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New York City v Chicago Fire : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 26th Jul, 00:30 BST, Yankee Stadium, New York City

We’ve Major League Soccer action to look forward to on Sunday morning, as Pascal Jansen and his New York City side host Gregg Berhalter’s Chicago Fire at the Yankee Stadium. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every stats you could ever need to make a sound selection is shown below. Switch between seventeen markets or take our top tip. We have predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for each one.


In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NY City
40%
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Draw
22%
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Chicago
38%
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Draw 1-1
9%
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NY City 2-1
8%
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Chicago 2-1
8%
--
Draw 2-2
7%
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NY City 1-0
5%
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NY City 3-1
5%
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Chicago 1-0
5%
--
Chicago 3-1
5%
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NY City 2-0
5%
--
NY City 3-2
4%
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Chicago 2-0
4%
--
Chicago 3-2
4%
--
NY City 3-0
3%
--
Draw 0-0
3%
--
Draw 3-3
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
70%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
30%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
1%
--
BTTS - Yes
70%
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BTTS - No
30%
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BTTS - Home Win
26%
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BTTS - Draw
19%
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BTTS - Away Win
25%
--
Home/draw
62%
--
Away/draw
60%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
87%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
13%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
48%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
52%
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Over 4.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
71%
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Over 5.5 Goals
16%
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Under 5.5 Goals
84%
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Over 0.5 Goals
97%
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Under 0.5 Goals
3%
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Home DNB
55%
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Away DNB
53%
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NY City win to nil
14%
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Chicago win to nil
13%
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Win / draw / win form
NY City 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Chicago 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
46
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
5
Lost
5
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
9
NY City have not lost to Chicago in 9 consecutive league meetings
League games at NY City since 2018
NY City
Chicago
Goals: Scored
14
4
Games: Scored
8 / 8
3 / 8
Clean sheets
5 / 8
0 / 8
NYC
7
D
1
League games at Chicago since 2018
Chicago
NY City
Goals: Scored
11
13
Games: Scored
6 / 9
6 / 9
Clean sheets
3 / 9
3 / 9
NYC
3
D
4
CHI
2
Goal Statistics

Chicago Fire have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 11 consecutive Major League Soccer outings. Their PG of 1.8 against New York City on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

NY City 8th Chicago 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.8
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 84% probability that NY City will score 1 or more goals
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
11%
There is a 83% probability that Chicago will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
NY City’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+42
Chicago have scored 42% more goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
2.3
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season
NY City
PG (predicted goals)
Chicago
1.8
1.8
Attack rating
NYC
CHI
17%
better
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Games scored12
13
Failed to score3
1
Scored first7
10
Goals scored25
27
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.9
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for19
19
Avg. XG for1.4
2.1
KickOff rating
+17%
Defence rating
NYC
CHI
31%
better
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Games conceded12
8
Clean sheets3
6
Conceded first8
3
Goals conceded21
16
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
8
Conversion rate against16%
13%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+31%

NY City v Chicago Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

NY City Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
151064
M FreeseN MercauM MoralezN Mercau
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Freese GLK15
-
K Trewin MID15
3
-
A Ojeda FWD1533
1
-
N Mercau FWD15103
4
-
R Gustavo DEF14
3
-
T Martins DEF14
-
T Gray DEF1411
3
1
K Parks MID142
3
-
M Moralez MID1416
1
-
H Wolf FWD1452
2
-
A O'Neill MID111
2
-
K O'Toole DEF10
-
J. Shore MID10
-
T Magno FWD102
-
S. Garfield-Reid FWD10
-
A. Farnós Olive FWD7
-
N. Cavallo DEF6
1
-
M. Jones FWD6
1
-
A Perea MID51
-
A. Baiera DEF3
-
M. Carrizo Ballesteros MID3
-
K. Pierre Jr. MID1
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Chicago Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
141375
C BradyH CuypersP ZinckernagelD. D'Avilla
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Brady GLK14
1
-
M Haile-Selassie MID1432
1
-
P Zinckernagel FWD1457
4
-
D. D'Avilla MID13
5
-
R Lod MID1331
1
-
J Elliott DEF121
3
-
M. Mbokazi DEF12
2
-
A Salétros MID12
3
-
J Dean DEF11
1
1
H Cuypers FWD1113
1
-
J Waterman DEF10
2
-
A Gutman DEF1012
3
-
M Pineda DEF9
-
J Bamba FWD922
2
-
P Dithejane FWD8
1
-
J. Shokalook FWD8
-
L. Caetano Barroso DEF72
1
-
V. Radojević DEF6
2
-
C Mueller FWD5
1
-
D. Borso FWD4
1
-
S Oregel MID3
-
C. Cupps DEF2
-
S Rogers DEF1
-