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 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 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 19 games · Avg 2.5 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
#5	Position	#8
26	Points	25
18	Played	18
7 / 5 / 6	W / D / L	7 / 4 / 7
31	Scored	29
24	Conceded	39
+7	GD	-10
1.44	PPG	1.39
39%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

37% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 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

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

1/5

76+

3/3

■ 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

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: New York Red Bulls gets underway.
5' 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.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
13' GOAL! Alonso Martinez fires home to make it 1-0!
18' The energy levels are beginning to show. Sandro Schwarz might look to freshen things up shortly.
23' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
28' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
30' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Julian Fernandez.
35' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pascal Jansen will be considering his options from the bench.
40' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
42' The referee shows New York Red Bulls player a card on 42.
47' Emil Forsberg, a Sweden , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
50' The Argentina Maxi Moralez breaks the deadlock on 50 minutes. 2-0!
54' Sean Nealis is having his name booked by the referee on 54.
57' The crowd applauds Mohammed Sofo as he leaves the pitch. Wiktor Bogacz steps in for New York Red Bulls.
61' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Julian Fernandez is replaced by Agustin Ojeda on 61 minute.
63' New York Red Bulls receives a card for a hard tackle on 63.
67' Peter Stroud makes way for Wikelmann Carmona at the 67 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York Red Bulls.
72' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
76' A tactical swap from New York City FC — Nico Cavallo on, Birk Risa off on 76 minutes.
77' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Hannes Wolf exits the field as Monsef Bakrar enters on 77.
82' New York City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
87' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York City FC and New York Red Bulls are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
With this win, New York City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
Andres Perea	3
Omir Fernandez	3
Alonso Martinez	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

2 / 4

2.27 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.91 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: New York City FC to win 65% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC65% Draw21% New York Red Bulls14%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 3.18

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

85%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

35%

New York City FC or New York Red Bulls

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC48% Draw39% New York Red Bulls13%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.4%

1 – 1

9.3%

1 – 0

3 – 0

7.9%

3 – 1

7.1%

0 – 0

5.7%

4 – 0

4.5%

2 – 2

4.2%

4 – 1

4.1%

1 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	20%	56%
-1.5	44%	—	56%
-1	44%	22%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	8%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

41% ✗

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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