New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

New York City FC

1 – 0

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Chicago Fire FC

Sun 22 May 2022 · 21:00 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Nicolas Acevedo 46' Y

Nicolas Acevedo 47' Y

Y 63' Boris Sekulic

Thiago Martins 89' Y

Keaton Parks 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

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

2022-05-22 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 May	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
18 May	D.C. United SC	A	2–0	W
14 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–0	W
07 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D
01 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–0	W
24 Apr	Toronto FC	H	5–4	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 May	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
18 May	New York Red Bulls	A	3–3	D
15 May	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L
07 May	Atlanta United FC	A	1–4	L
01 May	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
23 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	0–3	L

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 referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. New York City FC is hosting Chicago Fire FC for another epic battle.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
20' New York City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
23' The Brazil Heber breaks the deadlock on 23 minutes. 1-0!
28' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
33' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
38' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
43' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
44' Talles Magno is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gabriel Pereira at the 44 minute mark.
46' Nicolas Acevedo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
46' Carlos Teran is replacing Mauricio Pineda for the Chicago Fire FC side.
47' Nicolas Acevedo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 47.
52' Alexander Callens has been relatively quiet despite scoring 11 goals in his last 18 appearances.
55' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Jhon Duran by Kacper Przybylko on 55 minute.
60' Over 60 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
63' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Boris Sekulic.
66' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Maxi Moralez is replaced by Keaton Parks on 66 minute.
71' Sean Johnson is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York City FC so far.
72' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Chris Mueller is withdrawn and Fabian Herbers gets his opportunity.
77' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
82' It’s high time Ronny Deila made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
84' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Boris Sekulic departs to be replaced by Jhon Espinoza.
86' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Andres Jasson is hanging Thiago on the field on 86 minute.
87' Andres Jasson is replacing Thiago for the New York City FC side.
89' Controversy at the stadium! Thiago Martins argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
90' The referee calls foul for Keaton Parks. He receives a Yellow card.
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

Bench

55
Keaton Parks ↑ 66'
80
Justin Haak
23
Gedion Zelalem
43
Talles Magno ↑ 44'
2
Chris Gloster ↑ 66'
24
Tayvon Gray ↑ 66'
32
Vuk Latinovich
21
Andres Jasson ↑ 87'
25
Cody Mizell

Coach Ronny Deila

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ezra Hendrickson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2022-05-22 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2022-05-18 D.C. United SC 0–2 New York City FC W 2022-05-14 New York City FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-01 New York City FC 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-04-24 New York City FC 5–4 Toronto FC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2022-05-22 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-05-18 New York Red Bulls 3–3 Chicago Fire FC D 2022-05-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati L 2022-05-07 Atlanta United FC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-05-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2022-04-23 Minnesota United FC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.62 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.25 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC51% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC24%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.87

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

76%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

49%

New York City FC or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC33% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC22%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

7.5%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

6.9%

0 – 1

6.2%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	21%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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