New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, 2018

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Sat 21 Apr 2018 · 19:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS .

New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Corey Parker
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
Referee Thomas Zablocki

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 Red Bulls 18 games · Avg 2.4 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2018-04-21 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–2	L
14 Apr	Montreal Impact FC	H	3–1	W
31 Mar	Orlando City SC	A	3–4	L
24 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	3–0	W
18 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	0–1	L
11 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	4–0	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	2–1	W
14 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–1	L
08 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
31 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	2–2	D
17 Mar	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
10 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–4	L

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Chicago Fire FC
#11	Position	#4
42	Points	55
34	Played	34
12 / 6 / 16	W / D / L	16 / 7 / 11
48	Scored	64
62	Conceded	54
-14	GD	+10
1.24	PPG	1.62
35%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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 Red Bulls

Julian Hall	13 G	3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for New York Red Bulls to score. At the same time, Chicago Fire FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' It’s high time Jesse Marsch made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
25' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
30' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
35' New Zealand international Elliot Collier has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
40' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
45' The 34-year-old Aaron Long has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
50' New York Red Bulls are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Chicago Fire FC backline.
55' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
60' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
65' Mo Adams needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
70' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
75' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Chicago Fire FC's compact .
80' New York Red Bulls currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
85' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
90' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
1-2 the final result. New York Red Bulls will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jesse Marsch

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Aleksandar Katai ↓ Diego Campos 83'
31
Bastian Schweinsteiger
23
Nemanja Nikolics ↓ Jonathan Campbell 89'
3
Brandon Vincent
45
Richard Sanchez
6
Dax McCarty C
4
Johan Kappelhof
15
Grant Lillard
5
Kevin Ellis
19
Mo Adams
28
Elliot Collier ↓ Alan Gordon 75'

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Patryk Klimala	3
Robert Beric	3
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Georgios Koutsias	2
Brian White	2
Lewis Morgan	2
Cameron Harper	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.61 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.83 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 74% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls35% Draw26% Chicago Fire FC39%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.44

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

61%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

65%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls27% Draw41% Chicago Fire FC32%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.3%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

7.3%

2 – 2

6.6%

0 – 2

5.4%

0 – 1

5.2%

1 – 3

5.1%

0 – 0

4.6%

1 – 0

4.5%

2 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

4.1%

3 – 1

3.9%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	17%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	58%	—	42%
+1	58%	19%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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

New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

Chicago Fire FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Clean Sheet