New York City FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

New York City FC

1 – 0

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 21 Oct 2023 · 22:00 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Julian Fernandez 64' 1–0

Santiago Rodriguez 78' Y

Kevin O'Toole 89' Y

Andres Perea 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

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

2023-10-21 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 2023-03-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York City FC 2022-08-21 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 New York City FC 2022-05-22 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC 2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
07 Oct	D.C. United SC	A	0–2	L
30 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–1	D
24 Sep	Toronto FC	H	3–0	W
20 Sep	Orlando City SC	H	2–0	W
16 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	0–0	D

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
08 Oct	Charlotte FC	H	0–2	L
05 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	H	4–1	W
30 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–0	W
24 Sep	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
20 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	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' Welcome to Yankee Stadium that hosts another battle between New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC.
5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
10' Thiago Martins, a Brazil , has 16 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' New York City FC are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's 4-2-3-1 shape.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' It’s high time Nick Cushing made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
30' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Nick Cushing will be considering his options from the bench.
35' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
40' 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.
45' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York City FC winning 100% of all matches.
55' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
60' New York City FC ring the changes. Keaton Parks has done his job and it is now time for Andres Perea to step up.
64' Julian Fernandez doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
68' Kei Kamara is replacing Georgios Koutsias for the Chicago Fire FC side.
73' Kei Kamara needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
75' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Federico Navarro exits the field as Mauricio Pineda enters on 75.
78' The referee calls foul for Santiago Rodriguez. He receives a card.
83' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
84' Andres Jasson is replacing Julian Fernandez for the New York City FC side.
89' Kevin O'Toole catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 89.
90' Andres Perea was booked on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for New York City FC players.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nick Cushing

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers ↓ Maren Haile-Selassie 68'
31
Federico Navarro ↓ Mauricio Pineda 75'
17
Brian Gutierrez
19
Georgios Koutsias ↓ Kei Kamara 68'
4
Carlos Teran
26
Ousmane Doumbia ↓ Kacper Przybylko 75'
34
Chris Brady
24
Jonathan Dean
3
Daniel Aceves ↓ Miguel Navarro 84'

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2023-10-21 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-10-07 D.C. United SC 2–0 New York City FC L 2023-09-30 Internacional CF Miami 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-09-24 New York City FC 3–0 Toronto FC W 2023-09-20 New York City FC 2–0 Orlando City SC W 2023-09-16 New York City FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls D

Chicago Fire FC Form

2023-10-21 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-10-08 Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Charlotte FC L 2023-10-05 Chicago Fire FC 4–1 Internacional CF Miami W 2023-09-30 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-09-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution D 2023-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.5 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.84 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59% + Under — clean sheet likely 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC55% Draw26% Chicago Fire FC19%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.34

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

45%

New York City FC or Chicago Fire FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC35% Draw50% Chicago Fire FC15%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

13%

0 – 0

11.8%

2 – 0

10.5%

2 – 1

8.8%

0 – 1

3 – 0

5.2%

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 1

4.5%

2 – 2

3.8%

0 – 2

3.2%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	16%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	25%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

44% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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