Major League Soccer: Tipsway are previewing an absorbing and important fight between New York RB and Chicago Fire at Red Bull Arena, Harrison. Both teams need the win!
- New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chicago Fire is in the worst form (0-2-4)
These teams have little in common geographically as Chicago Fire have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an enthusiastic fixture!
New York RB form and stats
New York RB have collected 23 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 6-5-4.
Happy days for York in their previous game, a fixture away at DC United (placed 10th) that ended with a 5-3 victory. At last, a league win after five matches without. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Tolkin, defender, was given a rating of 8.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Tolkin scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.
Before that, New York RB drew at home versus Austin.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from York's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 18 games, won 8 matches, drawn 7 and lost 3.
New York RB are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Cincinnati awaits in four days.
York are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. New York RB have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Chicago Fire form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chicago Fire so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-9 (win-draw-lose).
Chicago Fire delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against New England (placed 6th) in their previous match. Gutierrez got a match rating of 9.04 in that game, top player of the team. Gutierrez scored one goal, served one assist, hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.
Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Columbus Crew's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Chicago playing away, we found 10 games. Results were 4 away wins, 2 draws and 4 home wins.
Highlight this: 8 of the latest 10 league matches involving this club have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
A quick return to home after this game, as Chicago Fire are hosting Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chicago Fire as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Chicago Fire's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips. When Chicago is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Inter Miami, Chicago Fire, Toronto and Charlotte.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date reported history featuring both these participants is the Chicago Fire - New York RB 1-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (York wins - draws - Chicago Fire wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Fernandez 6 goals |   K. Kamara 5 goals |  F. Amaya 4 goals |
New York RB missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| New York RB | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 30 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| 37 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 28 | 47 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 87% | 90% |
| 63% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 37% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 60% |
| 17% | 13% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 13% | 13% |
| 50% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 50% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 27% |
| 37% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 53% | 33% |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 13.6 | 13.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 28% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 27% | 35% |
| 7.4 | 5.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 15.8 | 14.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest scored goals in the second half (15) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York RB have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 62 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 51 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 61 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 49 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 49 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 47 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 49 |
| 6 | New England | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 49 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 44 |
| 8 | New York City | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 33 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 37 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 35 | -15 | 37 |
| 10 | DC United | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | New York RB | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 28 | -13 | 34 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -12 | 33 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | -8 | 32 |
| 15 | Toronto | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 48 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 31 | -24 | 22 |
