New York City FC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

New York City FC

2 – 0

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New York Red Bulls

Sat 17 May 2025 · 20:30 UTC Citi Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Julian Fernandez 30' Y

Y 42' Noah Eile

Y 54' Sean Nealis

Y 63' Kyle Duncan

Overview

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New York City FC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Citi Field.

New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 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 20 games · Avg 2.4 goals New York Red Bulls

Last 5 meetings

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 2024-05-18 New York City FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 2023-09-16 New York City FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls 2023-05-13 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	New York Red Bulls	H	2–0	W
14 May	D.C. United SC	A	0–0	D
10 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–1	L
04 May	FC Cincinnati	H	1–0	W
26 Apr	Toronto FC	A	1–0	W
19 Apr	New England Revolution	A	0–2	L

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	New York City FC	A	0–2	L
15 May	Nashville SC	A	1–2	L
10 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	7–0	W
03 May	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–4	L
26 Apr	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–0	W
19 Apr	D.C. United SC	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

New York City FC		New York Red Bulls
#10	Position	#11
42	Points	42
34	Played	34
10 / 12 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 16
49	Scored	48
45	Conceded	62
+4	GD	-14
1.24	PPG	1.24
29%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 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

New York Red Bulls

0-15

7/7

16-30

4/3

31-45

8/7

46-60

7/10

61-75

4/6

76+

8/9

■ 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

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	13 G	3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Citi Field. Ninety minutes of football awaits between New York City FC and New York Red Bulls.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Sandro Schwarz will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
13' Goal! Alonso Martinez scores his 33 goal in 305 matches.
18' 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.
23' A quiet spell here at Citi Field. New York City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
28' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Monsef Bakrar made 305 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
30' Julian Fernandez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 30.
35' New York Red Bulls fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
40' It’s high time Sandro Schwarz made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
42' New York Red Bulls receives a card for a hard tackle on 42.
47' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
50' What composure from Maxi Moralez! The Argentina international strokes it home. 2-0.
54' New York Red Bulls receives a card for a hard tackle on 54.
57' Fresh legs for New York Red Bulls! Wiktor Bogacz comes on to replace Mohammed Sofo.
61' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Julian Fernandez is replaced by Agustin Ojeda on 61 minute.
63' It’s a booking for New York Red Bulls player. Kyle Duncan gets a card.
67' Another change for New York Red Bulls made on 67 minute. Peter Stroud leaves to be changed by Wikelmann Carmona.
72' Maxim Choupo-Moting has been relatively quiet despite scoring 71 goals in his last 534 appearances.
76' Another substitution for New York City FC to replace Birk Risa by Nico Cavallo on 76 minute.
77' The whistle greets Hannes Wolf as he departs to be replaced by Monsef Bakrar.
82' 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.
87' Felipe Carballo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
New York City FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sandro Schwarz

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	5
Maxi Moralez	4
Omir Fernandez	3
Alonso Martinez	3
Andres Perea	3
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Heber	2
Daniel Royer	2

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2025-05-17 New York City FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls W 2025-05-14 D.C. United SC 0–0 New York City FC D 2025-05-10 New York City FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2025-05-04 New York City FC 1–0 FC Cincinnati W 2025-04-26 Toronto FC 0–1 New York City FC W 2025-04-19 New England Revolution 2–0 New York City FC L

New York Red Bulls Form

2025-05-17 New York City FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2025-05-15 Nashville SC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2025-05-10 New York Red Bulls 7–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2025-05-03 Internacional CF Miami 4–1 New York Red Bulls L 2025-04-26 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2025-04-19 New York Red Bulls 1–2 D.C. United SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.87 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.82 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: New York City FC to win 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC61% Draw23% New York Red Bulls16%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.69

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

84%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

39%

New York City FC or New York Red Bulls

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC43% Draw45% New York Red Bulls12%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

12%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

11.2%

2 – 1

9.4%

0 – 0

8.6%

3 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

5.9%

0 – 1

4.7%

1 – 2

4.1%

2 – 2

3.9%

4 – 0

3.3%

4 – 1

2.8%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	19%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	24%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

45% ✗

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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