orlando’s recent results offer encouragement regardless \u2014 a 4-0 win away at San Jose and a 1-0 win at home over Nashville, either side of a 1-1 draw with Cincinnati, show goals are there to be had. Chicago’s away form has wobbled by contrast, with back-to-back road defeats (3-2 at Inter Miami, 3-1 at NYCFC) hinting at gaps this Orlando front line, built around Ojeda and Spicer, could exploit.<\/p>\n\n\n