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

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Thu 20 Aug 2020 · 23:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45+5'

Overview

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

New York Red Bulls 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
Referee Brian Dunn
Referee Logan Brown
Referee

15 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game

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 20 games · Avg 2.4 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC 2019-08-24 New York City FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 2019-07-14 New York Red Bulls 2–1 New York City FC 2018-08-22 New York City FC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-07-08 New York City FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
23 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	0–2	L
17 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L
12 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
07 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
01 Mar	FC Cincinnati	H	3–2	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–1	L
02 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	1–3	L
27 Jul	Toronto FC	A	3–1	W
20 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–0	W
15 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	1–3	L
09 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		New York City FC
#11	Position	#10
42	Points	42
34	Played	34
12 / 6 / 16	W / D / L	10 / 12 / 12
48	Scored	49
62	Conceded	45
-14	GD	+4
1.24	PPG	1.24
35%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts). New York City FC are 10th (42 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

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	13 G	3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	8 G	1 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 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 New York City FC for another epic battle.
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' 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.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jesus Medina made 305 appearances and scored 49 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York City FC's shape.
30' New York Red Bulls started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
35' New York Red Bulls seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 302 games and scored 443 goals.
45' With 0 assists to his name this season, Marc Rzatkowski is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York City FC.
50' 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.
55' It’s high time Ronny Deila made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
58' Goal! Kyle Duncan scores his 9 goal in 302 matches.
59' What a moment for Kyle Duncan! That strike on 59 puts his side firmly in control.
64' Omir Fernandez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
69' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
70' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Valentin Castellanos is withdrawn and Alexandru Mitrita gets his opportunity.
73' The crowd applauds Jared Stroud as he leaves the pitch. Alejandro Romero Gamarra steps in for New York Red Bulls.
78' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
79' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Mandela Egbo on, Florian Valot off on 79 minutes.
82' A tactical swap from New York City FC — Gudmundur THorarinsson on, Ronald Matarrita off on 82 minutes.
87' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and New York City FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
New York City FC will have plenty to reflect on. New York Red Bulls were simply the better side today.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

1
David Jensen
39
Mandela Egbo ↑ 79'
10
Kaku ↑ 73'
42
Brian White
17
Benjamin Mines
3
Amr Tarek
21
Omir Fernandez ↑ 79'
74
Tom Barlow ↑ 73'
7
Patrick Seagrist

Coach Chris Armas

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Alexandru Mitrita 70'
22
Ronald Matarrita ↓ Gudmundur THorarinsson 82'
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
9
Heber
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Gary Mackay-Steven 70'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

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

2020-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC W 2020-07-23 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2020-07-12 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-03-01 New York Red Bulls 3–2 FC Cincinnati W

New York City FC Form

2020-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC L 2020-08-02 New York City FC 1–3 Portland Timbers L 2020-07-27 Toronto FC 1–3 New York City FC W 2020-07-20 Internacional CF Miami 0–1 New York City FC W 2020-07-15 New York City FC 1–3 Orlando City SC L 2020-07-09 New York City FC 0–1 Philadelphia Union L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.24 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or New York City FC 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls41% Draw28% New York City FC31%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.51

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

69%

Draw or New York City FC

59%

New York Red Bulls or New York City FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls25% Draw49% New York City FC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.7%

0 – 0

10.2%

0 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

7.8%

2 – 1

7.6%

0 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

4.9%

1 – 3

3.3%

3 – 1

3.2%

0 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	19%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	20%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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