New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

New York Red Bulls

0 – 0

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 13 Apr 2024 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Andres Reyes 42' R

Y 55' Kellyn Acosta

Y 75' Rafael Czichos

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

2024-04-13 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–0	D
06 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	2–1	W
30 Mar	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
23 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	H	4–0	W
16 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
10 Mar	FC Dallas	H	2–1	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	0–0	D
07 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
31 Mar	Atlanta United FC	A	0–3	L
23 Mar	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D
16 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	4–3	W
10 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	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 wait is over. New York Red Bulls get us underway at Red Bull Arena.
5' 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.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 295 games and scored 427 goals.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' A quiet spell here at Red Bull Arena. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
25' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for John Tolkin suffering a number of foals already.
30' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
35' 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.
40' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
42' The referee calls foul for Andres Reyes. He receives a card.
44' New York Red Bulls make a change. Dante Vanzeir trudges off to be replaced by Sean Nealis on 44 minutes.
45' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 45 minute. Tobias Salquist leaves to be changed by Mauricio Pineda.
50' New York Red Bulls are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
55' Chicago Fire FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 55.
60' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
61' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gaston Gimenez is hanging Chris Mueller on the field on 61 minute.
64' Georgios Koutsias has so much to prove this time. He replaces Maren Haile-Selassie on 64 minute.
69' The travelling Chicago Fire FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
74' Fabian Herbers is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
75' The referee calls foul for Rafael Czichos. He receives a card.
75' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Arnaud Souquet has done his job and it is now time for Jonathan Dean to step up.
80' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Daniel Edelman on, Peter Stroud off on 80 minutes.
85' Elias Manoel gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Emil Forsberg and will look to change the dynamic.
90' It is a substitution in New York Red Bulls team. Lewis Morgan is replaced by Kyle Duncan on 90 minute.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sandro Schwarz

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Xherdan Shaqiri
5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers
14
Tobias Salquist ↓ Mauricio Pineda 45'
23
Kellyn Acosta ↓ Brian Gutierrez 61'
2
Arnaud Souquet ↓ Jonathan Dean 75'
7
Maren Haile-Selassie ↓ Georgios Koutsias 64'
34
Chris Brady
8
Chris Mueller ↓ Gaston Gimenez 61'
9
Hugo Cuypers ↓ Tom Barlow 75'
27
Allan Arigoni

Bench

31
Federico Navarro
30
Gaston Gimenez ↑ 61'
18
Spencer Richey
12
Tom Barlow ↑ 75'
22
Mauricio Pineda ↑ 45'
17
Brian Gutierrez ↑ 61'
19
Georgios Koutsias ↑ 64'
4
Carlos Teran
24
Jonathan Dean ↑ 75'

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

2024-04-13 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-04-06 FC Cincinnati 1–2 New York Red Bulls W 2024-03-30 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2024-03-23 New York Red Bulls 4–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2024-03-16 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 New York Red Bulls L 2024-03-10 New York Red Bulls 2–1 FC Dallas W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-04-13 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-04-07 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2024-03-31 Atlanta United FC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-03-23 New England Revolution 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2024-03-16 Chicago Fire FC 4–3 Montreal Impact FC W 2024-03-10 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.51 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.35 Chicago Fire FC xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls42% Draw27% Chicago Fire FC31%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.86

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

69%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

58%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls30% Draw45% Chicago Fire FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 0

7.7%

1 – 2

7.6%

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

6.8%

2 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

4.3%

1 – 3

3.4%

3 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	20%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	18%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

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