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

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MLS · 2021

Chicago Fire FC

2 – 0

Full Time

New York City FC

Thu 30 Sep 2021 · 00:00 UTC SeatGeek Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 10' Jesus Medina

Federico Navarro 16' Y

Y 27' Nicolas Acevedo

Gaston Claudio Gimenez 59' Y

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC — MLS at SeatGeek Stadium.

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

2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC 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

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	New York City FC	H	2–0	W
26 Sep	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
23 Sep	New England Revolution	H	2–3	L
19 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–2	L
15 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	0–3	L
12 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–2	L

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–2	L
26 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	0–1	L
23 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
18 Sep	FC Cincinnati	A	2–1	W
14 Sep	FC Dallas	H	3–3	D
11 Sep	New England Revolution	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' And we are off! Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC — let the football do the talking.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jesus Medina on 10.
15' Alvaro Medran has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
16' The referee has no hesitation. Federico Navarro is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 16.
21' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
26' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
27' New York City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 27.
32' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
37' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
42' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
47' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
48' The deadlock is broken! Robert Beric gets on the scoresheet on 48 minutes.
53' The 39-year-old Maxi Moralez has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 2 assists is a remarkable return.
58' The supporters are chanting for Thiago. He replaces Talles Magno on 58 minute.
59' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a Yellow card on 59.
64' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
66' What composure from Federico Navarro! The Argentina international strokes it home. 2-0.
67' Federico Navarro is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
72' Malte Amundsen needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
73' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Robert Beric is withdrawn and Nnamdi Chinonso Offor gets his opportunity.
74' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor is replacing Robert Beric for the Chicago Fire FC side.
76' The whistle greets Gudmundur Thorarinsson as he departs to be replaced by Ismael Tajouri-Shradi.
81' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
85' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 85 minute. Fabian Herbers leaves to be changed by Ignacio Aliseda.
86' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Alfredo Morales exits the field as Heber enters on 86.
90' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Luka Stojanovic is hanging Alvaro Medran on the field on 90 minute.
It finishes all square. Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC share the spoils 2-0.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 74'
10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Luka Stojanovic 90'
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Ignacio Aliseda 85'
4
Johan Kappelhof
31
Federico Navarro
3
Jonathan Bornstein
14
Jhon Espinoza
32
Gabriel Slonina
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Alfredo Morales ↓ Heber 86'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 76'
1
Sean Johnson
55
Keaton Parks
43
Talles Magno ↓ Thiago 58'
26
Nicolas Acevedo ↓ Santiago Rodriguez 58'
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↓ Malte Amundsen 76'

Bench

12
Malte Amundsen ↑ 76'
9
Heber ↑ 86'
13
Luis Barraza
23
Gedion Zelalem
24
Tayvon Gray
21
Andres Jasson
17
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi ↑ 76'
8
Thiago ↑ 58'
42
Santiago Rodriguez ↑ 58'

Coach Ronny Deila

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

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC W 2021-09-26 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 New England Revolution L 2021-09-19 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-09-15 D.C. United SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-09-12 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L

New York City FC Form

2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC L 2021-09-26 New York City FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls L 2021-09-23 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC D 2021-09-18 FC Cincinnati 1–2 New York City FC W 2021-09-14 New York City FC 3–3 FC Dallas D 2021-09-11 New England Revolution 2–1 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.63 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC 74% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC45% Draw26% New York City FC29%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.92

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

71%

Draw or New York City FC

55%

Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC32% Draw45% New York City FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 0

7.9%

0 – 0

7.2%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

0 – 1

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.8%

3 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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