New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

New York City FC

3 – 1

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 29 Aug 2020 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

James Sands 37' Y

Y 42' Przemyslaw Frankowski

Alexander Callens 83' Y

Y 90' Francisco Calvo

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Rubiel Vazquez
Referee Chris Penso
Referee Logan Brown
Referee Ian McKay
Referee

11 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 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

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

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-29 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-05-25 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York City FC 2019-04-24 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 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
29 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–1	W
24 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
20 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
02 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	1–3	L
27 Jul	Toronto FC	A	3–1	W
20 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–0	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Aug	New York City FC	A	1–3	L
25 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W
20 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
23 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L
20 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–2	L
14 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

New York City FC		Chicago Fire FC
#8	Position	#5
33	Points	42
27	Played	26
8 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
41	Scored	46
36	Conceded	38
+5	GD	+8
1.22	PPG	1.62
30%	Win %	46%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

39% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for New York City FC to score. At the same time, Chicago Fire FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' It’s high time Ronny Deila made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' New York City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Chicago Fire FC backline.
15' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
16' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Keaton Parks makes it 1-0.
21' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
26' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
31' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Raphaël Wicky will be considering his options from the bench.
36' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
37' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for James Sands.
42' That is a Yellow card for Chicago Fire FC. Przemyslaw Frankowski will be fuming at that decision.
46' Alexandru Mitrita makes way for Maxi Moralez at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York City FC.
47' What a moment for Mauricio Pineda! That strike on 45 puts his side firmly in control.
52' Francisco Calvo, a Costa Rica , has 2 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
53' Anton Tinnerholm doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
58' New York City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
63' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
66' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Elliot Collier comes on to replace Robert Beric.
71' Fabian Herbers makes way for Jonathan Bornstein at the 71 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
75' Goal! Alexander Ring scores his 24 goal in 293 matches.
79' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Jesus Medina is replaced by Gary Mackay-Steven on 79 minute.
83' New York City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 83.
83' The crowd applauds Przemyslaw Frankowski as he leaves the pitch. Brian Gutierrez steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
84' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 84 minute. Boris Sekulic leaves to be changed by Mike Azira.
88' A tactical swap from New York City FC — Nicolas Acevedo on, James Sands off on 88 minutes.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Francisco Calvo.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
22
Ronald Matarrita ↓ Gudmundur THorarinsson 79'
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Gary Mackay-Steven 79'
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands ↓ Nicolas Acevedo 88'
28
Alexandru Mitrita ↓ Maxi Moralez 46'
9
Heber ↓ Valentin Castellanos 66'
55
Keaton Parks

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ Elliot Collier 66'
10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Brandt Bronico 83'
24
Connor Sparrow
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Jonathan Bornstein 71'
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski ↓ Brian Gutierrez 83'
5
Francisco Calvo C
7
Ignacio Aliseda
30
Gaston Gimenez
2
Boris Sekulic ↓ Mike Azira 84'
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

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

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2020-08-29 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2020-08-24 New York City FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC L 2020-08-02 New York City FC 1–3 Portland Timbers L 2020-07-27 Toronto FC 1–3 New York City FC W 2020-07-20 Internacional CF Miami 0–1 New York City FC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-08-29 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-08-25 Chicago Fire FC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2020-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-07-23 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-07-20 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.92 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.18 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC56% Draw23% Chicago Fire FC21%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.1

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

44%

New York City FC or Chicago Fire FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC39% Draw43% Chicago Fire FC18%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.2%

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.1%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

5.8%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

5.1%

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	22%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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