📊 Form Guide

New York City FC

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New York City FC fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being a 2-0 MLS triumph over New York Red Bulls.

In that match, New York City FC had 35% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For New York City FC, the goalscorers were Alonso Martínez (13') and Maximiliano Moralez (50'). On the other side, New York Red Bulls had 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Games with New York City FC have tended to be fairly dull affairs recently with ineffective forward attacks becoming routine. Over their past six clashes, the tiddly aggregate goal total of 6 has been yielded between them and opposing sides at an average of 1 goal per game. We will have to find out if that trend can be continued on in this game.

Chicago Fire

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Chicago Fire will go into this encounter after a 1-3 US Open Cup win versus New Eng. Revolution in their most recent outing.

For Chicago Fire, the goalscorers were Hugo Cuypers (69'), Philip Zinckernagel (79') and Justin Reynolds (89' Own goal). Eric Klein (38' Own goal) was the scorer for New Eng. Revolution.

In a total of 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Chicago Fire, at least three goals have gone in. The average number of goals per game in that time is 4.33, with the average number of goals for Chicago Fire standing at 2.33.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 22/05/2022 tells us that New York City FC have won 3 of them & Chicago Fire 0, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

In all, 10 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 7 for The Pigeons and 3 being from Men in Red. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league contest between these clubs was MLS match day 38 on 24/08/2024 which ended up with the score at New York City FC 2-2 Chicago Fire.

That day, New York City FC had 58% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Alonso Martínez (15', 22').

Chicago Fire got 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Hugo Cuypers (78') and Brian Gutiérrez (94') scored.

The referee was Malik Badawi.

ℹ️ Team News: New York City FC

Malachi Jones (Broken leg), Jacob Arroyave (Knee injury), Keaton Parks (Foot injury) and Kevin O'Toole (Leg injury) won’t be able to feature for New York City FC boss Pascal Jansen.

It looks as if The Pigeons could opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for the game and select Matt Freese, Tayvon Gray, Justin Haak, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Aiden O'Neill, Jonathan Shore, Julián Fernández, Maxi Moralez, Hannes Wolf and Alonso Martínez.

📋 Team News: Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire manager Gregg Berhalter has some current player fitness concerns. Chase Gasper (Hamstring injury), Leonardo Barroso (Leg injury), Carlos Terán (Hamstring injury) and David Poreba (Torn ligaments) won’t be making appearances.

It’s our belief that Men in Red appear most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 system by sending out Chris Brady, Omari Glasgow, Christopher Cupps, Jack Elliott, Andrew Gutman, Rominigue Kouamé, Djé D'Avilla, Kellyn Acosta, Maren Haile-Selassie, Hugo Cuypers and Jonathan Bamba.

💭 Prediction

In our view, Chicago Fire have the capability to put one past this New York City FC team, but that might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re going for a very close game with a 2-1 advantage for New York City FC at the end of the 90 minutes. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Andre Moura, 18:02 25/05/2025