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 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 34 games · 55 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

New York Red Bulls 18 games · Avg 2.4 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
#11	Position	#4
42	Points	55
34	Played	34
12 / 6 / 16	W / D / L	16 / 7 / 11
48	Scored	64
62	Conceded	54
-14	GD	+10
1.24	PPG	1.62
35%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

24% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (55 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

7/7

16-30

4/3

31-45

8/7

46-60

7/10

61-75

4/6

76+

8/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

9/4

16-30

9/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

10/9

61-75

10/4

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	13 G	3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

Chicago Fire FC

Maren Haile-Selassie	13 G	5 A
Hugo Cuypers	12 G
Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Robert Lewandowski	9 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC is underway.
5' 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 Bobby Shuttleworth suffering a number of foals already.
10' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
15' Robert Beric has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York Red Bulls must find a spark to ignite this game.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
35' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
40' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Francisco Calvo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
42' Controversy at the stadium! Sean Davis argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
44' Boris Sekulic catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 44.
47' New York Red Bulls is taking the lead after the goal scored by Christian Casseres Jr. on 47.
52' Johan Kappelhof is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
55' New York Red Bulls manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Dru Yearwood is hanging Frankie Amaya on the field on 55 minute.
60' New York Red Bulls looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Maxim Choupo-Moting scoring 1 goals.
61' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Luka Stojanovic is replaced by Elliot Collier.
62' A moment of madness from Francisco Calvo on 62 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Chicago Fire FC will be frustrated.
64' Brilliant from the ! Caden Clark makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 64.
68' Brian White gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Fabio and will look to change the dynamic.
69' The whistle greets Przemyslaw Frankowski as he departs to be replaced by Brian Gutierrez.
70' The supporters are chanting for Nnamdi Chinonso Offor. He replaces Alvaro Medran on 70 minute.
75' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
80' Nnamdi Chinonso Offor has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
81' Omir Fernandez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Caden Clark at the 81 minute mark.
86' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
2-0 the final result. Chicago Fire FC will be bitterly disappointed.

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
Robert Beric	3
Patryk Klimala	3
Lewis Morgan	2
Cameron Harper	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Maxim Choupo-Moting	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

1.72 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.45 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls47% Draw24% Chicago Fire FC29%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.17

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

72%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

53%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls32% Draw43% Chicago Fire FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.3%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

7.3%

1 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

6.3%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

5.8%

0 – 1

5.3%

3 – 1

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 2

3.7%

1 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	20%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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