Orlando City visits the Chicago Fire in opening round of MLS Cup Playoffs

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Orlando City SC (14-9-11, seventh in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. Chicago Fire (15-11-8, seventh in the Conference during the regular season)

Chicago; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Chicago -101, Orlando City SC +234; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Orlando City visits the Chicago Fire in the opening round of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

The Fire are 11-8-7 against Eastern Conference opponents. The Fire are second in the league with 68 goals led by Hugo Cuypers with 17.

Orlando is 8-7-11 in conference games. Orlando is 10-0-1 when it records at least three goals.

Wednesday's game is the second time these teams meet this season. The Fire won the last meeting 3-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cuypers has scored 17 goals and added two assists for the Fire. Philip Zinckernagel has five goals and five assists over the past 10 games.

Martin Ojeda has scored 16 goals and added 11 assists for Orlando. Tyrese Spicer has one goal and three assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Fire: 5-2-3, averaging 2.3 goals, 5.5 shots on goal and 4.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.0 goals per game.

Orlando: 4-3-3, averaging 2.0 goals, 6.3 shots on goal and 4.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.9 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Fire: Leonardo Barroso (injured), Viktor Radojevic (injured), Chris Mueller (injured), Andre Franco (injured).

Orlando: Zakaria Taifi (injured), Joran Gerbet (injured), Gustavo Caraballo (injured), Colin Guske (injured), Yutaro Tsukada (injured), Tyrese Spicer (injured), Tahir Reid-Brown (injured), Javier Otero (injured), Alex Freeman (injured), Cesar Araujo (injured), Marco Pasalic (injured), David Brekalo (injured), Wilder Cartagena (injured).

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