Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Chicago Fire FC

0 – 0

Full Time

New York City FC

Thu 5 Aug 2021 · 00:00 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 42' Keaton Parks

R 73' Keaton Parks

Y 84' Ismael Tajouri-Shradi

Y 85' Ismael Tajouri-Shradi

Johan Kappelhof 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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)

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

2021-08-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC 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

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Aug	New York City FC	H	0–0	D
01 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–1	D
25 Jul	Toronto FC	H	1–2	L
22 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	2–2	D
18 Jul	Nashville SC	A	1–5	L
08 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	3–1	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–0	D
30 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	4–1	W
25 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	5–0	W
21 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W
17 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
07 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–2	L

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' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
10' 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.
15' USA international Andres Jasson has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
25' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Ignacio Aliseda has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
30' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
35' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
40' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
42' The referee calls foul for Keaton Parks. He receives a Yellow card.
47' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
52' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
57' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
62' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
64' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Stanislav Ivanov by Robert Beric on 64 minute.
67' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Jesus Medina departs to be replaced by Ismael Tajouri-Shradi.
72' 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.
73' That looks like a foul for a Red card for Keaton Parks.
78' Valentin Castellanos has been relatively quiet despite scoring 96 goals in his last 289 appearances.
83' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Valentin Castellanos departs to be replaced by Santiago Rodriguez.
84' The referee calls foul for Ismael Tajouri-Shradi. He receives a Yellow card.
85' Controversy at the stadium! Ismael Tajouri-Shradi argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
87' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Nnamdi Chinonso Offor by Luka Stojanovic on 87 minute.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Johan Kappelhof is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 90.
90' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Johan Kappelhof exits the field as Carlos Teran enters on 90.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Alvaro Medran
5
Francisco Calvo
4
Johan Kappelhof ↓ Carlos Teran 90'
7
Ignacio Aliseda
2
Boris Sekulic
99
Stanislav Ivanov ↓ Robert Beric 64'
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Brian Gutierrez 87'
32
Gabriel Slonina
22
Mauricio Pineda
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez
9
Nnamdi Chinonso Offor ↓ Luka Stojanovic 87'

Bench

27
Robert Beric ↑ 64'
28
Elliot Collier
8
Luka Stojanovic ↑ 87'
14
Jhon Espinoza
40
Brian Gutierrez ↑ 87'
38
Alex Monis
23
Carlos Teran ↑ 90'
34
Chris Brady

Coach Raphaël Wicky

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Alfredo Morales
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Santiago Rodriguez 83'
10
Maxi Moralez ↓ Andres Jasson 90'
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 67'
1
Sean Johnson
55
Keaton Parks
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↓ Malte Amundsen 83'
8
Thiago ↓ Nicolas Acevedo 67'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alonso Martinez	4
Valentin Castellanos	3
Robert Beric	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	2
Federico Navarro	2
Aleksandar Katai	2
Gabriel Pereira	2
Aleksandar Katai	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-08-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2021-08-01 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-07-25 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Toronto FC L 2021-07-22 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2021-07-18 Nashville SC 5–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC W

New York City FC Form

2021-08-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2021-07-30 New York City FC 4–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-07-25 New York City FC 5–0 Orlando City SC W 2021-07-21 New York City FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2021-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York City FC L 2021-07-07 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.45 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.32 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC 71% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC38% Draw29% New York City FC33%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

66%

Draw or New York City FC

62%

Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC29% Draw46% New York City FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.9%

2 – 1

8.4%

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

8.2%

1 – 2

7.6%

0 – 1

7.3%

2 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

5.5%

0 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

4.1%

1 – 3

3.3%

3 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	20%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	18%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

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