Chicago Fire (15-10-7, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Colorado Rapids (12-13-7, eighth in the Western Conference)

Commerce City, Colorado; Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Colorado +122, Chicago +185, Draw +265; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rapids and the Chicago Fire take the pitch in non-conference action.

The Rapids are 10-3-3 in home games. The Rapids are eighth in the Western Conference drawing 162 corner kicks, averaging 5.1 per game.

The Fire are 6-5-5 in road games. Maren Haile-Selassie leads the sixth-ranked scoring team in the Eastern Conference with 12 goals. The Fire have scored 57.

The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Paxten Aaronson has seven goals and eight assists for the Rapids. Morgan Whittaker has scored four goals over the past 10 games.

Haile-Selassie has scored 12 goals and added five assists for the Fire. Anton Jonsson Saletros has two goals and two assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rapids: 13-5-12, averaging 3.9 goals, 13.5 shots on goal and 15.0 corner kicks per game while allowing 4.5 goals per game.

Fire: 15-8-7, averaging 4.2 goals, 13.8 shots on goal and 16.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 4.8 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Rapids: Ibrahim Sadiq (injured), Reggie Cannon (injured), Youssef Maziz (injured), Zack Steffen (injured).

Fire: Mbokazi (injured), Dje D'avilla (injured), Samuel Rogers (injured), Robin Lod (injured).

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