Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Chicago Fire FC
1 – 0
Full Time
New York Red Bulls
Sat 30 Mar 2019 · 17:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
C.J. Sapong 47' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Brian Dunn
  • Referee Jeff Hosking
  • Referee Farhad Dadkho
9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 11.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

7
5
6
Chicago Fire FC 18 games · Avg 2.4 goals New York Red Bulls
Last 5 meetings
2019-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Mar New York Red Bulls H 1–0 W
16 Mar Seattle Sounders FC H 2–4 L
09 Mar Orlando City SC H 1–1 D
03 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L
28 Oct D.C. United SC H 0–0 D
21 Oct Atlanta United FC A 1–2 L
New York Red Bulls
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Mar Chicago Fire FC A 0–1 L
23 Mar Orlando City SC H 0–1 L
16 Mar San Jose Earthquakes H 4–1 W
02 Mar Columbus Crew SC A 1–1 D
30 Nov Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W
25 Nov Atlanta United FC A 0–3 L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC New York Red Bulls
#5 Position #10
42 Points 33
26 Played 26
12 / 6 / 8 W / D / L 9 / 6 / 11
46 Scored 34
38 Conceded 48
+8 GD -14
1.62 PPG 1.27
46% Win % 35%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
23% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts). New York Red Bulls are 10th (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 Red Bulls
0-15
6/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
5/6
46-60
5/8
61-75
2/6
76+
5/4
■ 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 Red Bulls
Julian Hall 10 G 2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 7 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Chicago Fire FC welcome New York Red Bulls for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Chris Armas will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' Przemyslaw Frankowski has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 3 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 20' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Mathias Jorgensen has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 25' With 0 assists to his name this season, Andreas Ivan is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York Red Bulls.
  • 30' Chicago Fire FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 35' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 40' New York Red Bulls fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 45' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 47' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for C.J. Sapong.
  • 48' Brilliant from the ! Tim Parker makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 48.
  • 53' It looks like no one’s ball. Chicago Fire FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 58' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 61' New York Red Bulls make a change. Daniel Royer trudges off to be replaced by Andreas Ivan on 61 minutes.
  • 63' The crowd applauds Aleksandar Katai as he leaves the pitch. Nicolas Gaitan steps in for Chicago Fire SC.
  • 68' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 68.
  • 71' Another change for New York Red Bulls made on 71 minute. Marc Rzatkowski leaves to be changed by Mathias Jorgensen.
  • 76' 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.
  • 80' Chicago Fire SC ring the changes. Nemanja Nikolics has done his job and it is now time for Djordje Mihailovic to step up.
  • 81' The New York Red Bulls manager makes a substitution. Kemar Lawrence departs to be replaced by Connor Lade.
  • 86' Mo Adams has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 283 appearances.
  • With this win, Chicago Fire FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Patryk Klimala 3
Robert Beric 3
Bradley Wright-Phillips 2
Maxim Choupo-Moting 2
Luka Stojanovic 2
Xherdan Shaqiri 2
Georgios Koutsias 2
Brian White 2

Head to Head

2019-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2018-08-12 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-04-21 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Chicago Fire FC

Chicago Fire FC Form

2019-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls W 2019-03-16 Chicago Fire FC 2–4 Seattle Sounders FC L 2019-03-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2019-03-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2018-10-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2018-10-21 Atlanta United FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L

New York Red Bulls Form

2019-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls L 2019-03-23 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Orlando City SC L 2019-03-16 New York Red Bulls 4–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2018-11-30 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2018-11-25 Atlanta United FC 3–0 New York Red Bulls L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.77 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.96 New York Red Bulls xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC54% Draw25% New York Red Bulls21%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes52% 0% No48%
Avg goals/match: 2.73
Actual: No — clean sheet

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
79%
Draw or New York Red Bulls
46%
Chicago Fire FC or New York Red Bulls
75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC39% Draw45% New York Red Bulls16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.9%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 0
10%
2 – 1
9.5%
0 – 0
8.3%
3 – 0
5.8%
3 – 1
5.6%
0 – 1
5.3%
1 – 2
5.1%
2 – 2
4.6%
0 – 2
2.9%
3 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 17% 68%
-1.5 32% — 68%
-1 32% 23% 45%
-0.5 55% — 45%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 12% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
39% ✗
New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

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