Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Chicago Fire FC

1 – 1

Full Time

New York City FC

Sun 5 Mar 2023 · 01:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 39' Gabriel Pereira

Fabian Herbers 75' 1–1

Mauricio Pineda 34' Y

Y 44' Matias Pellegrini

Y 58' Andres Jasson

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC — MLS at Soldier Field.

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	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	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	26	44
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

2023-03-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York City FC 2022-08-21 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 New York City FC 2022-05-22 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
09 Oct	New England Revolution	H	1–1	D
01 Oct	FC Cincinnati	A	3–2	W
18 Sep	Charlotte FC	H	2–3	L
13 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–3	L
11 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	H	3–1	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–1	D
25 Feb	Nashville SC	A	0–2	L
31 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	1–3	L
23 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	3–1	W
17 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	H	3–0	W
09 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		New York City FC
#5	Position	#8
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 8th (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' Chicago Fire FC have kicked off against New York City FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Talles Magno has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
14' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Federico Navarro has done his job and it is now time for Mauricio Pineda to step up.
19' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
24' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Carlos Teran made 283 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
29' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Chicago Fire FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
34' Mauricio Pineda catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 34.
39' What a strike from Gabriel Pereira! The score is 0-1.
44' Poor challenge from Matias Pellegrini. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
45' The supporters are chanting for Fabian Herbers. He replaces Jairo Torres on 45 minute.
46' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 46 minute. Kacper Przybylko leaves to be changed by Kei Ansu Kamara.
51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
56' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
58' Andres Jasson picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
63' Mitja Ilenic has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
64' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Brian Gutierrez is withdrawn and Gaston Claudio Gimenez gets his opportunity.
68' Another substitution for New York City FC to replace Andres Jasson by Thiago on 68 minute.
73' Justin Haak gets the nod from New York City FC. He replaces James Sands and will look to change the dynamic.
75' Brilliant from the ! Fabian Herbers makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 75.
76' Magnificent from Fabian Herbers! That is 17 goals in 294 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
81' 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 Santiago Rodriguez suffering a number of foals already.
86' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
90' Stephen Turnbull is replacing Mitja Ilenic for the New York City FC side.
The points are shared — Chicago Fire FC 1-1 New York City FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri
5
Rafael Czichos
31
Federico Navarro ↓ Mauricio Pineda 14'
2
Arnaud Souquet
18
Spencer Richey
6
Miguel Navarro
17
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Gaston Claudio Gimenez 64'
4
Carlos Teran
8
Chris Mueller ↓ Maren Haile-Selassie 64'
11
Kacper Przybylko ↓ Kei Ansu Kamara 46'
20
Jairo Torres ↓ Fabian Herbers 45'

Bench

Coach Ezra Hendrickson

New York City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

13
Thiago Martins
17
Matias Pellegrini ↓ Santiago Rodriguez 73'
4
Maxime Chanot
6
James Sands ↓ Justin Haak 73'
3
Brian Cufre
55
Keaton Parks
1
Luis Barraza
43
Talles Magno
11
Gabriel Pereira
21
Andres Jasson ↓ Thiago 68'
35
Mitja Ilenic ↓ Stephen Turnbull 90'

Bench

Coach Nick Cushing

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

2023-03-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2022-10-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New England Revolution D 2022-10-01 FC Cincinnati 2–3 Chicago Fire FC W 2022-09-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Charlotte FC L 2022-09-13 Montreal Impact FC 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-09-11 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Internacional CF Miami W

New York City FC Form

2023-03-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-02-25 Nashville SC 2–0 New York City FC L 2022-10-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 New York City FC L 2022-10-23 Montreal Impact FC 1–3 New York City FC W 2022-10-17 New York City FC 3–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2022-10-09 Atlanta United FC 1–2 New York City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.47 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 72% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC39% Draw28% New York City FC33%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.76

Actual: Yes — both scored

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

68%

Draw or New York City FC

61%

Chicago Fire FC or New York City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC29% Draw46% New York City FC25%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 0

8.4%

0 – 0

8.3%

1 – 2

7.4%

0 – 1

7.2%

2 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

5.5%

0 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

4.2%

3 – 0

3.2%

1 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	20%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	18%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	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.