Orlando City and Toronto will battle in an Eastern Conference battle with the Lions aiming to stamp their marker down on the top seven playoff spots after another win over the weekend moved them five clear of eighth.
Orlando are now above Montreal in eighth place by a healthy five points after 20 games and they sit just one behind Atlanta United in sixth with a game in hand to play over them as well.
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The Florida outfit beat Chicago Fire at home last time out, as Facundo Torres scored twice alongside a finish from Ramiro Enrique. Orlando also had 19 shots that day and nine on target.
This also extended their unbeaten run to three games after drawing away to Seattle Sounders and drawing at the Exploria Stadium with Philadelphia Union.
On the other hand, this was the club's first win in four games since beating Colorado Rapids.
Orlando will also be confident in getting another win over Toronto because of their terrible form and because of how they smashed them 4-0 back in September towards the end of the season.
Torres also scored that day, as Ercan Kara and Tesh Akindele bagged a goal each alongside an own goal from Toronto's Lukas MacNaughton.
As for Toronto, they remain down in 14th after another loss over the weekend on home soil that saw Real Salt Lake run out 1-0 winners.
It means the club have still won just three games this season with them also on a three-game losing run after defeats to Cincinnati and New England Revolution.
It was also the first game in charge for interim manager Terry Dunfield, and his side now sit behind the top nine by seven points and adrift of Orlando in the top seven by 12 points.
Toronto's last win came six games ago in a win over D.C. United, as Deandre Kerr scored in the first half before Kosi Thompson bagged the decisive goal in the second 45.
The only other two wins for the club have seen them defeat Inter Miami 2-0 back at the end of March before a win over New York City at home too.
In fact, they are winless on the road this campaign and also lost at home to Montreal in the Canadian Championship quarter-final.
In the midst of such terrible form for Toronto, Forebet predicts a win for Orlando and for the game to see over 2.5 goals.