New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

New York Red Bulls

0 – 1

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 30 Sep 2023 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 64' Georgios Koutsias

Y 17' Ousmane Doumbia

Hassan Ndam 49' Y

Y 59' Georgios Koutsias

Hassan Ndam 62' YR

Y 82' Chris Brady

John Tolkin 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

New York Red Bulls 15 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

New York Red Bulls 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-09-30 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC 2023-04-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 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

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–1	L
23 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	5–3	W
20 Sep	Austin FC	H	1–1	D
16 Sep	New York City FC	A	0–0	D
03 Sep	Philadelphia Union	A	1–4	L
30 Aug	New England Revolution	A	0–1	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–0	W
24 Sep	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
20 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
16 Sep	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–0	D
02 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	0–4	L
31 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Chicago Fire FC
#5	Position	#3
22	Points	26
15	Played	14
6 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 4
25	Scored	27
32	Conceded	16
-7	GD	+11
1.47	PPG	1.86
40%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

5/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

3/5

46-60

3/5

61-75

1/2

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/–

16-30

4/1

31-45

1/4

46-60

2/1

61-75

4/–

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Red Bull Arena that hosts another battle between New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC.
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
10' The 36-year-old Rafael Czichos has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' 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.
17' The referee has no hesitation. Ousmane Doumbia is booked for Chicago Fire FC — card on 17.
22' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's 4-2-3-1 shape.
27' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Fabian Herbers made 286 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
32' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 283 games and scored 418 goals.
37' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
42' Julian Hall has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 3 goals this season.
47' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
49' That is a card for New York Red Bulls. Hassan Ndam will be fuming at that decision.
52' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Ian Torres by Maren Haile-Selassie on 52 minute.
57' 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.
59' Georgios Koutsias is having his name booked by the referee on 59.
62' That is a card for New York Red Bulls. Hassan Ndam will be fuming at that decision.
64' Georgios Koutsias doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
68' Cameron Harper gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Luquinhas and will look to change the dynamic.
71' Kacper Przybylko has so much to prove this time. He replaces Georgios Koutsias on 71 minute.
76' New York Red Bulls currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
77' The crowd applauds Omir Fernandez as he leaves the pitch. Cory Burke steps in for New York Red Bulls.
81' A change in the New York Red Bulls ranks — Elias Manoel exits the field as Julian Hall enters on 81.
82' Chicago Fire FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 82.
87' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a card for John Tolkin on 90 minutes.
90' Time for substitution for Chicago Fire FC. Xherdan Shaqiri is replaced by Rafael Czichos.
It finishes all square. New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC share the spoils 0-1.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

16
Dru Yearwood ↑ 77'
18
Ryan Meara
7
Cory Burke ↑ 77'
12
Dylan Nealis ↑ 68'
17
Cameron Harper ↑ 68'
19
Wikelmann Carmona
5
Peter Stroud
9
Jorge Hurtado
41
Julian Hall ↑ 81'

Coach Tony Jouaux

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri ↓ Rafael Czichos 90'
21
Fabian Herbers
16
Wyatt Omsberg
30
Gaston Gimenez
6
Miguel Navarro
19
Georgios Koutsias ↓ Kacper Przybylko 71'
4
Carlos Teran
26
Ousmane Doumbia ↓ Brian Gutierrez 71'
34
Chris Brady
24
Jonathan Dean
20
Ian Torres ↓ Maren Haile-Selassie 52'

Bench

Coach Frank Klopas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Patryk Klimala	3
Robert Beric	3
Maxim Choupo-Moting	2
Luka Stojanovic	2
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Georgios Koutsias	2
Brian White	2
Lewis Morgan	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2023-09-30 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-09-23 D.C. United SC 3–5 New York Red Bulls W 2023-09-20 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Austin FC D 2023-09-16 New York City FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls D 2023-09-03 Philadelphia Union 4–1 New York Red Bulls L 2023-08-30 New England Revolution 1–0 New York Red Bulls L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2023-09-30 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-09-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New England Revolution D 2023-09-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-09-16 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2023-09-02 D.C. United SC 4–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2023-08-31 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.21 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.69 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 73% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls30% Draw27% Chicago Fire FC43%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

57%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

70%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls21% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC34%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

7.7%

0 – 0

7.3%

2 – 1

6.6%

1 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 3

5.2%

0 – 3

4.3%

2 – 0

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	15%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	21%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	15%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

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