Get set for New York City - Chicago Fire! Even with mixed fortunes up until now, this fixture should be a riot!
- New York City have the most scored goals (35) at home in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
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.
It's quite the trip for Chicago Fire when visiting York as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
New York City form and stats
New York City have performed here at Yankee Stadium this season with 9 wins from 15 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 3.
A nice win for New York City last time playing, versus DC United. That was also a home game and the match ended 6-0 with Alexander Callens, Valentin Castellanos (2), Maxi Moralez, Thiago Andrade and Jesús Medina scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, York played a great game against DC United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Defender Malte Amundsen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 9.03/10. Amundsen hit four key passes and won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Atlanta United that finished 1-1.The manager R. Deila will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Inter Miami in only three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (35 in 15 games), New York City's attacking play is working. From these home matches, New York City have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Chicago Fire have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-2-11 (15 played).
Robert Berić scored in Chicago's previous match, the home game against Real Salt Lake that ended 1-0. Goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina got the top player rating of the team with 8.32/10. Slonina stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cincinnati at their stadium, the result 4-3.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chicago as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Chicago, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two sides get together this season, as the results database show this recent match: Chicago Fire - New York City 2-0. Last ten meetings between these squads: York won five, Chicago Fire were winners in two and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.New York City missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| New York City | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 51 | 35 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 36 |
| 34 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 33 | 51 |
| 94% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 77% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 69% |
| 52% | 53% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 47% |
| 26% | 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 40% | 34% |
| 19% | 40% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 55% | 40% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 47% | 44% |
| 32% | 53% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 7% | 25% |
| 19% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 47% | 38% |
| 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
| 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14.8 | 16.2 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12 | 14.3 |
| 5.3 | 6.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| 31% | 37% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 24% | 24% |
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 at home.
- New York City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
- New York City have the most scored goals (35) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+23) at home 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 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 69 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 31 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 49 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 49 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 46 |
| 5 | New York City | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 44 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | New York RB | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 43 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 43 |
| 9 | DC United | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 50 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 1 | 41 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -4 | 38 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 38 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 33 | -15 | 34 |
| 13 | Toronto | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 38 | -25 | 26 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 31 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 43 | -31 | 20 |