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 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 19 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
#10	Position	#4
42	Points	55
34	Played	34
10 / 12 / 12	W / D / L	16 / 7 / 11
49	Scored	64
45	Conceded	54
+4	GD	+10
1.24	PPG	1.62
29%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

9/4

16-30

9/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

10/9

61-75

10/4

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Chicago Fire FC

Maren Haile-Selassie	13 G	5 A
Hugo Cuypers	12 G
Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Robert Lewandowski	9 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Yankee Stadium!
5' Chicago Fire FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
10' Keaton Parks, a USA , has 30 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
20' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
25' New York City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Chicago Fire FC winning 50% of all matches.
35' Chicago Fire FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Joel Waterman scoring 1 goals.
40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
45' Chicago Fire FC is showing some good football. However, Chicago Fire FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
50' James Sands is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Chicago Fire FC so far.
55' 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 Tayvon Gray suffering a number of foals already.
60' Andres Perea has so much to prove this time. He replaces Keaton Parks on 60 minute.
64' New York City FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Julian Fernandez on 64.
68' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Georgios Koutsias departs to be replaced by Kei Kamara.
73' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
75' A tactical swap from Chicago Fire FC — Mauricio Pineda on, Federico Navarro off on 75 minutes.
78' Poor challenge from Santiago Rodriguez. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
83' 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.
84' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Julian Fernandez exits the field as Andres Jasson enters on 84.
89' New York City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 89.
90' The referee shows New York City FC player a card on 90.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — New York City FC 1-0 Chicago Fire FC.

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
Robert Beric	2
Hannes Wolf	2
Przemyslaw Frankowski	2
Federico Navarro	2
Aleksandar Katai	2
Gabriel Pereira	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

1.48 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.82 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60% + Under — clean sheet likely 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC55% Draw27% Chicago Fire FC18%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 2.3

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	67%	33%
± 2.5	40%	60%
± 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

73%

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

12.2%

2 – 0

10.6%

2 – 1

8.7%

0 – 1

7.1%

3 – 0

5.1%

1 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.4%

2 – 2

3.7%

0 – 2

3.3%

4 – 0

1.9%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	16%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	25%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	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

24% ✓

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