New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

New York Red Bulls

2 – 0

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Sat 1 May 2021 · 17:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Sean Davis 42' Y

Y 44' Boris Sekulic

Y 62' Francisco Calvo

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

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

2021-05-01 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Chicago Fire FC 2020-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls 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

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 May	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
25 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–3	L
18 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L
21 Nov	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–3	L
08 Nov	Toronto FC	H	2–1	W
02 Nov	New York City FC	A	2–5	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 May	New York Red Bulls	A	0–2	L
25 Apr	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L
18 Apr	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
08 Nov	New York City FC	H	3–4	L
05 Nov	Minnesota United FC	A	2–2	D
01 Nov	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D

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 Red Bull Arena.
5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
10' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gerhard Struber will be considering his options from the bench.
20' 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.
25' 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.
30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 278 games and scored 398 goals.
35' A quiet spell here at Red Bull Arena. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
40' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
42' New York Red Bulls receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 42.
44' Boris Sekulic was booked on 44.
47' What a moment for Christian Casseres Jr.! That strike on 47 puts his side firmly in control.
52' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
55' The New York Red Bulls bench stirs into life. Frankie Amaya is withdrawn and Dru Yearwood gets his opportunity.
60' New York Red Bulls currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
61' The crowd applauds Luka Stojanovic as he leaves the pitch. Elliot Collier steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
62' Francisco Calvo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
64' What a moment for Caden Clark! That strike on 64 puts his side firmly in control.
68' The crowd applauds Fabio as he leaves the pitch. Brian White steps in for New York Red Bulls.
69' The supporters are chanting for Brian Gutierrez. He replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski on 69 minute.
70' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alvaro Medran at the 70 minute mark.
75' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
80' Gaston Claudio Gimenez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
81' The New York Red Bulls manager makes a substitution. Caden Clark departs to be replaced by Omir Fernandez.
86' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — New York Red Bulls 2-0 Chicago Fire FC.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

2
Thomas Edwards
16
Dru Yearwood ↑ 55'
77
Daniel Royer ↑ 55'
18
Ryan Meara
42
Brian White ↑ 68'
21
Omir Fernandez ↑ 81'
47
John Tolkin
17
Cameron Harper
3
Amro Tarek

Coach Gerhard Struber

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric
10
Alvaro Medran ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 69'
5
Francisco Calvo
4
Johan Kappelhof
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
2
Boris Sekulic
8
Luka Stojanovic ↓ Elliot Collier 61'
3
Jonathan Bornstein ↓ Jhon Espinoza 69'
22
Mauricio Pineda
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez
11
Przemyslaw Frankowski ↓ Brian Gutierrez 69'

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

New York Red Bulls Form

2021-05-01 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-04-25 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 New York Red Bulls L 2021-04-18 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-11-21 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York Red Bulls L 2020-11-08 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Toronto FC W 2020-11-02 New York City FC 5–2 New York Red Bulls L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-05-01 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-04-25 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-04-18 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution D 2020-11-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 New York City FC L 2020-11-05 Minnesota United FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-11-01 Nashville SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.71 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.65 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 76% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls44% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC32%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.36

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

68%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

56%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls30% Draw42% Chicago Fire FC28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 2

7.8%

2 – 2

6.6%

1 – 0

5.2%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

0 – 0

0 – 2

4.7%

3 – 1

4.6%

1 – 3

4.3%

3 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	18%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	18%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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