Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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New York City FC

Sat 25 May 2019 · 19:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 53' Alexander Ring

Aleksandar Katai 80' Y

Y 90' Ismael Tajouri

Raheem Edwards 90' Y

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC — MLS .

Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Frank Anderson
Referee Ramy Touchan
Referee Jon Freemon
Referee Elvis Osmanovic
Referee Chris Elliott

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 18 games · Avg 2.6 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-05-25 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York City FC 2019-04-24 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 2018-09-26 New York City FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2018-07-01 Chicago Fire FC 3–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
18 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–4	L
12 May	Minnesota United FC	H	2–0	W
09 May	New England Revolution	H	5–0	W
05 May	Los Angeles FC	A	0–0	D
28 Apr	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–1	L

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–1	D
11 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–0	W
04 May	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–0	W
27 Apr	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
24 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
21 Apr	D.C. United SC	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		New York City FC
#4	Position	#5
29	Points	26
17	Played	18
9 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 6
32	Scored	31
23	Conceded	24
+9	GD	+7
1.71	PPG	1.44
53%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

39% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). New York City FC are 5th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/4

31-45

1/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

6/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

4/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	11 G	3 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A
Agustin Ojeda	4 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC has kicked off!
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York City FC winning 100% of all matches.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 278 games and scored 398 goals.
20' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
25' Over 25 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
28' Assisted by Brandt Bronico with the perfectly-timed delivery and C.J. Sapong makes no mistake. 0-1!
33' Chicago Fire FC is showing some good football. However, Chicago Fire FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
38' Heber has been relatively quiet despite scoring 28 goals in his last 16 appearances.
40' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Alexandru Mitrita makes it 0-2.
45' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
50' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Djordje Mihailovic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
53' A meaty challenge results in booking for Alexander Ring on 53.
57' The Chicago Fire SC manager makes a substitution. Brandt Bronico departs to be replaced by Fabian Herbers.
62' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
66' Another change for New York City FC made on 66 minute. Ronald Matarrita leaves to be changed by Ebenezer Ofori.
68' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Ronald Matarrita exits the field as Ebenezer Ofori enters on 68.
73' With 0 assists to his name this season, Raheem Edwards is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York City FC.
78' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire SC! Nemanja Nikolics comes on to replace Przemyslaw Frankowski.
80' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Aleksandar Katai.
85' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
88' The crowd applauds Aleksandar Katai as he leaves the pitch. Cristian Martinez steps in for Chicago Fire SC.
90' Alexandru Mitrita makes way for Ismael Tajouri at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York City FC.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Ismael Tajouri.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Kenneth Kronholm
9
C.J. Sapong
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski ↓ Nemanja Nikolics 78'
5
Francisco Calvo
10
Aleksandar Katai ↓ Cristian Martinez 88'
31
Bastian Schweinsteiger
7
Raheem Edwards
13
Brandt Bronico ↓ Fabian Herbers 57'
6
Dax McCarty C
4
Johan Kappelhof
14
Djordje Mihailovic

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
22
Ronald Matarrita ↓ Ebenezer Ofori 66'
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
15
Tony Rocha
28
Alexandru Mitrita ↓ Ismael Tajouri 90'
9
Heber ↓ Valentin Castellanos 78'

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alonso Martinez	4
Valentin Castellanos	3
Federico Navarro	2
Aleksandar Katai	2
Gabriel Pereira	2
Aleksandar Katai	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.53 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.33 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC39% Draw28% New York City FC33%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.86

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

67%

Draw or New York City FC

61%

Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC30% Draw45% New York City FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 0

7.9%

0 – 0

7.6%

1 – 2

7.4%

0 – 1

6.7%

2 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 2

3 – 1

4.4%

3 – 0

3.3%

1 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	20%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	17%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

New York City FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Clean Sheet