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

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MLS · 2026

Chicago Fire FC

3 – 4

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New York City FC

Sun 8 Nov 2020 · 20:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC — MLS at Soldier Field.

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

Match Details

Referee Andrew Bigelow
Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Peter Balciunas
Referee Victor Rivas
Referee

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

2020-11-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 New York City FC 2020-08-29 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Nov	New York City FC	H	3–4	L
05 Nov	Minnesota United FC	A	2–2	D
01 Nov	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D
28 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	1–2	L
24 Oct	New York Red Bulls	H	2–2	D
17 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–2	D

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Nov	Chicago Fire FC	A	4–3	W
02 Nov	New York Red Bulls	H	5–2	W
28 Oct	Toronto FC	A	1–0	W
24 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–1	W
18 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–3	L
14 Oct	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D

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 wait is over. Chicago Fire FC get us underway at Soldier Field.
5' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
15' Alexander Callens is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
20' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York City FC's shape.
25' The energy levels are beginning to show. Raphaël Wicky might look to freshen things up shortly.
30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
32' The Scotland Gary Mackay-Steven breaks the deadlock on 32 minutes. 0-2!
33' GOAL! Robert Beric scores on 33.
37' Magnificent from Jesus Medina! That is 49 goals in 289 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
42' Goal! Przemyslaw Frankowski scores his 16 goal in 111 matches.
43' Przemyslaw Frankowski doubles the advantage! 3-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
46' Alexander Callens makes way for Sebastien Ibeagha at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York City FC.
51' Mauricio Pineda has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 36 cards already picked up this season.
56' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
58' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Jonathan Bornstein exits the field as Miguel Navarro enters on 58.
63' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
68' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nicolas Acevedo is hanging Keaton Parks on the field on 68 minute.
69' New York City FC make a change. Ronald Matarrita trudges off to be replaced by Gudmundur THorarinsson on 69 minutes.
74' Ronald Matarrita has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
76' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Elliot Collier on, Boris Sekulic off on 76 minutes.
77' The deadlock is broken! Valentin Castellanos gets on the scoresheet on 77 minutes.
81' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Gary Mackay-Steven exits the field as Ismael Tajouri enters on 81.
86' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
88' Chicago Fire FC make a change. Mauricio Pineda trudges off to be replaced by Carlos Teran on 88 minutes.
It finishes all square. Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC share the spoils 3-4.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric
10
Alvaro Medran
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Ignacio Aliseda 58'
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski
5
Francisco Calvo C
14
Djordje Mihailovic
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
30
Gaston Gimenez
2
Boris Sekulic ↓ Elliot Collier 76'
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Miguel Navarro 58'
22
Mauricio Pineda ↓ Carlos Teran 88'

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

17
Gary Mackay-Steven ↓ Ismael Tajouri 81'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos
22
Ronald Matarrita ↓ Gudmundur THorarinsson 69'
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 46'
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Tony Rocha 81'
1
Sean Johnson
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Nicolas Acevedo 68'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alonso Martinez	4
Valentin Castellanos	3
Gabriel Pereira	2
Aleksandar Katai	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	2
Alexander Ring	2
Robert Beric	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-11-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 New York City FC L 2020-11-05 Minnesota United FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-11-01 Nashville SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-10-28 Philadelphia Union 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls D 2020-10-17 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D

New York City FC Form

2020-11-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 New York City FC W 2020-11-02 New York City FC 5–2 New York Red Bulls W 2020-10-28 Toronto FC 0–1 New York City FC W 2020-10-24 New York City FC 3–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2020-10-18 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 New York City FC L 2020-10-14 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.79 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.95 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC 76% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC33% Draw24% New York City FC43%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

57%

Draw or New York City FC

67%

Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC28% Draw39% New York City FC33%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted

3 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

9.1%

1 – 2

7.8%

2 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 3

0 – 2

4.6%

2 – 3

4.5%

3 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 1

4.1%

2 – 0

3.9%

1 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	17%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	18%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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