Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Soldier Field.
- Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- New York Red Bulls 15 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Allen Chapman
- Assistant 1 Mike Barwegen (Canada)
- Assistant 2 Gianni Facchini
8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May New York Red Bulls H 1–3 L 03 May FC Cincinnati H 2–3 L 26 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 5–0 W 18 Apr FC Cincinnati A 3–3 D 12 Apr Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W 05 Apr Nashville SC H 1–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Chicago Fire FC A 3–1 W 02 May FC Dallas H 0–0 D 25 Apr FC Cincinnati A 0–2 L 22 Apr D.C. United SC H 4–4 D 18 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 1–4 L 11 Apr Internacional CF Miami A 2–2 D Season Stats
Chicago Fire FC New York Red Bulls #3 Position #5 26 Points 22 14 Played 15 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 5 27 Scored 25 16 Conceded 32 +11 GD -7 1.86 PPG 1.47 57% Win % 40% Key Stats
59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this seasonChicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts). New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Chicago Fire FC0-153/–16-304/131-451/446-602/161-754/–76+2/3■ Scored ■ ConcededNew York Red Bulls0-155/116-301/131-453/546-603/561-751/276+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Chicago Fire FC and New York Red Bulls is underway.
- 5' New York Red Bulls 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.
- 10' The travelling New York Red Bulls supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 272 games and scored 389 goals.
- 18' New York Red Bulls receives a card for a hard tackle on 18.
- 23' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York Red Bulls winning 100% of all matches.
- 28' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 33' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 33.
- 38' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 43' 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.
- 45' New York Red Bulls is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jorge Ruvalcaba on 45.
- 49' What a strike from Cade Cowell! The score is 0-2.
- 54' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 59' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Tim Parker has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 64' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 64 minutes.
- 69' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 74' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jonathan Dean, as he is very good at scoring at Soldier Field with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 79' Ethan Horvath has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 49 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 81' GOAL! Maxim Choupo-Moting scores on 81.
- 81' The referee calls foul for Jorge Ruvalcaba. He receives a card.
- 86' New York Red Bulls looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Maxim Choupo-Moting scoring 1 goals.
- 87' GOAL! Hugo Cuypers scores on 87.
- 90' It’s gonna be a card for Omar Valencia.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for New York Red Bulls players.
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Lineups
Chicago Fire FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 19
- 6
- 3
- 7
- 15
- 16
- 11
- 1
- 9
- 24
- 42
Bench
- 44
- 22
- 8
- 35
- 27
- 20
- 12
- 4
- 14
Coach Gregg BerhalterNew York Red Bulls Lineups
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 34
- 10
- 26
- 7
- 12
- 6
- 48
- 16
- 11
- 15
- 56
Bench
- 13
- 77
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 37
- 39
- 79
Coach Michael Bradley -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Robert Beric 3 Patryk Klimala 3 Brian White 2 Lewis Morgan 2 Nemanja Nikolics 2 Bradley Wright-Phillips 2 Bradley Wright-Phillips 2 Maxim Choupo-Moting 2 Head to Head
Chicago Fire FC Form
New York Red Bulls Form
2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls W 2026-05-02 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Dallas D 2026-04-25 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2026-04-22 New York Red Bulls 4–4 D.C. United SC D 2026-04-18 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-04-11 Internacional CF Miami 2–2 New York Red Bulls D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.29 Chicago Fire FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.3 New York Red Bulls xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 65%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: New York Red Bulls winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.59Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 87% 13% ± 2.5 68% 32% ± 3.5 48% 52% ± 4.5 29% 71% Double Chance
Chicago Fire FC or Draw 76%Draw or New York Red Bulls 47%Chicago Fire FC or New York Red Bulls 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: New York Red Bulls win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 1–3 not predicted1 – 3Actual2 – 1 9.1%1 – 1 9%2 – 0 7.3%3 – 1 6.9%1 – 0 5.9%2 – 2 5.9%3 – 0 5.4%1 – 2 5.2%3 – 2 4.5%0 – 0 4.1%4 – 1 4%4 – 0 3.1%Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC
Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push New York Red Bulls covers -2.5 20% — 80% -2 20% 17% 63% -1.5 37% — 63% -1 37% 21% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 80% — 20% +1 80% 12% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✓New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.