Sunday , 16 August 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
8 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

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
#4 Position #8
29 Points 25
17 Played 18
9 / 2 / 6 W / D / L 7 / 4 / 7
32 Scored 29
23 Conceded 39
+9 GD -10
1.71 PPG 1.39
53% Win % 39%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/1
16-30
7/4
31-45
1/5
46-60
2/2
61-75
6/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
New York Red Bulls
0-15
6/4
16-30
2/1
31-45
5/5
46-60
4/7
61-75
1/5
76+
3/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A
New York Red Bulls
Julian Hall 9 G 2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 7 G

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' Connor Lade, a United States , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Chicago Fire FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' Sean Davis is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
  • 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' Andreas Ivan has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 30' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past New York Red Bulls's compact .
  • 45' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Bastian Schweinsteiger has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 47' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for C.J. Sapong.
  • 48' Tim Parker has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 48 minutes.
  • 53' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 58' 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.
  • 61' It is a substitution in New York Red Bulls team. Daniel Royer is replaced by Andreas Ivan on 61 minute.
  • 63' The Chicago Fire SC bench stirs into life. Aleksandar Katai is withdrawn and Nicolas Gaitan gets his opportunity.
  • 68' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 68.
  • 71' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Mathias Jorgensen on, Marc Rzatkowski off on 71 minutes.
  • 76' New York Red Bulls fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 80' Djordje Mihailovic is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nemanja Nikolics at the 80 minute mark.
  • 81' A change in the New York Red Bulls ranks — Kemar Lawrence exits the field as Connor Lade enters on 81.
  • 86' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 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
Bradley Wright-Phillips 2
Maxim Choupo-Moting 2
Luka Stojanovic 2
Xherdan Shaqiri 2
Georgios Koutsias 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
2.07 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.04 New York Red Bulls xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + Chicago Fire FC to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC57% Draw23% New York Red Bulls20%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 3.11
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 59%
41%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
80%
Draw or New York Red Bulls
43%
Chicago Fire FC or New York Red Bulls
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC43% Draw41% New York Red Bulls16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.4%
2 – 1
9.6%
2 – 0
9.4%
1 – 0
Actual
3 – 1
6.6%
3 – 0
6.3%
0 – 0
6.1%
2 – 2
5%
1 – 2
4.8%
0 – 1
3.9%
3 – 2
3.5%
4 – 1
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5 19% — 81%
-2 19% 18% 63%
-1.5 37% — 63%
-1 37% 22% 40%
-0.5 60% — 40%
+0.5 82% — 18%
+1 82% 11% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
36% ✗
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.