Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls, 2018

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Sun 12 Aug 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS .

Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Corey Parker
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Gianni Facchini
Referee Nima Saghafi
Referee Matthew Franz

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 18 games · Avg 2.4 goals New York Red Bulls

Last 5 meetings

2018-08-12 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-04-21 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	0–1	L
05 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
28 Jul	Toronto FC	A	0–3	L
21 Jul	Toronto FC	H	1–2	L
15 Jul	FC Dallas	A	1–3	L
12 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	3–4	L

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–0	W
05 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
28 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–3	L
26 Jul	D.C. United SC	A	1–0	W
21 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–0	W
14 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		New York Red Bulls
#4	Position	#11
55	Points	42
34	Played	34
16 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 16
64	Scored	48
54	Conceded	62
+10	GD	-14
1.62	PPG	1.24
47%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts). New York Red Bulls are 11th (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 Red Bulls

0-15

7/7

16-30

4/3

31-45

8/7

46-60

7/10

61-75

4/6

76+

8/9

■ 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 Red Bulls

Julian Hall	13 G	3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Chicago Fire FC launch into their encounter with New York Red Bulls.
5' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
10' 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.
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
20' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
25' Drew Conner is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
30' Chicago Fire FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York Red Bulls's shape.
35' Raheem Edwards has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
40' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
45' New York Red Bulls come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
50' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
55' Richard Sanchez, a Mexico , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
60' Connor Lade needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
65' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
70' 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.
75' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 301 games and scored 440 goals.
80' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
85' Germany international Bastian Schweinsteiger has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
90' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and New York Red Bulls are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
Chicago Fire FC will have plenty to reflect on. New York Red Bulls were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

22
Nicolas Hasler
31
Bastian Schweinsteiger
9
Luis Solignac ↓ Michael de Leeuw 73'
25
Jorge Luis Corrales
7
Raheem Edwards ↓ Nemanja Nikolics 61'
18
Drew Conner
3
Brandon Vincent
45
Richard Sanchez
13
Brandt Bronico ↓ Aleksandar Katai 58'
6
Dax McCarty C
4
Johan Kappelhof

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

29
Fidel Escobar
9
Andreas Ivan ↑ 85'
5
Connor Lade ↑ 76'
18
Ryan Meara
19
Alex Muyl ↑ 70'
7
Derrick Etienne
42
Brian White

Coach Chris Armas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Robert Beric	3
Patryk Klimala	3
Georgios Koutsias	2
Brian White	2
Lewis Morgan	2
Cameron Harper	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.57 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.34 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC or New York Red Bulls 73% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC38% Draw27% New York Red Bulls35%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.91

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	33%	67%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

65%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

62%

Chicago Fire FC or New York Red Bulls

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC31% Draw45% New York Red Bulls24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

7.4%

0 – 0

7.3%

2 – 0

6.6%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.5%

3 – 0

3.4%

1 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	20%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	17%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

22% ✗

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

Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

New York Red Bulls Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Clean Sheet