Season ticket holders at Soldier Field haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Chicago Fire languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting New York City will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Major League Soccer match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Minnesota United.
It's quite the trip for New York City when visiting Chicago as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire have collected 18 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 5-3-3. Two draws in a row at home now for Chicago.
An away draw last time out for Chicago, facing Minnesota United in a game that ended 2-2. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Nashville SC the opponent.
A disappointing finish for Chicago in their match versus Minnesota United as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
A decent goal production from Chicago in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
New York City form and stats
4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for New York City, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Major League Soccer, in their Major League Soccer matches away.
York had fun at their own home (Soldier Field) last time out, beating New York RB 5-2. Valentin Castellanos (3), Alexander Ring and Gary Mackay Steven scored. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Toronto at their stadium, the result 1-0.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for York, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Valentin Castellanos certainly enjoyed York's last game versus New York RB, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-2 victory.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting York as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. York are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; New York City - Chicago 3-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Chicago Fire won one, New York City won six and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Berič 11 goals |   J. Medina Maldonado 6 goals | V. Castellanos Giménez 6 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
New York City missing players
| Chicago Fire | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 30 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 37 |
| 35 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 83% | 92% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 42% | 58% |
| 68% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 36% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 42% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 12% |
| 64% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 50% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 42% | 29% |
| 23% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 42% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 273 | 133 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 141 | 362 |
| 87 | 49 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 53 | 142 |
| 34% | 41% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 23% | 26% |
- All of Chicago Fire's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chicago Fire has the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- New York City has the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 44 |
| 2 | Toronto | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 44 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 41 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | New York City | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 6 | New England | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | New York RB | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 29 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -11 | 23 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
| 13 | DC United | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -15 | 21 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -23 | 16 |