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

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MLS · 2026

Chicago Fire FC

3 – 4

Full Time

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 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 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	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 19 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	#10
55	Points	42
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	10 / 12 / 12
64	Scored	49
54	Conceded	45
+10	GD	+4
1.62	PPG	1.24
47%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). New York City FC are 10th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

9/4

16-30

9/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

10/9

61-75

10/4

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Maren Haile-Selassie	13 G	5 A
Hugo Cuypers	12 G
Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Robert Lewandowski	9 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Soldier Field!
5' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' Chicago Fire FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
15' Alexander Callens makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and New York City FC are in front.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' Gaston Gimenez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
30' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York City FC's shape.
32' Against the run of play, Gary Mackay-Steven has scored! This game has turned on its head.
33' GOAL! Robert Beric scores on 33.
37' Jesus Medina is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
42' The deadlock is broken! Przemyslaw Frankowski gets on the scoresheet on 42 minutes.
43' GOAL! Przemyslaw Frankowski scores on 43. Assisted by Djordje Mihailovic
46' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Alexander Callens is replaced by Sebastien Ibeagha on 46 minute.
51' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with New York City FC winning 50% of all matches.
56' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Djordje Mihailovic suffering a number of foals already.
58' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Jonathan Bornstein by Miguel Navarro on 58 minute.
63' Maxi Moralez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
68' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Keaton Parks is withdrawn and Nicolas Acevedo gets his opportunity.
69' Gudmundur THorarinsson is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ronald Matarrita at the 69 minute mark.
74' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Alvaro Medran has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
76' Elliot Collier gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Boris Sekulic and will look to change the dynamic.
77' What a moment for Valentin Castellanos! That strike on 77 puts his side firmly in control.
81' Ismael Tajouri is replacing Gary Mackay-Steven for the New York City FC side.
86' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
88' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Mauricio Pineda exits the field as Carlos Teran enters on 88.
Full Time. New York City FC beats Chicago Fire FC

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
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	2
Alexander Ring	2
Robert Beric	2
Hannes Wolf	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	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

1.78 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.93 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: 3.71

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

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% Draw40% New York City FC32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted

3 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

9.3%

1 – 2

7.9%

2 – 1

7.3%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 3

0 – 2

4.6%

2 – 3

4.4%

3 – 1

4.3%

0 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

4.1%

2 – 0

1 – 0

3.8%

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%	12%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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