New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 5 Apr 2025 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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

New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-04-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2024-09-15 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 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

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W
29 Mar	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
22 Mar	Toronto FC	H	2–1	W
15 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	2–2	D
09 Mar	Atlanta United FC	A	0–0	D
02 Mar	Nashville SC	H	2–0	W

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	1–2	L
30 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	1–1	D
23 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–1	W
15 Mar	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W
09 Mar	FC Dallas	A	3–1	W
02 Mar	D.C. United SC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Chicago Fire FC
#8	Position	#4
25	Points	29
18	Played	17
7 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	9 / 2 / 6
29	Scored	32
39	Conceded	23
-10	GD	+9
1.39	PPG	1.71
39%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

1/5

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/4

31-45

1/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

6/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
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' With 0 assists to his name this season, Mauricio Pineda is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Chicago Fire FC.
10' New York Red Bulls have won 422 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Chicago Fire FC's shape.
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
25' Chicago Fire FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
30' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
32' The Ivory Coast Jonathan Bamba breaks the deadlock on 32 minutes. 0-1!
37' The whistle greets Sam Rogers as he departs to be replaced by Omar Gonzalez.
41' GOAL! Serge Ngoma fires home to make it 1-1!
46' New York Red Bulls are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Chicago Fire FC backline.
47' Maxim Choupo-Moting doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
52' The 29-year-old Felipe Carballo has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
57' It looks surprising Chicago Fire FC does not make any changes. Sam Rogers has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
61' Tom Barlow is replacing Kellyn Acosta for the Chicago Fire FC side.
62' The Chicago Fire FC bench stirs into life. Rominigue Kouame is withdrawn and Mauricio Pineda gets his opportunity.
67' USA international Chris Brady has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
69' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Wikelmann Carmona on, Mohammed Sofo off on 69 minutes.
74' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Chicago Fire FC's compact .
76' New York Red Bulls make a change. Felipe Carballo trudges off to be replaced by Peter Stroud on 76 minutes.
81' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
84' Maren Haile-Selassie is replacing Andrew Gutman for the Chicago Fire FC side.
87' New York Red Bulls make a change. Maxim Choupo-Moting trudges off to be replaced by Wiktor Bogacz on 87 minutes.
88' Another change for New York Red Bulls made on 88 minute. Emil Forsberg leaves to be changed by Sean Nealis.
Another three points for New York Red Bulls.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

13
Maxim Choupo-Moting ↓ Wiktor Bogacz 87'
10
Emil Forsberg ↓ Sean Nealis 88'
26
Tim Parker
12
Dylan Nealis
3
Noah Eile
31
Carlos Coronel
75
Daniel Edelman
81
Serge Ngoma ↓ Dennis Gjengaar 69'
20
Felipe Carballo ↓ Peter Stroud 76'
5
Omar Valencia
37
Mohammed Sofo ↓ Wikelmann Carmona 69'

Bench

42
Alexander Hack
15
Sean Nealis ↑ 88'
1
AJ Marcucci
19
Wikelmann Carmona ↑ 69'
8
Peter Stroud ↑ 76'
48
Ronald Donkor
16
Julian Hall
22
Dennis Gjengaar ↑ 69'
7
Wiktor Bogacz ↑ 87'

Coach Sandro Schwarz

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Rominigue Kouame ↓ Mauricio Pineda 62'
19
Jonathan Bamba
23
Kellyn Acosta ↓ Tom Barlow 61'
15
Andrew Gutman ↓ Maren Haile-Selassie 84'
11
Philip Zinckernagel
4
Carlos Teran
1
Chris Brady
9
Hugo Cuypers
35
Sergio Oregel
5
Sam Rogers ↓ Omar Gonzalez 37'
36
Justin Reynolds ↓ Omari Glasgow 61'

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Patryk Klimala	3
Robert Beric	3
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Maxim Choupo-Moting	2
Luka Stojanovic	2
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Georgios Koutsias	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2025-04-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2025-03-29 New England Revolution 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2025-03-22 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Toronto FC W 2025-03-15 New York Red Bulls 2–2 Orlando City SC D 2025-03-09 Atlanta United FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls D 2025-03-02 New York Red Bulls 2–0 Nashville SC W

Chicago Fire FC Form

2025-04-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2025-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Montreal Impact FC D 2025-03-23 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Chicago Fire FC W 2025-03-15 Toronto FC 1–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2025-03-09 FC Dallas 1–3 Chicago Fire FC W 2025-03-02 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 D.C. United SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.47 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.92 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 75% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls34% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC41%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.39

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

59%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

66%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls24% Draw41% Chicago Fire FC35%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.4%

1 – 2

8.8%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 2

6.2%

0 – 1

5.8%

1 – 3

5.6%

0 – 0

4.8%

1 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

4.2%

0 – 3

3.9%

2 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	20%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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