Seattle SoundersAttacking momentumChicago Fire
Preview
- Seattle Sounders vs. Chicago Fire in the Group Stage of the 2026 MLS kicks off at 21:30 GMT on 2026-08-29.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between B. Schmetzer and Mario Barcena.
- Seattle Sounders report 10 missing players: P. Arriola (Calf Injury), H. Dotson (Muscle Injury), J. Ferreira (Injury), Y. Gomez Andrade (Muscle Injury), P. Kingston (Yellow Cards), J. Morris (Muscle Injury), N. Petkovic (Knee Injury), J. Ragen (Knee Injury), P. de La Vega (Calf Injury), X. Gnaulati (Injury) while Chicago Fire report 3 missing players: A. Franco (Knee Injury), M. Mbokazi (Lower-Body Injury), C. Mueller (Inactive).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-2-3-1, Seattle Sounders should be met by Chicago Fire's expected 4-3-3.
- In their last outing, Seattle Sounders's highest-rated performer was D. Musovski (6), while Chicago Fire's standout was P. Zinckernagel (7.9).
- Different fortunes: Seattle Sounders drew 1-1 with Cincinnati, while Chicago Fire fell 1-2 against Monterrey.
- Seattle Sounders's form is 1-1-3 recently, but Chicago Fire are on a roll with 3-1-1 in their last 5 matches.
- Seattle Sounders have clearly got the edge H2H: in 18 meetings, they've beaten Chicago Fire 12 times, with 2 draws and only 4 losses.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Chicago Fire to win 2-1, despite Seattle Sounders's 4-1-4 home form - Chicago Fire's strong 4-3-3 record away with 2.00 goals/game does the trick.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Seattle Sounders
Chicago Fire
Events
| 12' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 38' | 1 - 1 | ||
HT 1 - 1 | |||
| 48' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 51' | S. Brunell | ||
| 57' | |||
| 63' | |||
| 69' | |||
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| 73' | |||
| 73' | |||
| 82' | 2 - 2 | ||
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Stats
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Standings
TV Channels
Seattle Sounders is going head to head with Chicago Fire on 29/8/2026 20:30 GMT for the USA MLS. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Seattle Sounders v Chicago Fire H2H statistics!