The Major League Soccer season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between New York City and Chicago Fire promises to be an interesting one.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four days ago.
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.
New York City form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what New York City have to build on here at Red Bull Arena in the Major League Soccer.
York's last game was hosting Columbus Crew (placed 1st) and winning 1-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at New York RB.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from York's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.
York are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at New England awaits in four days.
At Red Bull Arena, New York City has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Chicago Fire form and stats
The Major League Soccer season is young and Chicago Fire have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Fabian Herbers, Ignacio Aliseda and Álvaro Medrán scored in Chicago's previous match, the home game against Cincinnati that ended 3-0. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Columbus Crew's place.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Chicago when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning zero games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Chicago Fire manager R. Wicky as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cincinnati.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chicago as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. The Chicago manager R. Wicky has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: York won five, Chicago Fire won one and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Medina Maldonado 3 goals |   R. Berič 2 goals |  A. Ring 1 goals |
New York City missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| New York City | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 5 | 7.8 | 13 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 3.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 2.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | 65 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 37 | 86 |
| 40 | 23 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| 18% | 13% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 27% |
- All of Chicago Fire's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chicago Fire has the most conceded goals in the second half (9)
- Chicago Fire have yet to win a game away.
- Chicago Fire haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York City has the fewest scored goals (1)
- New York City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- New York City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Toronto | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Montreal Impact | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | New York RB | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | New England | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 11 | DC United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | New York City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Nashville SC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |