Wednesday , 30 September 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
6 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 7.8 goals/game

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

6
5
7
New York Red Bulls 18 games · Avg 2.4 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
#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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and New York Red Bulls launch into their encounter with Chicago Fire FC.
  • 5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 8' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Alejandro Romero Gamarra makes no mistake. 1-0!
  • 13' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 18' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 23' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 28' A moment of madness from Marc Rzatkowski on 28 minutes earns him a Yellow card. New York Red Bulls will be frustrated.
  • 30' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Luis Robles.
  • 35' Chicago Fire FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 40' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 45' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 46' Sean Nealis is replacing Tim Parker for the New York Red Bulls side.
  • 51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
  • 56' A quiet spell here at . New York Red Bulls seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 59' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Brian White makes it 2-0.
  • 64' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Chicago Fire FC's compact .
  • 67' The whistle greets Brian White as he departs to be replaced by Bradley Wright-Phillips.
  • 68' The supporters are chanting for Nemanja Nikolics. He replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski on 68 minute.
  • 73' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 74' The referee calls foul for Nemanja Nikolics. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 75' Jeremiah Gutjahr is replacing Fabian Herbers for the Chicago Fire SC side.
  • 78' Fresh legs for New York Red Bulls! Omir Fernandez comes on to replace Alejandro Romero Gamarra.
  • 81' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Nemanja Nikolics makes it 2-1.
  • 86' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • The points are shared — New York Red Bulls 3-1 Chicago Fire FC. Honours even.

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
Bradley Wright-Phillips 2
Bradley Wright-Phillips 2
Maxim Choupo-Moting 2
Luka Stojanovic 2
Xherdan Shaqiri 2
Georgios Koutsias 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
1.83 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.48 Chicago Fire FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls49% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC27%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.31
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 42%
58%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
73%
Draw or Chicago Fire FC
51%
New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls34% Draw42% Chicago Fire FC24%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.7%
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 2
7.1%
2 – 2
6.4%
2 – 0
6.1%
1 – 0
6%
3 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
5.1%
0 – 1
4.7%
0 – 2
4%
3 – 2
4%
3 – 0
3.6%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 14% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 20% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 16% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 9% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
23% ✓
Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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