Montreal are coming off a very tough defeat in the Canadian Derby against Toronto, where they suffered a heavy loss. They will now try to return to winning ways when they play host to the Chicago Fire on Saturday, September 2nd. Chicago have not been in good form lately, and are also coming off quite an emarassing defeat against Minnesota.
Chicago (12-9-5) are coming off a very frustrating 2-1 loss at home against Minnesota United. They were unable to put an end to their losing streak, as that was their 4th consecutive loss, while they have won just one of their last 8 matches (1-6-1). They have now fallen to the 4th spot of the Eastern Conference, where they sit with 41 points after 26 matches. They have been rather weak on the road once again (2-7-4), where they have lost each of their last 4, and have been unable to win any of their last 6 (0-4-2). They will be coming into this match with a handful of absences, as Goossens and Polster have been ruled out, McCarty is on international duty, and Bava and Vincent are still listed as questionable to participate.
Montreal (10-9-6) failed to be competitive against Toronto FC in their last match, as they suffered a disappointing 3-1 loss at home. Their opponents had already scored twice before Piatti scored at the stoppage time, but Giovinco scored right after that for the final 3-1. That loss came to put an end to Montreal’s 4 match winning streak prior to that. They are now sitting at the 7th spot of the Eastern Conference with 36 points after 25 matches. They have been ragther strong at home so far (8-4-1), where they have lost just two of their last 11 matches in all competitions (8-2-1). They will be missing Francis, Dzemaili, Ciman, Piette, Choiniere and Jackson-Hamel who will be on international duty.