New York Red Bulls vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

New York Red Bulls

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New York City FC

Sat 16 May 2026 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Jorge Ruvalcaba 44' 1–0

1–1 52' Andres Perea

Y 24' Raul Gustavo

Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 24' Y

Y 49' Keaton Parks

Jorge Ruvalcaba 67' Y

Y 77' Nico Cavallo

Dylan Nealis 82' Y

Tim Parker 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 18 games · 26 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 19 games · Avg 2.5 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-16 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC 2025-09-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 New York City FC 2025-05-17 New York City FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls 2024-09-28 New York Red Bulls 1–5 New York City FC 2024-05-18 New York City FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
13 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
09 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–1	W
02 May	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D
25 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	0–2	L
22 Apr	D.C. United SC	H	4–4	D

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
13 May	Charlotte FC	A	1–0	W
10 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	3–0	W
03 May	D.C. United SC	H	0–2	L
25 Apr	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–1	L
22 Apr	FC Cincinnati	H	4–4	D

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		New York City FC
#8	Position	#5
25	Points	26
18	Played	18
7 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 6
29	Scored	31
39	Conceded	24
-10	GD	+7
1.39	PPG	1.44
39%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

37% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts). New York City FC are 5th (26 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

New York City FC

0-15

4/–

16-30

3/4

31-45

2/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

2/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	11 G	3 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A
Agustin Ojeda	4 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Red Bull Arena that hosts another battle between New York Red Bulls and New York City FC.
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 286 games and scored 454 goals.
15' New York City FC come into this ranked 5 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' USA international Matt Freese has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
24' New York City FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 24.
29' Justin Che is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York City FC so far.
34' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their 4-3-3 trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact 4-3-3.
39' A tactical swap from New York City FC — Andres Perea on, Maxi Moralez off on 39 minutes.
44' Assisted by Cade Cowell with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jorge Ruvalcaba makes no mistake. 1-0!
46' The crowd applauds Hannes Wolf as he leaves the pitch. Malachi Jones steps in for New York City FC.
49' A meaty challenge results in booking for Keaton Parks on 49.
52' Andres Perea does the damage! The net is bulging and New York City FC surge ahead!
57' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
59' Jonathan Shore is replacing Keaton Parks for the New York City FC side.
64' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
67' Jorge Ruvalcaba was booked on 67.
69' New York Red Bulls make a change. Emil Forsberg trudges off to be replaced by Gustav Berggren on 69 minutes.
74' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Michael Bradley will be considering his options from the bench.
77' Nico Cavallo was booked on 77.
82' A meaty challenge results in booking for Dylan Nealis on 82.
85' New York Red Bulls ring the changes. Jorge Ruvalcaba has done his job and it is now time for Rafael Mosquera to step up.
86' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Tim Parker.
90' A tactical swap from New York City FC — Arnau Farnos on, Agustin Ojeda off on 90 minutes.
It finishes all square. New York Red Bulls and New York City FC share the spoils 1-1.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

34
Ethan Horvath
10
Emil Forsberg ↓ Gustav Berggren 69'
7
Cade Cowell
12
Dylan Nealis
3
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
2
Justin Che ↓ Tim Parker 69'
48
Ronald Donkor
16
Julian Hall
11
Jorge Ruvalcaba ↓ Rafael Mosquera 85'
15
Adri Mehmeti
56
Matthew Dos Santos ↓ Omar Valencia 69'

Bench

Coach Michael Bradley

New York City FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

17
Hannes Wolf ↓ Malachi Jones 46'
13
Thiago Martins
10
Maxi Moralez ↓ Andres Perea 39'
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Jonathan Shore 59'
49
Matt Freese
5
Kai Trewin
24
Tayvon Gray
34
Raul Gustavo
26
Agustin Ojeda ↓ Arnau Farnos 90'
7
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau ↓ Seymour Reid 90'
2
Nico Cavallo

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	5
Maxi Moralez	4
Omir Fernandez	3
Alonso Martinez	3
Andres Perea	3
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2
Heber	2
Daniel Royer	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2026-05-16 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC D 2026-05-13 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls W 2026-05-02 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Dallas D 2026-04-25 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2026-04-22 New York Red Bulls 4–4 D.C. United SC D

New York City FC Form

2026-05-16 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC D 2026-05-13 Charlotte FC 0–1 New York City FC W 2026-05-10 New York City FC 3–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-05-03 New York City FC 0–2 D.C. United SC L 2026-04-25 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2026-04-22 New York City FC 4–4 FC Cincinnati D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.27 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.91 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls28% Draw26% New York City FC46%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.18

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

54%

Draw or New York City FC

72%

New York Red Bulls or New York City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls20% Draw42% New York City FC38%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 2

7.5%

0 – 1

7.2%

2 – 1

6.2%

1 – 3

5.9%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

5.7%

0 – 3

4.7%

1 – 0

4.5%

2 – 3

3.8%

2 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	49%	—	51%
+1	49%	21%	30%
+1.5	70%	—	30%
+2	70%	16%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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