New York City vs Chicago Fire pre-match info: Away side will have a difficult task at Citi Field

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Citi Field (47309 seats)

Chicago Fire have recuperated after their 0-2-fixture versus Charlotte and are keen to meet New York City. Get all the info!

Insights:
  • New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Major League Soccer
  • Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both participants have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!

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New York City form and stats

7-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for New York City so far this season. When New York City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Inter Miami, New York City, Toronto and Charlotte), they have won 2 of 3 matches! New York City has recorded two wins in a row here at Citi Field, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The club members are hoping that New York City will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against DC United (placed 9th). Up until that fixture this club had gone six consecutive league rounds without losing. Midfield player Rodríguez got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Rodríguez hit six key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

1-1 away at Inter Miami before that.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier York matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats (from 10 games).

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 14 league matches, 11 have contained zero, one or two goals.

New York City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. York has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Chicago Fire form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Chicago Fire so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Klopas was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Toyota Park. Chicago Fire suffered a 0-2 loss to Charlotte (placed 12th). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Giménez got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, top player of the team. Giménez hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Inter Miami.

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.

Observe: 10 of the latest 13 league fixtures involving this team have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chicago Fire as they have only managed to score 13 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Chicago rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 28 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Chicago Fire 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

New York City have avoided a loss in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Chicago Fire.

The most recent recorded result between these teams is the Chicago Fire - New York City 1-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Chicago FireM. Haile-Selassie
M. Haile-Selassie
6 goals
YorkS. Rodríguez Molina
S. Rodríguez Molina
5 goals
Chicago FireX. Shaqiri
X. Shaqiri
5 goals

New York City missing players

Chicago Fire missing players

Total First Half Second Half
New York City Chicago Fire
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 3 16 33
8 7 2 Won W 1 4 10
14 6 1 Drew D 1 3 10
11 3 0 Lost L 1 9 13
34 22 5 Scored S 4 13 39
39 16 1 Conceded C 4 28 50
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 91%
76% 81% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 67%
30% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 58%
18% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 30%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 15%
55% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 48%
24% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 27%
30% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 33%
 
4.2 4.2 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.3 3.8
4.7 4.3 2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 7.2 5.9
2.3 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 5 6
 
12.3 15.1 17 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9.5 10.2
4.5 5.4 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.3
23% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 28% 36%
 
10.9 10.4 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 15.9 13.9
3.8 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.4 4.7
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • 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.
  • New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the most matches under the total-line (23) 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 Cincinnati 33 20 8 5 55 37 16 13 1 2 31 11 17 7 7 3 24 26 18 68
2 Orlando City 33 17 9 7 53 39 17 9 5 3 31 19 16 8 4 4 22 20 14 60
3 Philadelphia Union 33 15 10 8 56 39 17 10 6 1 33 13 16 5 4 7 23 26 17 55
4 Columbus Crew 33 15 9 9 65 45 16 11 4 1 39 13 17 4 5 8 26 32 20 54
5 New England 33 14 10 9 56 45 16 11 4 1 35 15 17 3 6 8 21 30 11 52
6 Atlanta United 33 13 11 9 64 51 17 10 4 3 42 21 16 3 7 6 22 30 13 50
7 Nashville SC 33 13 10 10 39 31 16 9 4 3 25 12 17 4 6 7 14 19 8 49
8 CF Montréal 33 12 5 16 35 50 17 10 3 4 26 12 16 2 2 12 9 38 -15 41
9 DC United 34 10 10 14 45 49 17 6 6 5 31 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -4 40
10 New York RB 33 10 10 13 35 39 17 7 5 5 21 17 16 3 5 8 14 22 -4 40
11 Chicago Fire 33 10 10 13 39 50 17 6 7 4 26 22 16 4 3 9 13 28 -11 40
12 Charlotte 32 9 12 11 42 50 16 5 8 3 23 21 16 4 4 8 19 29 -8 39
13 New York City 33 8 14 11 34 39 16 7 6 3 22 16 17 1 8 8 12 23 -5 38
14 Inter Miami 32 9 6 17 39 51 16 6 4 6 23 19 16 3 2 11 16 32 -12 33
15 Toronto 33 4 10 19 26 57 16 4 6 6 19 20 17 0 4 13 7 37 -31 22

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 Cincinnati 33 20 8 5 55 37 16 13 1 2 31 11 17 7 7 3 24 26 18 68
2 Orlando City 33 17 9 7 53 39 17 9 5 3 31 19 16 8 4 4 22 20 14 60
3 Philadelphia Union 33 15 10 8 56 39 17 10 6 1 33 13 16 5 4 7 23 26 17 55
4 Columbus Crew 33 15 9 9 65 45 16 11 4 1 39 13 17 4 5 8 26 32 20 54
5 New England 33 14 10 9 56 45 16 11 4 1 35 15 17 3 6 8 21 30 11 52
6 Atlanta United 33 13 11 9 64 51 17 10 4 3 42 21 16 3 7 6 22 30 13 50
7 Nashville SC 33 13 10 10 39 31 16 9 4 3 25 12 17 4 6 7 14 19 8 49
8 CF Montréal 33 12 5 16 35 50 17 10 3 4 26 12 16 2 2 12 9 38 -15 41
9 DC United 34 10 10 14 45 49 17 6 6 5 31 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -4 40
10 New York RB 33 10 10 13 35 39 17 7 5 5 21 17 16 3 5 8 14 22 -4 40
11 Chicago Fire 33 10 10 13 39 50 17 6 7 4 26 22 16 4 3 9 13 28 -11 40
12 Charlotte 32 9 12 11 42 50 16 5 8 3 23 21 16 4 4 8 19 29 -8 39
13 New York City 33 8 14 11 34 39 16 7 6 3 22 16 17 1 8 8 12 23 -5 38
14 Inter Miami 32 9 6 17 39 51 16 6 4 6 23 19 16 3 2 11 16 32 -12 33
15 Toronto 33 4 10 19 26 57 16 4 6 6 19 20 17 0 4 13 7 37 -31 22

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