The hosts will be boosted by their victory last time out and will be confident of recording back-to-back wins at home against Wayne Rooney's struggling side, but another clean sheet may elude them due to Benteke's form.
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Chicago Fire win with a probability of 61.67%. A draw had a probability of 22% and a win for DC United had a probability of 16.29%.
The most likely scoreline for a Chicago Fire win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.66%) and 2-1 (9.76%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.46%), while for a DC United win it was 0-1 (5.61%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 6.7% likelihood.
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