Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Chicago Fire FC

2 – 1

Full Time

New York Red Bulls

Sun 15 Sep 2024 · 00:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Chris Mueller 16' Y

Ariel Lassiter 58' Y

Maren Haile-Selassie 87' Y

Y 90' Dante Vanzeir

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Soldier Field.

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

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

2024-09-15 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 2024-04-13 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 2023-09-30 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC 2023-04-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2022-05-18 New York Red Bulls 3–3 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	2–1	W
08 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	1–2	L
01 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–4	L
24 Aug	New York City FC	A	2–2	D
20 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–2	L
17 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	1–0	W

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
07 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
31 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	0–2	L
24 Aug	Charlotte FC	A	1–1	D
20 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	3–1	W
17 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	H	2–2	D

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' What a night it is going to be! Chicago Fire FC welcome New York Red Bulls for this crunch clash at Soldier Field.
5' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and New York Red Bulls are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
16' Chicago Fire FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 16.
21' New York Red Bulls fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
26' 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.
31' Tom Barlow adds to his 9 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 302 games and scored 443 goals.
41' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' New York Red Bulls ring the changes. Peter Stroud has done his job and it is now time for Dennis Gjengaar to step up.
47' What an equalizer from Dennis Gjengaar!
52' Dylan Nealis is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
53' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 53 minute. Carlos Teran leaves to be changed by Tobias Salquist.
58' Controversy at the stadium! Ariel Lassiter argues furiously but the card stands.
63' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
68' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ariel Lassiter made 7 appearances and scored 19 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
72' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Tom Barlow has done his job and it is now time for Georgios Koutsias to step up.
73' A change in the New York Red Bulls ranks — Cameron Harper exits the field as Serge Ngoma enters on 73.
75' Georgios Koutsias does the damage! The net is bulging and Chicago Fire FC surge ahead!
80' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Federico Navarro comes on to replace Fabian Herbers.
81' New York Red Bulls manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Julian Hall is hanging Daniel Edelman on the field on 81 minute.
86' 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.
87' Maren Haile-Selassie catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 87.
88' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Cory Burke on, Andres Reyes off on 88 minutes.
90' Poor challenge from Dante Vanzeir. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
The final score is 2-1.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Federico Navarro 80'
16
Wyatt Omsberg
2
Arnaud Souquet
30
Gaston Gimenez
7
Maren Haile-Selassie
11
Ariel Lassiter ↓ Jonathan Dean 80'
12
Tom Barlow ↓ Georgios Koutsias 72'
4
Carlos Teran ↓ Tobias Salquist 53'
34
Chris Brady
8
Chris Mueller ↓ Kellyn Acosta 72'
9
Hugo Cuypers

Bench

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

18
Ryan Meara
7
Cory Burke ↑ 88'
13
Dante Vanzeir ↑ 46'
22
Serge Ngoma ↑ 73'
48
Ronald Donkor
16
Julian Hall ↑ 81'
2
Dennis Gjengaar ↑ 46'
23
Aidan O'Connor

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-09-15 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls W 2024-09-08 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 D.C. United SC L 2024-09-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–4 Internacional CF Miami L 2024-08-24 New York City FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-07-20 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-07-17 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W

New York Red Bulls Form

2024-09-15 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2024-09-07 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2024-08-31 New York Red Bulls 0–2 Philadelphia Union L 2024-08-24 Charlotte FC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2024-07-20 New York Red Bulls 3–1 FC Cincinnati W 2024-07-17 New York Red Bulls 2–2 Montreal Impact FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.98 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Chicago Fire FC53% Draw23% New York Red Bulls24%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.35

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

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

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC37% Draw41% New York Red Bulls22%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.4%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

6.8%

1 – 0

6.3%

1 – 2

6.3%

2 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

5.9%

0 – 0

3 – 0

4.4%

0 – 1

4.1%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	21%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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