Delightful dogfight as daring New York RB duels with determined Chicago Fire

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sat 29.June
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (31895 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, New York RB in 5th and Chicago Fire in 8th place.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It's quite the trip for Chicago Fire when visiting New York RB as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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New York RB form and stats

When playing at home, New York RB have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 9 games.

The New York RB fans got no joy from their last match, a US Open Cup game also here at Red Bull Arena: A 2-3 defeat against New England. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Philadelphia Union (2-3).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how New York RB have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

A decent goal production from New York RB in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 matches. New York RB's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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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 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Chicago Fire has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Chicago Fire delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Real Salt Lake in their previous match; a Major League Soccer game. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Saint Louis FC's place.

We have checked recent matches where Chicago Fire have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W1-D2-L4.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chicago Fire as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Chicago Fire have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

New York RB and Chicago Fire have met before this season: Chicago Fire - New York RB 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: New York RB won 6, Chicago Fire won 2 and 2 draws. 6 games with over 2,5 goals, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Nikolić
1 goals

New York RB missing players

Chicago Fire missing players

New York RB Chicago Fire
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
16 9 0 Played 2 8 17
7 5 0 Won 0 0 4
3 1 0 Drew 1 3 7
6 3 0 Lost 1 5 6
27 17 0 Scored 2 7 25
19 10 0 Conceded 3 15 24
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 88% 94%
69% 67% 0% Over 1.5 50% 62% 76%
56% 67% 0% Over 2.5 50% 50% 41%
44% 44% 0% Over 3.5 50% 38% 35%
19% 22% 0% Over 4.5 0% 25% 29%
56% 56% 0% BTTS 50% 50% 59%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 12% 24%
19% 11% 0% Failed To Score 50% 50% 24%
 
4.7 5 0 Corners For (avg) 2 3.6 4
5.8 4.8 0 Corners Against (avg) 4 6.5 4.6
1.1 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.5 2.4 1.9
2 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • 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.
  • Chicago Fire have yet to win a game away.
  • New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • New York RB have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Chicago Fire have scored away.
  • New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

New York RB
23-05-19 MLS New York RB 2 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps
25-05-19 MLS Cincinnati 0 - 2 New York RB
01-06-19 MLS New York RB 4 - 0 Real Salt Lake
08-06-19 MLS Philadelphia Union 3 - 2 New York RB
11-06-19 UOC New York RB 2 - 2 New England
29-06-19 MLS New York RB 00:00 Chicago Fire
04-07-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 01:00 New York RB
07-07-19 MLS Atlanta United 18:00 New York RB
14-07-19 MLS New York RB 22:30 New York City
18-07-19 MLS Toronto - New York RB
Chicago Fire
25-05-19 MLS Chicago Fire 1 - 1 New York City
30-05-19 MLS DC United 3 - 3 Chicago Fire
01-06-19 MLS Atlanta United 2 - 0 Chicago Fire
12-06-19 UOC Saint Louis FC 2 - 1 Chicago Fire
23-06-19 MLS Chicago Fire 1 - 1 Real Salt Lake
29-06-19 MLS New York RB 00:00 Chicago Fire
04-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire 00:00 Atlanta United
07-07-19 MLS Sporting KC 00:30 Chicago Fire
14-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire - Cincinnati
18-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire - Columbus Crew

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Philadelphia Union 18 9 5 4 32 21 10 6 2 2 22 11 8 3 3 2 10 10 11 32
2 DC United 18 8 6 4 24 18 10 5 3 2 16 11 8 3 3 2 8 7 6 30
3 Montreal Impact 19 9 3 7 23 29 8 5 1 2 8 8 11 4 2 5 15 21 -6 30
4 Atlanta United 16 8 2 6 21 14 8 5 2 1 12 4 8 3 0 5 9 10 7 26
5 New York RB 16 7 3 6 27 19 9 5 1 3 17 10 7 2 2 3 10 9 8 24
6 New York City 14 5 8 1 23 17 6 2 4 0 9 5 8 3 4 1 14 12 6 23
7 Toronto 17 6 4 7 29 30 10 4 3 3 21 17 7 2 1 4 8 13 -1 22
8 Chicago Fire 17 4 7 6 25 24 9 4 4 1 18 9 8 0 3 5 7 15 1 19
9 Orlando City 16 5 3 8 22 22 8 3 1 4 14 14 8 2 2 4 8 8 0 18
10 Columbus Crew 17 5 2 10 16 25 10 4 2 4 11 12 7 1 0 6 5 13 -9 17
11 New England 17 4 5 8 18 34 9 3 2 4 8 13 8 1 3 4 10 21 -16 17
12 Cincinnati 17 3 2 12 14 35 7 2 1 4 6 11 10 1 1 8 8 24 -21 11