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 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	New York Red Bulls	27	34
8	Orlando City SC	27	34
9	New York City FC	27	33
10	FC Cincinnati	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	27	45
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
#5	Position	#9
42	Points	33
26	Played	27
12 / 6 / 8	W / D / L	8 / 9 / 10
46	Scored	41
38	Conceded	36
+8	GD	+5
1.62	PPG	1.22
46%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

39% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). New York City FC are 9th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at SeatGeek Stadium as Chicago Fire FC face off against New York City FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Alfredo Morales is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Chicago Fire FC.
10' New York City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
15' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
16' Chicago Fire FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
21' New York City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
26' 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.
27' The referee has no hesitation. Nicolas Acevedo is booked for New York City FC — Yellow card on 27.
32' Chicago Fire FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
37' New York City FC have won 463 goals from 294 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
42' A quiet spell here at SeatGeek Stadium. New York City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
47' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
48' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Robert Beric makes no mistake. 1-0!
53' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
58' Thiago is replacing Talles Magno for the New York City FC side.
59' The referee has no hesitation. Gaston Claudio Gimenez is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 59.
64' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
66' Goal! Federico Navarro scores his 4 goal in 178 matches.
67' Federico Navarro adds to his 0 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
72' New York City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
73' The crowd applauds Robert Beric as he leaves the pitch. Nnamdi Chinonso Offor steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
74' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Robert Beric exits the field as Nnamdi Chinonso Offor enters on 74.
76' New York City FC ring the changes. Gudmundur Thorarinsson has done his job and it is now time for Ismael Tajouri-Shradi to step up.
81' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
85' The crowd applauds Fabian Herbers as he leaves the pitch. Ignacio Aliseda steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
86' Another substitution for New York City FC to replace Alfredo Morales by Heber on 86 minute.
90' Luka Stojanovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alvaro Medran on 90 minute.
New York City FC will have plenty to reflect on. Chicago Fire FC were simply the better side today.

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
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	2
Alexander Ring	2
Robert Beric	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	2
Federico Navarro	2
Aleksandar Katai	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

1.58 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.26 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC44% Draw27% New York City FC29%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.84

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

71%

Draw or New York City FC

56%

Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC32% Draw45% New York City FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 0

8.3%

0 – 0

7.7%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+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

29% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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