📊 Form Guide

New York Red Bulls

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New York Red Bulls will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-1 MLS losing effort in their last game against New Eng. Revolution.

In that game, New York Red Bulls managed 48% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for New York Red Bulls was Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (45'). At the other end, New England Revolution got 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Carles Gil (28', 97') was the scorer for New Eng. Revolution.

Sandro Schwarz's New York Red Bulls have hit the back of the net a sum total of 7 times in their past 6 outings. The number of goals that they have conceded in those same games amounts to 6.

Chicago Fire

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In the game prior to this, Chicago Fire drew 1-1 in the MLS match with CF Montreal.

In that game, Chicago Fire managed 43% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Chicago Fire was Philip Zinckernagel (40'). At the other end, CF Montreal had 16 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Dante Sealy (50') was the scorer for CF Montreal.

The stats don’t lie, and Chicago Fire have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 10 goals overall. At the back, Chicago Fire have been far from perfect.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes going back to 01/05/2022 shows that New York Red Bulls have won 1 of them & Chicago Fire 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 3.

A combined total of 15 goals were produced between them in this period, with 7 from Red Bulls and 8 being from Men in Red. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The previous league game featuring the two was MLS match day 41 on 15/09/2024 when the final score was Chicago Fire 2-1 New York Red Bulls.

That day, Chicago Fire had 48% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The goals were scored by Tom Barlow (31') and Georgios Koutsias (75').

For their opponents, New York Red Bulls had 13 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Dennis Gjengaar (47') was the scorer.

The referee was Mark Allatin.

ℹ️ Team News: New York Red Bulls

Marcelo Morales (Knee injury), Cameron Harper (unknown injury), Kyle Duncan (Knee surgery), Lewis Morgan (Knee injury) and Roald Mitchell (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing for New York Red Bulls boss Sandro Schwarz.

📰 Team News: Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire manager Gregg Berhalter has some current player fitness concerns. Brian Gutiérrez (Leg injury), Chase Gasper (Hamstring injury), Kellyn Acosta (Leg injury) and David Poreba (Torn ligaments) are not ready for selection.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Chicago Fire should have enough to break down this New York Red Bulls outfit, but that realistically won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We are anticipating a 2-1 victory for New York Red Bulls at the end of the 90 minutes.

Renata Leite, 23:15 05/04/2025