New York City are favourites to win this home game versus Chicago Fire, if the league standings are anything to judge by. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?
- New York City is in the best form (5-1-0) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire is in the worst form (0-2-4)
Chicago Fire have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
New York City form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 7 Major League Soccer games here at Citi Field for New York City. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Sean Johnson not having conceded a league goal in 360 minutes.
It's back home for York, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating DC United away with the result 2-0. Callens and Castellanos found the net in that victory. Rodríguez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.72/10. Rodríguez hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times.
Ahead of that match, New York City won a home game hosting Columbus Crew (2-0).York are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 10 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 9, drew 1 and lost 0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the US Open Cup game versus New England in only three days. This game is also played here at Citi Field.
New York City are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (20 goals in 7 games).
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Chicago Fire are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at New York RB (placed 3rd). A bonkers game with an abundance of goals last time out for Chicago Fire, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this game be as exciting? Defender Omsberg was the best team player with a rating of 7.64. Omsberg scored one goal and won 3 of 9 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Cincinnati.Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Chicago have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): New York City five wins, three draws and Chicago Fire two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 7 goals |  T. de Andrade 4 goals |   X. Shaqiri 3 goals |
New York City missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| New York City | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 10 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 82% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 73% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 58% |
| 45% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 27% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 27% | 43% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 27% | 29% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 55% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 36% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 6.4 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17.5 | 19.6 | 22 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.5 | 11.5 |
| 7 | 8.1 | 14 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 30% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 26% | 28% |
| 10.1 | 10.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.5 | 11.9 |
| 2.8 | 3.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
- Chicago Fire have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Chicago Fire is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- New York City have scored more than double the goals of Chicago Fire.
- New York City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most points (16) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (20) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+13) in Major League Soccer
- New York City is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New York City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | New York RB | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Cincinnati | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | DC United | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | New England | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Toronto | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
