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 26 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

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

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
#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' In just a few seconds Red Bull Arena will turn into a battlefield for New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC.
5' 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.
10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
15' New York Red Bulls are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Chicago Fire FC backline.
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
25' It’s high time Gerhard Struber made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
30' 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.
35' Supporters expect more eagerness from Aaron Long, as he is very good at scoring at Red Bull Arena with 3 goals in the last 3 games.
40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
42' Sean Davis picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
44' Poor challenge from Boris Sekulic. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
47' The Christian Casseres Jr. breaks the deadlock on 47 minutes. 1-0!
52' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
55' A change in the New York Red Bulls ranks — Frankie Amaya exits the field as Dru Yearwood enters on 55.
60' Chicago Fire FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
61' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 61 minute. Luka Stojanovic leaves to be changed by Elliot Collier.
62' The referee has no hesitation. Francisco Calvo is booked for Chicago Fire FC — Yellow card on 62.
64' What a strike from Caden Clark! The score is 2-0.
68' The crowd applauds Fabio as he leaves the pitch. Brian White steps in for New York Red Bulls.
69' The whistle greets Przemyslaw Frankowski as he departs to be replaced by Brian Gutierrez.
70' Chicago Fire FC make a change. Alvaro Medran trudges off to be replaced by Nnamdi Chinonso Offor on 70 minutes.
75' 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.
80' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
81' Omir Fernandez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Caden Clark on 81 minute.
86' Jhon Espinoza has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
Full Time. New York Red Bulls beats 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
Robert Beric	3
Patryk Klimala	3
Georgios Koutsias	2
Brian White	2
Lewis Morgan	2
Cameron Harper	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

1.61 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.41 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls46% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC29%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.02

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

71%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

54%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls31% Draw44% Chicago Fire FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

7.5%

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.6%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

0 – 1

0 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.6%

1 – 3

3.5%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	20%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	17%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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