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

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MLS · 2023

New York Red Bulls

0 – 1

Full Time

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 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

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
#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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. New York Red Bulls is hosting Chicago Fire FC for another epic battle.
5' named a 4-4-2 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' New York Red Bulls currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Tony Jouaux will be considering his options from the bench.
17' The referee shows Chicago Fire FC player a card on 17.
22' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
27' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 298 games and scored 433 goals.
32' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York Red Bulls must find a spark to ignite this game.
37' The 29-year-old Kyle Duncan has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 3 assists is a remarkable return.
42' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
47' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
49' That is a card for New York Red Bulls. Hassan Ndam will be fuming at that decision.
52' Maren Haile-Selassie gets the nod from Chicago Fire FC. He replaces Ian Torres and will look to change the dynamic.
57' Daniel Edelman has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 25 cards already picked up this season.
59' The referee has no hesitation. Georgios Koutsias is booked for Chicago Fire FC — card on 59.
62' It’s a booking for New York Red Bulls player. Hassan Ndam gets a card.
64' Georgios Koutsias makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Chicago Fire FC are in front.
68' New York Red Bulls ring the changes. Luquinhas has done his job and it is now time for Cameron Harper to step up.
71' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Georgios Koutsias is withdrawn and Kacper Przybylko gets his opportunity.
76' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
77' Cory Burke is ready to make an impact after coming on for Omir Fernandez at the 77 minute mark.
81' Fresh legs for New York Red Bulls! Julian Hall comes on to replace Elias Manoel.
82' The referee calls foul for Chris Brady. He receives a card.
87' 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.
90' The referee calls foul for John Tolkin. He receives a card.
90' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Rafael Czichos is hanging Xherdan Shaqiri on the field on 90 minute.
The final score is 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
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

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

1.34 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.51 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls34% Draw28% Chicago Fire FC38%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.85

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

62%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

66%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls25% Draw46% Chicago Fire FC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

1 – 2

8.5%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

7.6%

2 – 1

7.6%

1 – 0

6.8%

0 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

4.3%

3 – 1

3.4%

0 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	18%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	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

27% ✗

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