Thursday , 2 July 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
7 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# 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

7
4
6
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · Avg 2.5 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
#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 history
50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts). New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/–
16-30
4/1
31-45
1/4
46-60
2/1
61-75
4/–
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
New York Red Bulls
0-15
5/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
3/5
46-60
3/5
61-75
1/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Chicago Fire FC is hosting New York Red Bulls for another epic battle.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 15' Germany international Marc Rzatkowski has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Chicago Fire FC and New York Red Bulls are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 25' New York Red Bulls fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 30' Michael Amir Murillo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 35' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 40' 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' The 42-year-old Luis Robles has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 47' C.J. Sapong catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 47.
  • 48' What a moment for Tim Parker! That strike on 48 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 53' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 58' C.J. Sapong has been relatively quiet despite scoring 25 goals in his last 286 appearances.
  • 61' The New York Red Bulls manager makes a substitution. Daniel Royer departs to be replaced by Andreas Ivan.
  • 63' Aleksandar Katai makes way for Nicolas Gaitan at the 63 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire SC.
  • 68' The energy levels are beginning to show. Chris Armas might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 71' Mathias Jorgensen is replacing Marc Rzatkowski for the New York Red Bulls side.
  • 76' 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.
  • 80' A change in the Chicago Fire SC ranks — Nemanja Nikolics exits the field as Djordje Mihailovic enters on 80.
  • 81' New York Red Bulls make a change. Kemar Lawrence trudges off to be replaced by Connor Lade on 81 minutes.
  • 86' 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 Bastian Schweinsteiger suffering a number of foals already.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Chicago Fire FC to claim maximum points.

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
Maxim Choupo-Moting 2
Luka Stojanovic 2
Xherdan Shaqiri 2
Georgios Koutsias 2
Brian White 2
Lewis Morgan 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
1 / 4
2.04 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.95 New York Red Bulls xG
I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC to win 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC58% Draw23% New York Red Bulls19%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.99
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
82%
Draw or New York Red Bulls
42%
Chicago Fire FC or New York Red Bulls
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC44% Draw42% New York Red Bulls14%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.5%
2 – 0
10.3%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
9.6%
3 – 0
6.9%
0 – 0
6.7%
3 – 1
6.5%
2 – 2
4.5%
1 – 2
4.4%
0 – 1
4%
4 – 0
3.5%
4 – 1
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5 19% — 81%
-2 19% 19% 62%
-1.5 38% — 62%
-1 38% 23% 39%
-0.5 61% — 39%
+0.5 84% — 16%
+1 84% 10% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
39% ✗
New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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