Thursday , 2 July 2026

New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
New York Red Bulls
3 – 1
Full Time
Chicago Fire FC
Sat 29 Jun 2019 · 00:00 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'
Marc Rzatkowski 28' Y
Luis Robles 30' Y
Y 74' Nemanja Nikolics

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee M. de Oliveira
  • Referee Ted Unkel
  • Referee Jeffrey Greeson
  • Referee Brian Dunn
  • Referee Jorge Gonzalez
5 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

6
4
7
New York Red Bulls 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Chicago Fire FC
Last 5 meetings
2019-06-29 New York Red Bulls 3–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2018-08-12 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-04-21 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Jun Chicago Fire FC H 3–1 W
08 Jun Philadelphia Union A 2–3 L
01 Jun Real Salt Lake H 4–0 W
25 May FC Cincinnati A 2–0 W
23 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 2–2 D
19 May Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W
Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Jun New York Red Bulls A 1–3 L
23 Jun Real Salt Lake H 1–1 D
01 Jun Atlanta United FC A 0–2 L
30 May D.C. United SC A 3–3 D
25 May New York City FC H 1–1 D
18 May San Jose Earthquakes A 1–4 L

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls Chicago Fire FC
#5 Position #3
22 Points 26
15 Played 14
6 / 4 / 5 W / D / L 8 / 2 / 4
25 Scored 27
32 Conceded 16
-7 GD +11
1.47 PPG 1.86
40% Win % 57%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
5/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
3/5
46-60
3/5
61-75
1/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/–
16-30
4/1
31-45
1/4
46-60
2/1
61-75
4/–
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

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 are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Chicago Fire FC backline.
  • 8' The Paraguay Alejandro Romero Gamarra breaks the deadlock on 8 minutes. 1-0!
  • 13' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Amr Tarek made 7 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 18' 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.
  • 23' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Sean Davis has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 28' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Marc Rzatkowski.
  • 30' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Luis Robles on 30 minutes.
  • 35' A quiet spell here at . Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bastian Schweinsteiger, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 45' The 36-year-old Connor Lade has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 46' The crowd applauds Tim Parker as he leaves the pitch. Sean Nealis steps in for New York Red Bulls.
  • 51' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 56' Alex Muyl has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 59' Magnificent from Brian White! That is 88 goals in 283 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 64' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 67' New York Red Bulls ring the changes. Brian White has done his job and it is now time for Bradley Wright-Phillips to step up.
  • 68' Nemanja Nikolics is ready to make an impact after coming on for Przemyslaw Frankowski at the 68 minute mark.
  • 73' Dax McCarty has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 74' Chicago Fire SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 75' The Chicago Fire SC bench stirs into life. Fabian Herbers is withdrawn and Jeremiah Gutjahr gets his opportunity.
  • 78' The crowd applauds Alejandro Romero Gamarra as he leaves the pitch. Omir Fernandez steps in for New York Red Bulls.
  • 81' A goal from the Hungary international Nemanja Nikolics! He fires home on 81 to make it 2-1!
  • 86' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • It finishes all square. New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC share the spoils 3-1.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Veljko Paunovic

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Patryk Klimala 3
Robert Beric 3
Maxim Choupo-Moting 2
Luka Stojanovic 2
Xherdan Shaqiri 2
Georgios Koutsias 2
Brian White 2
Lewis Morgan 2

Head to Head

2019-06-29 New York Red Bulls 3–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2018-08-12 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-04-21 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Chicago Fire FC

New York Red Bulls Form

2019-06-29 New York Red Bulls 3–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2019-06-08 Philadelphia Union 3–2 New York Red Bulls L 2019-06-01 New York Red Bulls 4–0 Real Salt Lake W 2019-05-25 FC Cincinnati 0–2 New York Red Bulls W 2019-05-23 New York Red Bulls 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2019-05-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Atlanta United FC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2019-06-29 New York Red Bulls 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-06-23 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2019-06-01 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-05-30 D.C. United SC 3–3 Chicago Fire FC D 2019-05-25 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2019-05-18 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.82 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.71 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 68% + Over 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls46% Draw23% Chicago Fire FC31%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes68% 0% No32%
Avg goals/match: 3.53
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 28%
72%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
69%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
54%
New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls31% Draw41% Chicago Fire FC28%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10%
2 – 1
8%
1 – 2
7.6%
2 – 2
6.8%
2 – 0
4.9%
3 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
4.7%
0 – 1
4.4%
0 – 2
4.3%
0 – 0
4.3%
1 – 3
4.3%
3 – 2
4.1%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 12% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 18% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 64% — 36%
+1 64% 17% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 11% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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