New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, 2018

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Chicago Fire FC

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 26 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 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	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
#10	Position	#5
33	Points	42
26	Played	26
9 / 6 / 11	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
34	Scored	46
48	Conceded	38
-14	GD	+8
1.27	PPG	1.62
35%	Win %	46%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

23% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 10th (33 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/3

31-45

5/6

46-60

5/8

61-75

2/6

76+

5/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	10 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. New York Red Bulls is hosting Chicago Fire FC for another epic battle.
5' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' Mo Adams has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
15' 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 Nemanja Nikolics suffering a number of foals already.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
35' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
40' Elliot Collier, a New Zealand , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bastian Schweinsteiger, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
50' Tyler Adams needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
55' New York Red Bulls are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Chicago Fire FC backline.
60' New York Red Bulls currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
65' 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.
70' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Chicago Fire FC's compact .
75' New York Red Bulls seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
80' Chicago Fire FC have won 406 goals from 283 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
85' 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.
90' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — New York Red Bulls 1-2 Chicago Fire FC.

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
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Maxim Choupo-Moting	2
Luka Stojanovic	2
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Georgios Koutsias	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.5 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.79 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls34% Draw26% Chicago Fire FC40%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.29

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

60%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

66%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls25% Draw42% Chicago Fire FC33%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.9%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 1

0 – 2

0 – 0

5.3%

1 – 3

5.1%

1 – 0

4.9%

2 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.9%

3 – 1

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%	16%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	20%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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