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 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

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
#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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC has kicked off!
5' USA international Omir Fernandez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Julian Hall needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
15' 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.
17' It’s gonna be a card for Ousmane Doumbia.
22' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
27' The energy levels are beginning to show. Frank Klopas might look to freshen things up shortly.
32' 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.
37' Jonathan Dean has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
42' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
47' Chicago Fire FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
49' It’s a booking for New York Red Bulls player. Hassan Ndam gets a card.
52' A change in the Chicago Fire FC ranks — Ian Torres exits the field as Maren Haile-Selassie enters on 52.
57' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tom Barlow, as he is very good at scoring at Red Bull Arena with 7 goals in the last 6 games.
59' Chicago Fire FC player sees a card in front of him.
62' The referee shows New York Red Bulls player a card on 62.
64' What composure from Georgios Koutsias! The Greece international strokes it home. 0-1.
68' Cameron Harper gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Luquinhas and will look to change the dynamic.
71' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Georgios Koutsias has done his job and it is now time for Kacper Przybylko to step up.
76' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
77' New York Red Bulls ring the changes. Omir Fernandez has done his job and it is now time for Cory Burke to step up.
81' Time for substitution for New York Red Bulls. Elias Manoel is replaced by Julian Hall.
82' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Chris Brady on 82 minutes.
87' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
90' The referee calls foul for John Tolkin. He receives a card.
90' The supporters are chanting for Rafael Czichos. He replaces Xherdan Shaqiri on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
Robert Beric	3
Patryk Klimala	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

3 / 4

1.23 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls33% Draw29% Chicago Fire FC38%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

61%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

67%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls23% Draw47% Chicago Fire FC30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.1%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

8.7%

1 – 2

8.6%

1 – 0

7.3%

2 – 1

7.2%

0 – 2

7.1%

2 – 2

5.3%

2 – 0

1 – 3

4.2%

0 – 3

3.4%

3 – 1

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	17%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	21%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	13%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

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