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 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

10 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 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

New York City FC 17 games · Avg 2.5 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	#3
19	Points	26
15	Played	14
5 / 4 / 6	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 4
25	Scored	27
21	Conceded	16
+4	GD	+11
1.27	PPG	1.86
33%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Red Bull Arena. New York City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Chicago Fire FC.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 286 games and scored 454 goals.
10' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
16' Magnificent from Keaton Parks! That is 16 goals in 286 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
21' Alexander Ring has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
26' The 25-year-old James Sands has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
31' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
36' Chicago Fire FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
37' James Sands catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 37.
42' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Przemyslaw Frankowski.
46' The crowd applauds Alexandru Mitrita as he leaves the pitch. Maxi Moralez steps in for New York City FC.
47' What composure from Mauricio Pineda! The USA international strokes it home. 1-1.
52' 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.
53' Goal! Anton Tinnerholm scores his 13 goal in 286 matches.
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' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
66' Elliot Collier gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Robert Beric and will look to change the dynamic.
71' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Fabian Herbers is withdrawn and Jonathan Bornstein gets his opportunity.
75' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Alexander Ring makes it 3-1.
79' Gary Mackay-Steven is replacing Jesus Medina for the New York City FC side.
83' It’s a booking for New York City FC player. Alexander Callens gets a Yellow card.
83' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Przemyslaw Frankowski is withdrawn and Brian Gutierrez gets his opportunity.
84' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Boris Sekulic by Mike Azira on 84 minute.
88' James Sands makes way for Nicolas Acevedo at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York City FC.
90' Controversy at the stadium! Francisco Calvo argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for New York City FC players.

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
Gabriel Pereira	2
Aleksandar Katai	2
Alexander Ring	2
Robert Beric	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	2
Philip Zinckernagel	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

1.79 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.26 Chicago Fire FC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC53% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC23%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.05

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

77%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

47%

New York City FC or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC36% Draw43% Chicago Fire FC21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

7.7%

2 – 0

7.5%

1 – 2

6.5%

0 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

5.1%

3 – 0

4.4%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	21%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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