New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

New York Red Bulls

3 – 3

Full Time

Chicago Fire FC

Wed 18 May 2022 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 1' Carlos Teran

Y 19' Jhon Espinoza

Cameron Harper 26' Y

Thomas Edwards 63' Y

Sean Nealis 66' Y

Y 70' Miguel Navarro

Y 85' Wyatt Omsberg

Overview

Match Preview

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

New York Red Bulls 27 games · 34 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	New York Red Bulls	27	34
8	Orlando City SC	27	34
9	New York City FC	27	33
10	FC Cincinnati	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	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

2022-05-18 New York Red Bulls 3–3 Chicago Fire FC 2022-05-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New York Red Bulls 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

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 May	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–3	D
14 May	Philadelphia Union	A	1–1	D
07 May	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
01 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–1	W
24 Apr	Orlando City SC	A	3–0	W
16 Apr	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 May	New York Red Bulls	A	3–3	D
15 May	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L
07 May	Atlanta United FC	A	1–4	L
01 May	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
23 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	0–3	L
17 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Chicago Fire FC
#7	Position	#5
34	Points	42
27	Played	26
9 / 7 / 11	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
34	Scored	46
48	Conceded	38
-14	GD	+8
1.26	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 7th (34 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' New York Red Bulls have kicked off against Chicago Fire FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
1' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Carlos Teran on 1 minutes.
6' The 26-year-old Dru Yearwood has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
11' Carlos Teran has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
16' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
19' The deadlock is broken! Lewis Morgan gets on the scoresheet on 19 minutes.
19' Controversy at the stadium! Jhon Espinoza argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
20' GOAL! Lewis Morgan scores on 20.
25' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
26' Cameron Harper is having his name booked by the referee on 26.
31' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
36' 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.
38' The deadlock is broken! Chris Mueller gets on the scoresheet on 38 minutes.
43' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
46' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Boris Sekulic is hanging Jhon Espinoza on the field on 46 minute.
49' Wyatt Omsberg is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
54' It is a substitution in New York Red Bulls team. Tom Barlow is replaced by Patryk Klimala on 54 minute.
58' Cameron Harper puts New York Red Bulls on the lead.
63' Thomas Edwards picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
65' Jairo Torres is replacing Brian Gutierrez for the Chicago Fire FC side.
66' Sean Nealis is having his name booked by the referee on 66.
66' New York Red Bulls make a change. Cameron Harper trudges off to be replaced by Jason Pendant on 66 minutes.
70' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Miguel Navarro.
71' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Jhon Duran by Kacper Przybylko on 71 minute.
76' Another change for New York Red Bulls made on 76 minute. Lewis Morgan leaves to be changed by Zachary Ryan.
80' Chris Mueller makes way for Fabian Herbers at the 80 minute mark. A tactical switch from Chicago Fire FC.
85' A meaty challenge results in booking for Wyatt Omsberg on 85.
89' Xherdan Shaqiri is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
Game over. The scoreline of 3-3 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

24
Jason Pendant ↑ 66'
18
Ryan Meara
9
Patryk Klimala ↑ 54'
82
Luquinhas ↑ 54'
37
Caden Clark
30
Jesus Castellano
75
Daniel Edelman
28
Zachary Ryan ↑ 76'

Coach Gerhard Struber

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri
20
Wyatt Omsberg
31
Federico Navarro
14
Jhon Espinoza ↓ Boris Sekulic 46'
1
Gabriel Slonina
6
Miguel Navarro
22
Mauricio Pineda
40
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Jairo Torres 65'
23
Carlos Teran ↓ Gaston Claudio Gimenez 46'
8
Chris Mueller ↓ Fabian Herbers 80'
26
Jhon Duran ↓ Kacper Przybylko 71'

Bench

Coach Ezra Hendrickson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Patryk Klimala	3
Robert Beric	3
Luka Stojanovic	2
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Georgios Koutsias	2
Brian White	2
Lewis Morgan	2
Cameron Harper	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2022-05-18 New York Red Bulls 3–3 Chicago Fire FC D 2022-05-14 Philadelphia Union 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2022-05-07 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2022-05-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New York Red Bulls W 2022-04-24 Orlando City SC 0–3 New York Red Bulls W 2022-04-16 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Dallas D

Chicago Fire FC Form

2022-05-18 New York Red Bulls 3–3 Chicago Fire FC D 2022-05-15 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati L 2022-05-07 Atlanta United FC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-05-01 Chicago Fire FC 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2022-04-23 Minnesota United FC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2022-04-17 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.78 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.75 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 77% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls44% Draw23% Chicago Fire FC33%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.53

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

68%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

56%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls30% Draw41% Chicago Fire FC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–3 not predicted

3 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

10%

2 – 1

7.9%

1 – 2

7.7%

2 – 2

6.8%

2 – 0

4.7%

3 – 1

4.6%

1 – 0

4.6%

0 – 2

4.5%

0 – 1

4.5%

1 – 3

4.5%

0 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

4.1%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	18%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	18%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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