New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC, 2018

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MLS · 2018

New York City FC

2 – 0

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Chicago Fire FC

Wed 26 Sep 2018 · 23:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS .

New York City FC 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jair Marrufo
Referee Mark Geiger
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Adam Garner
Referee Jeremy Kieso

4 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 1.8 goals/game

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

New York City FC 18 games · Avg 2.6 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2018-09-26 New York City FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2018-07-01 Chicago Fire FC 3–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
22 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–1	D
08 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	1–1	D
05 Sep	New England Revolution	H	0–1	L
02 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
22 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	New York City FC	A	0–2	L
22 Sep	New England Revolution	A	2–2	D
16 Sep	Orlando City SC	H	4–0	W
23 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D
18 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–2	L
12 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

New York City FC		Chicago Fire FC
#5	Position	#4
26	Points	29
18	Played	17
7 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 6
31	Scored	32
24	Conceded	23
+7	GD	+9
1.44	PPG	1.71
39%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

39% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

4/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	11 G	3 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A
Agustin Ojeda	4 G	3 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC.
5' Bastian Schweinsteiger has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' Brandt Bronico has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' 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.
25' The 35-year-old Alexander Ring has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
30' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
35' A quiet spell here at . Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
40' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
45' It is a cagey affair so far. New York City FC in their trying to find a way past Chicago Fire FC's compact .
50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
55' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
60' The energy levels are beginning to show. Domenec Torrent might look to freshen things up shortly.
65' James Sands has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 289 appearances.
70' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
75' Maxime Chanot has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
80' Chicago Fire FC have won 398 goals from 278 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
85' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
90' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Ebenezer Ofori
3
Anton Tinnerholm
22
Ronald Matarrita
29
Ismael Tajouri ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 84'
10
Maxi Moralez ↓ Jo Inge Berget 69'
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring
2
Ben Sweat
7
David Villa C
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands ↓ Eloi Amagat 67'

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

22
Nicolas Hasler
10
Aleksandar Katai
31
Bastian Schweinsteiger
23
Nemanja Nikolics ↓ Alan Gordon 75'
7
Raheem Edwards
18
Drew Conner ↓ Michael de Leeuw 46'
30
Stefan Cleveland
3
Brandon Vincent
13
Brandt Bronico ↓ Djordje Mihailovic 46'
6
Dax McCarty C
4
Johan Kappelhof

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alonso Martinez	4
Valentin Castellanos	3
Robert Beric	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	2
Federico Navarro	2
Aleksandar Katai	2
Gabriel Pereira	2
Aleksandar Katai	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.73 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.3 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC48% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC27%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

52%

New York City FC or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC34% Draw44% Chicago Fire FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.7%

2 – 1

1 – 0

7.5%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 1

5.4%

3 – 1

5.2%

0 – 2

3 – 0

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	21%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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

New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC, 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

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

Chicago Fire FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Clean Sheet