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

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MLS · 2021

Chicago Fire FC

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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 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

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

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	#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' What a night it is going to be! Chicago Fire FC welcome New York City FC for this crunch clash at Soldier Field.
5' Chicago Fire FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ronny Deila might look to freshen things up shortly.
30' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
35' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
40' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
42' Keaton Parks was booked on 42.
47' New York City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Agustin Ojeda scoring 1 goals.
52' New York City FC have won 468 goals from 300 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
57' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York City FC's shape.
62' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
64' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Robert Beric comes on to replace Stanislav Ivanov.
67' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi is hanging Jesus Medina on the field on 67 minute.
72' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Chicago Fire FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
73' That is a Red card for New York City FC. Keaton Parks will be fuming at that decision.
78' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
83' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Santiago Rodriguez is hanging Valentin Castellanos on the field on 83 minute.
84' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Ismael Tajouri-Shradi.
85' Controversy at the stadium! Ismael Tajouri-Shradi argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
87' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor makes way for Luka Stojanovic at the 87 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
90' Chicago Fire FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
90' Carlos Teran is ready to make an impact after coming on for Johan Kappelhof at the 90 minute mark.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
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

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

1.44 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.3 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: 2.74

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

67%

Draw or New York City FC

62%

Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC29% Draw47% New York City FC24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13%

0 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 0

8.3%

1 – 2

7.6%

0 – 1

7.4%

2 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

5.5%

0 – 2

5.4%

3 – 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

25% ✗

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