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Sun, Aug 23 · 01:30 · Sports Illustrated Stadium
New York Red Bulls Home
VS
Chicago Fire Away
New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire
Confidence High · 4/5
Odds 1.25 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Red Bulls and Fire Likely to Produce a Winner

New York Red Bulls have recorded several wins in their recent sequence and average 1.8 goals per home game this season. Chicago Fire enter with an even stronger run of results that includes multiple victories and solid defensive showings away from home. Head to head meetings between the sides have produced wins for both teams across the last ten encounters. Chicago’s higher scoring rate overall adds to the sense that they can find the net on the road. New York have also shown enough attacking moments at their own ground to suggest they will not settle for a stalemate. The combination of these patterns points toward one side claiming all three points rather than a shared result.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 74.5% win rate
This season
New York Red Bulls Chicago Fire
Over 2.5 goals 26% 22%
Clean sheet 5% 33%
Failed to score 21% 6%
Scored per game 1.6 1.9
Conceded per game 2.2 1.3
Scored home / away 1.8 / 1.4 2.0 / 1.8

Across 19 and 18 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
2 INT Inter Miami 19 11 5 3 38
3 CHI Chicago Fire 18 10 2 6 32
4 NEW New England Revolution 19 9 3 7 30
5 CHA Charlotte 19 8 4 7 28
6 FCC FC Cincinnati 19 7 6 6 27
7 NEW New York City FC 19 7 5 7 26
8 NEW New York Red Bulls 19 7 4 8 25
9 DCU DC United 19 5 9 5 24
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
New York Red Bulls WLLWL
W @ Sporting Kansas City 2–1 May 24
L @ Philadelphia Union 1–3 Jul 22
L vs Charlotte 0–2 Jul 25
W vs Orlando City SC 3–2 Aug 1
L @ Atlanta United FC 1–2 Aug 15
Chicago Fire WWWWW
W vs Charlotte 2–1 Aug 2
W vs Necaxa 2–0 Aug 7
W vs Santos Laguna 3–1 Aug 10
W @ Cruz Azul 2–1 Aug 14
W vs Portland Timbers 2–1 Aug 16
Goals trend · last 5 matches
New York Red Bulls
Scored 1.4 avg
2 1 0 3 1
Conceded 2.0 avg
1 3 2 2 2
Chicago Fire
Scored 2.2 avg
2 2 3 2 2
Conceded 0.8 avg
1 0 1 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 New York Red Bulls
4 Draws
3 Chicago Fire
May 2026 Chicago Fire 1–3 New York Red Bulls New York Red Bulls
Jul 2025 Chicago Fire 1–0 New York Red Bulls Chicago Fire
Apr 2025 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Chicago Fire New York Red Bulls
Sep 2024 Chicago Fire 2–1 New York Red Bulls Chicago Fire
Apr 2024 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Chicago Fire Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.