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

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Sat 28 Aug 2021 · 22:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Andres Reyes 73' Y

Kyle Duncan 78' Y

Y 81' Carlos Teran

Overview

Match Preview

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

New York Red Bulls 27 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	27	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	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
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

2021-08-28 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC 2021-08-08 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 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

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–1	L
19 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
15 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–2	L
08 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
05 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	0–0	D
31 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–3	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	1–0	W
22 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	0–1	L
18 Aug	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–3	L
15 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
08 Aug	New York Red Bulls	H	2–1	W
05 Aug	New York City FC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Chicago Fire FC
#10	Position	#5
33	Points	42
27	Played	26
9 / 6 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
34	Scored	46
49	Conceded	38
-15	GD	+8
1.22	PPG	1.62
33%	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' Temperatures are rising at Red Bull Arena as New York Red Bulls face off against Chicago Fire FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Caden Clark has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with New York Red Bulls winning 50% of all matches.
15' Carlos Miguel needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
20' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Miguel Navarro has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' Poland international Patryk Klimala has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
30' 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.
32' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Robert Beric makes no mistake. 0-1!
34' Robert Beric adds to his 0 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
39' Chicago Fire FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 290 games and scored 425 goals.
49' A quiet spell here at Red Bull Arena. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
54' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gerhard Struber will be considering his options from the bench.
59' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nnamdi Chinonso Offor is hanging Brian Gutierrez on the field on 59 minute.
64' Another substitution for New York Red Bulls to replace Patryk Klimala by Daniel Royer on 64 minute.
69' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
72' A change in the New York Red Bulls ranks — Caden Clark exits the field as Frankie Amaya enters on 72.
73' Controversy at the stadium! Andres Reyes argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
77' Amro Tarek is ready to make an impact after coming on for Andres Reyes at the 77 minute mark.
78' A moment of madness from Kyle Duncan on 78 minutes earns him a Yellow card. New York Red Bulls will be frustrated.
81' Carlos Teran catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 81.
83' It is a substitution in Chicago Fire FC team. Robert Beric is replaced by Elliot Collier on 83 minute.
88' Chicago Fire FC is showing some good football. However, Chicago Fire FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
Another three points for Chicago Fire FC.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

39
Mandela Egbo
77
Daniel Royer ↑ 64'
18
Ryan Meara
6
Kyle Duncan ↑ 64'
21
Omir Fernandez
8
Frankie Amaya ↑ 72'
74
Tom Barlow
17
Cameron Harper
3
Amro Tarek ↑ 77'

Coach Gerhard Struber

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

27
Robert Beric ↓ Elliot Collier 83'
21
Fabian Herbers
1
Bobby Shuttleworth
2
Boris Sekulic
8
Luka Stojanovic ↓ Alvaro Medran 83'
3
Jonathan Bornstein
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda
40
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Nnamdi Chinonso Offor 59'
23
Carlos Teran
30
Gaston Claudio Gimenez

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
Cameron Harper	2
Nemanja Nikolics	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2021-08-28 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-08-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-08-15 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2021-08-08 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2021-08-05 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Cincinnati D 2021-07-31 New York Red Bulls 2–3 New England Revolution L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2021-08-28 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-08-22 Orlando City SC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-08-18 Internacional CF Miami 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2021-08-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2021-08-08 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls W 2021-08-05 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 New York City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.27 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.48 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 72% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls31% Draw28% Chicago Fire FC41%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.75

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

60%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

69%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls24% Draw46% Chicago Fire FC30%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.9%

1 – 2

8.6%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

8.3%

2 – 1

7.3%

1 – 0

7.1%

0 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

5.5%

2 – 0

1 – 3

4.3%

0 – 3

3.4%

3 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	17%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	20%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

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