Chicago Fire - New York RB in Major League Soccer: Statistics, line-ups, matches, trends and news. Get our full preview!
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York RB have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as New York RB have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Chicago Fire form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Chicago Fire at their home stadium (Soldier Field) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus New York City in the Major League Soccer last time out and are looking for a win here. Midfielder Gastón Giménez was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Giménez dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 52 successful passes (of 63 total).
Before that, Chicago played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Philadelphia Union.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost five.
Chicago has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Chicago's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
New York RB form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for New York RB so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in York's previous match, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 0-0 vs Cincinnati (placed 11th). Defender Tom Edwards was the best team player with a rating of 7.62. Edwards hit two key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.
A 2-3 loss hosting New England before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York RB playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four York wins, two draws and four defeats.
New York RB have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. York struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: New York RB - Chicago Fire 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Chicago wins - draws - New York RB wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Clark 4 goals | C. Cásseres Yepes 4 goals |  L. Stojanović 3 goals |
Chicago Fire missing players
New York RB missing players
| Chicago Fire | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 20 |
| 94% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 71% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 75% |
| 47% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 35% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 25% |
| 12% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 47% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 56% |
| 18% | 27% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 12% | 31% |
| 41% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 25% |
| 5.5 | 6.9 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.5 | 16.5 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 24% | 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 31% | 31% |
- Chicago Fire have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Chicago Fire have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New York RB have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the most dropped points from leading position (13) 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 | New England | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | New York City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 |
| 6 | DC United | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | New York RB | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 15 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Toronto | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -15 | 14 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 13 |