Sunday , 16 August 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 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

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
#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' What a night it is going to be! New York Red Bulls welcome Chicago Fire FC for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' USA international Brandt Bronico has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 8' Goal! Alejandro Romero Gamarra scores his 18 goal in 286 matches.
  • 13' Kyle Duncan has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
  • 18' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 23' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Chicago Fire FC's compact .
  • 28' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Marc Rzatkowski.
  • 30' New York Red Bulls receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 30.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
  • 45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 46' New York Red Bulls make a change. Tim Parker trudges off to be replaced by Sean Nealis on 46 minutes.
  • 51' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 56' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 59' Brilliant from the ! Brian White makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 59.
  • 64' With 0 assists to his name this season, Sean Davis is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Chicago Fire FC.
  • 67' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Bradley Wright-Phillips on, Brian White off on 67 minutes.
  • 68' The whistle greets Przemyslaw Frankowski as he departs to be replaced by Nemanja Nikolics.
  • 73' 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.
  • 74' It’s a booking for Chicago Fire SC player. Nemanja Nikolics gets a Yellow card.
  • 75' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire SC team. Fabian Herbers is replaced by Jeremiah Gutjahr on 75 minute.
  • 78' Omir Fernandez is replacing Alejandro Romero Gamarra for the New York Red Bulls side.
  • 81' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Nemanja Nikolics makes no mistake. 2-1!
  • 86' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Chicago Fire FC.

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
Xherdan Shaqiri 2
Georgios Koutsias 2
Brian White 2
Lewis Morgan 2
Nemanja Nikolics 2
Bradley Wright-Phillips 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
1.93 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.73 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 70% + Over 2.5 goals 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls47% Draw23% Chicago Fire FC30%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.66
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 88%
12%
± 2.5 70%
30%
± 3.5 49%
51%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
70%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
53%
New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls33% Draw40% Chicago Fire FC27%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.4%
2 – 1
8%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 2
6.8%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
4.9%
1 – 0
4.4%
3 – 2
4.4%
1 – 3
4.1%
2 – 3
4%
0 – 2
3.9%
0 – 1
3.9%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 13% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 18% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 66% — 34%
+1 66% 16% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 10% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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