Chicago Fire v New York City betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Toyota Park (21891 seats)

Chicago Fire greet New York City for another engaging Major League Soccer match here at Toyota Park.

These teams have little in common geographically as New York City have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Chicago Fire form and stats

The previous season, Chicago Fire's league results were 10 wins, 9 draws and 15 losses, resulting in 12th position in the Major League Soccer. From these 34 matches they scored {39 goals} and let in 48. Appearing at home in the former season Chicago Fire produced 6-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with {18 goals} and 17 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Chicago Fire have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 6.

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New York City form and stats

Let's have a look at how New York City performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 7 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 57 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 18/21 goals scored/conceded. As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, New York City have produced an overall stat of 0-0-1 so far.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York City playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 3 New York City wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, New York City has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Chicago-New York City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Chicago Fire one win, New York City seven wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Total First Half Second Half
Chicago Fire New York City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 8
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 10
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5
Chicago Fire Last season New York City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 36
10 6   Won W   6 17
9 5   Drew D   3 7
15 6   Lost L   9 12
39 18   Scored S   22 62
48 17   Conceded C   25 44
79% 76%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
65% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 75%
47% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 53%
35% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 31%
26% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 19%
47% 41%   BTTS BTTS   44% 47%
35% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 42%
38% 35%   Failed to Score F T   28% 19%
 
4.6 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 5.1
4.3 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5
2.5 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
5 3   Red cards R C   0 2
 
12.7 12   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 14.5
4.1 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 5.3
28% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%
 
12.2 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   12.2 10.9
4.1 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Inter Miami 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Nashville SC 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Cincinnati 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 New England 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Toronto 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
10 New York RB 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Columbus Crew 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
15 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 34 19 10 5 72 26 17 12 5 0 49 9 17 7 5 5 23 17 46 67
2 Montreal Impact 34 20 5 9 63 50 17 9 3 5 30 21 17 11 2 4 33 29 13 65
3 New York RB 34 15 8 11 50 41 17 6 5 6 26 22 17 9 3 5 24 19 9 53
4 New York City 33 15 7 11 57 41 17 10 4 3 37 19 16 5 3 8 18 21 16 52
5 Cincinnati 34 12 13 9 64 56 17 6 6 5 37 27 17 6 7 4 27 29 8 49
6 Orlando City 34 14 6 14 44 53 17 9 0 8 26 28 17 5 6 6 18 25 -9 48
7 Inter Miami 34 14 6 14 47 56 17 10 3 4 34 28 17 4 3 10 13 28 -9 48
8 Columbus Crew 34 10 16 8 46 41 17 7 6 4 22 15 17 3 10 4 24 26 5 46
9 New England 34 10 12 12 47 50 17 7 6 4 22 16 17 3 6 8 25 34 -3 42
10 Charlotte 34 13 3 18 44 52 17 10 1 6 28 16 17 3 2 12 16 36 -8 42
11 Atlanta United 33 10 10 13 48 54 16 8 5 3 30 22 17 2 5 10 17 30 -6 40
12 Chicago Fire 34 10 9 15 39 48 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 4 4 9 21 31 -9 39
13 Toronto 34 9 7 18 49 66 17 7 3 7 30 29 17 2 4 11 19 37 -17 34
14 DC United 34 7 6 21 36 71 17 4 4 9 22 34 17 3 2 12 14 37 -35 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Inter Miami 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Nashville SC 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 DC United 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Cincinnati 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Atlanta United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 New England 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Orlando City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Toronto 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
10 New York RB 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 New York City 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
13 Montreal Impact 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
14 Columbus Crew 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 0
15 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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