New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire Live Stream, Predictions

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New York Red Bulls

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New York Red Bulls will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 3-2 MLS losing effort in their last game against Los Angeles Galaxy.

In that match, New York Red Bulls had 54% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For New York Red Bulls, the goals were scored by Gutman (26') and Cásseres (63'). Los Angeles Galaxy had 7 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Hernández (9', 41', 60') scored for Los Angeles Galaxy.

It has been all too rare in recent times where New York Red Bulls have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Red Bulls have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 14 goals in the process.

Chicago Fire

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After being beaten in their last game against Atlanta United in MLS action, Chicago Fire and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Chicago Fire managed 39% possession and 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Chicago Fire, the goals were scored by Stojanović (46') and Kappelhof (65' Own goal). At the other end, Atlanta United had 18 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Barco (23') and Hyndman (85') scored for Atlanta United.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, Chicago Fire have helped themselves to a total of 10 goals. Men in Red have also scored in every single one of those games. In that time, they’ve seen 14 goals go against them. With no two games being the same, we’ll just have to find out if that trend will continue on in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings going back to 26/10/2017 tells us that New York Red Bulls have won 3 of them and Chicago Fire 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

A combined total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 11 of them from Red Bulls and 6 belonging to Men in Red. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The previous league contest featuring these sides was MLS match day 20 on 24/10/2020 when the final score was Chicago Fire 2-2 New York Red Bulls.

The referee was Ismir Pekmic.

📰 Team News: New York Red Bulls

Jason Pendant (Shoulder Injury) and Tom Edwards (Quarantine) won’t be playing for NY Red Bulls manager Gerhard Struber.

📰 Team News: Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire manager Raphaël Wicky has a number of players out of action. Kenneth Kronholm (Knee Injury), Fabian Herbers (Torn Collateral Ligament), Miguel Ángel Navarro (Ankle Injury), Elliot Collier (Ankle Injury) and Stanislav Ivanov (Knee Surgery) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, Chicago Fire will surely be able to put one past this New York Red Bulls side, however that may not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for New York Red Bulls after the 90. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 23:15 26/04/2021