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 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 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	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 Red Bulls 17 games · Avg 2.5 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
#8	Position	#4
25	Points	29
18	Played	17
7 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 6
29	Scored	32
39	Conceded	23
-10	GD	+9
1.39	PPG	1.71
39%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/4

31-45

1/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

6/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. New York Red Bulls host Chicago Fire FC — let the battle begin!
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Marc Rzatkowski has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 286 appearances.
15' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Bastian Schweinsteiger has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Jesse Marsch might look to freshen things up shortly.
25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
35' 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 Grant Lillard suffering a number of foals already.
40' Over 40 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
45' Kemar Lawrence is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
50' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 50 minutes.
55' The 33-year-old Tim Parker has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
60' It looks like no one’s ball. Chicago Fire FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
65' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
70' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
75' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
80' 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.
85' Diego Campos has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
90' Kaku needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Chicago Fire FC to claim maximum points.

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
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Maxim Choupo-Moting	2
Luka Stojanovic	2
Xherdan Shaqiri	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.59 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

2.03 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 75% + Over 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls32% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC43%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.62

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

57%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

68%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls25% Draw40% Chicago Fire FC35%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.5%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 3

5.7%

0 – 2

5.5%

0 – 1

4.9%

2 – 3

4.5%

0 – 0

0 – 3

3.7%

1 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	15%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	19%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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