New York City FC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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New York Red Bulls

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · 23:30 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 57' Julian Hall

Y 6' Adri Mehmeti

Y 22' Cade Cowell

Nico Cavallo 30' Y

Y 40' Mohammed Sofo

Aiden O'Neill 55' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 29 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 29 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 20 games · Avg 2.4 goals New York Red Bulls

Last 5 meetings

2026-09-18 New York City FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls 2026-05-16 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC 2025-09-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 New York City FC 2025-05-17 New York City FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls 2024-09-28 New York Red Bulls 1–5 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	0–1	L
13 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W
10 Sep	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
04 Sep	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
29 Aug	Toronto FC	A	1–1	D
23 Aug	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	New York City FC	A	1–0	W
12 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–0	W
10 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	0–2	L
06 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–0	D
29 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	1–3	L
22 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		New York Red Bulls
#10	Position	#9
33	Points	36
29	Played	29
8 / 9 / 12	W / D / L	10 / 6 / 13
42	Scored	39
40	Conceded	54
+2	GD	-15
1.14	PPG	1.24
28%	Win %	34%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

21% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

New York City FC are 10th (33 pts). New York Red Bulls are 9th (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

5/6

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/6

76+

2/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York Red Bulls

0-15

7/6

16-30

4/3

31-45

5/7

46-60

5/9

61-75

3/6

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	11 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between New York City FC and New York Red Bulls is underway.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
6' A meaty challenge results in booking for Adri Mehmeti on 6.
11' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York City FC and New York Red Bulls are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
16' New York City FC are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against New York Red Bulls's 4-3-3 shape.
21' New York Red Bulls are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
22' Cade Cowell catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 22.
27' USA international James Sands has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
30' Nico Cavallo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 30.
35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
40' Mohammed Sofo picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
45' With 1 assists to his name this season, Mohammed Sofo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York City FC.
50' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
55' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Aiden O'Neill.
57' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Julian Hall makes it 0-1.
62' Another substitution for New York Red Bulls to replace Matthew Dos Santos by Devin Padelford on 62 minute.
63' Benie Traore is ready to make an impact after coming on for Hannes Wolf at the 63 minute mark.
68' The 33-year-old Tim Parker has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
73' New York Red Bulls fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
76' Malachi Jones is ready to make an impact after coming on for Agustin Ojeda at the 76 minute mark.
81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Maxim Choupo-Moting, as he is very good at scoring at Yankee Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
85' Maxim Choupo-Moting gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Julian Hall and will look to change the dynamic.
90' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
With this win, New York Red Bulls is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

New York Red Bulls Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

34
Ethan Horvath
26
Tim Parker
7
Cade Cowell ↓ Jorge Ruvalcaba 85'
12
Dylan Nealis
17
Cameron Harper
48
Ronald Donkor
14
Julian Bazan
16
Julian Hall ↓ Maxim Choupo-Moting 85'
37
Mohammed Sofo
15
Adri Mehmeti ↓ David Ruiz 85'
56
Matthew Dos Santos ↓ Devin Padelford 62'

Bench

Coach Michael Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	5
Maxi Moralez	4
Andres Perea	3
Omir Fernandez	3
Alonso Martinez	3
Kyle Duncan	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Julian Hall	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2026-09-18 New York City FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–2 New York City FC W 2026-09-10 New York City FC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2026-09-04 New York City FC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2026-08-29 Toronto FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2026-08-23 New England Revolution 1–1 New York City FC D

New York Red Bulls Form

2026-09-18 New York City FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2026-09-12 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2026-09-10 Los Angeles FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2026-09-06 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls D 2026-08-29 New York Red Bulls 1–3 Philadelphia Union L 2026-08-22 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.52 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.01 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC46% Draw28% New York Red Bulls26%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.53

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

74%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

54%

New York City FC or New York Red Bulls

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC33% Draw48% New York Red Bulls19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.1%

1 – 0

11.2%

0 – 0

10.1%

2 – 0

2 – 1

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

4.6%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

4.5%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	15%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	23%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	15%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

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