New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Chicago Fire FC

Wed 27 Oct 2021 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 32' Mauricio Pineda

Valentin Castellanos 90' Y

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)

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

2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC 2021-08-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC 2020-11-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 New York City FC 2020-08-29 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
23 Oct	D.C. United SC	H	6–0	W
20 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	1–1	D
17 Oct	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
03 Oct	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
30 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–2	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 Oct	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
24 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W
20 Oct	FC Cincinnati	A	4–3	W
16 Oct	New England Revolution	A	2–2	D
03 Oct	Toronto FC	A	1–3	L
30 Sep	New York City FC	H	2–0	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' Welcome to Red Bull Arena that hosts another battle between New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC.
5' Valentin Castellanos is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
10' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Maxime Chanot has been relatively quiet despite scoring 5 goals in his last 286 appearances.
30' Boris Sekulic is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
32' Mauricio Pineda was booked on 32.
37' New York City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
42' Jhon Espinoza has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
47' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
51' The deadlock is broken! Valentin Castellanos gets on the scoresheet on 51 minutes.
56' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Malte Amundsen suffering a number of foals already.
61' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
63' The crowd applauds Mauricio Pineda as he leaves the pitch. Johan Kappelhof steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
64' Another substitution for New York City FC to replace Thiago by Jesus Medina on 64 minute.
69' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. James Sands has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
70' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Boris Sekulic has done his job and it is now time for Jhon Espinoza to step up.
74' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Keaton Parks is replaced by Gedion Zelalem on 74 minute.
76' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 76 minute. Gaston Claudio Gimenez leaves to be changed by Luka Stojanovic.
81' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
86' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Santiago Rodriguez is withdrawn and Andres Jasson gets his opportunity.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Valentin Castellanos on 90 minutes.
It finishes all square. New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC share the spoils 1-0.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Alfredo Morales
12
Malte Amundsen
11
Valentin Castellanos
10
Maxi Moralez
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Gedion Zelalem 74'
8
Thiago ↓ Jesus Medina 64'
42
Santiago Rodriguez ↓ Andres Jasson 86'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 64'
10
Alvaro Medran
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Brian Gutierrez 64'
31
Federico Navarro
7
Ignacio Aliseda
2
Boris Sekulic ↓ Jhon Espinoza 70'
3
Jonathan Bornstein
32
Gabriel Slonina
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda ↓ Johan Kappelhof 63'
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez ↓ Luka Stojanovic 76'

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alonso Martinez	4
Valentin Castellanos	3
Alexander Ring	2
Robert Beric	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	2
Philip Zinckernagel	2
Federico Navarro	2
Aleksandar Katai	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-10-23 New York City FC 6–0 D.C. United SC W 2021-10-20 Atlanta United FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2021-10-17 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC L 2021-10-03 New York City FC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2021-10-20 FC Cincinnati 3–4 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-10-16 New England Revolution 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2021-10-03 Toronto FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-09-30 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.73 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

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: 3.02

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

74%

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

11.8%

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

7.2%

1 – 2

6.7%

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	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.