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

Sun 23rd Aug, 00:30 BST, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, Harrison

Sunday morning sees Michael Bradley’s New York RB and Gregg Berhalter’s Chicago Fire go head to head in a Major League Soccer battle at the Red Bull Arena, Harrison. You'll see stats supporting our top of both teams to score below, but be sure to take a look at the 16 other betting markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to deliver as full a picture as possible, with Major League Soccer performances and head-to-heads included, so that you're able to make the smartest bet choices. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from one of the UK's biggest bookmakers.


Best Tip: Both teams to score

NY Red Bulls should have reason to feel positive ahead of this game and, funnily enough, so might Chicago. The bookmakers see them as well matched and so do we – there's no clear winner in this tie. So our tip looks to the both teams to score market, where there's far more clarity. The form statistics, past head-to-head (H2H) records and bookmakers odds below are all pointing towards both sides scoring, and that's the bet we'd recommend you go with.

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
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 44% chance of Chicago coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
NY Red Bulls
34%
7/4
17%
-
Draw
22%
14/5
3%
-
Chicago
44%
6/5
16%
-
Draw 1-1
9%
15/2-
Chicago 2-1
9%
9/1
5%
-
NY Red Bulls 2-1
7%
10/1
15%
-
Draw 2-2
7%
9/1
9%
-
Chicago 1-0
6%
16/1
13%
-
Chicago 3-1
5%
14/1
15%
-
Chicago 2-0
5%
16/1
13%
-
NY Red Bulls 1-0
5%
18/1-
Chicago 3-2
4%
16/1-
NY Red Bulls 3-1
4%
18/1
17%
-
NY Red Bulls 2-0
4%
20/1
9%
-
NY Red Bulls 3-2
4%
18/1
10%
-
Chicago 3-0
3%
22/1
21%
-
Draw 0-0
3%
25/1
13%
-
Chicago 4-1
3%
28/1
26%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
68%
4/11
3%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
32%
21/10
8%
-
Home 1st Goal
48%
20/21
7%
-
Away 1st Goal
51%
4/5
8%
-
No 1st Goal
1%
25/1
13%
-
BTTS - Yes
68%
1/3
2%
-
BTTS - No
32%
9/4
8%
-
BTTS - Home Win
22%
3/1
16%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
3/1
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
27%
9/4
8%
-
Home/draw
56%
4/6
7%
-
Away/draw
66%
4/11
2%
-
Home/away
78%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
87%
1/10-
Under 1.5 Goals
13%
6/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
47%
5/6
4%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
53%
5/6
2%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
28%
2/1
8%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
72%
4/11
2%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
15%
9/2-
Under 5.5 Goals
85%
1/7-
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/100-
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
22/1-
Home DNB
50%
1/1
20%
-
Away DNB
59%
8/11
15%
-
NY Red Bulls win to nil
12%
6/1
22%
-
Chicago win to nil
16%
5/1
33%
-
NY Red Bulls / NY Red Bulls
19%
10/3
13%
-
NY Red Bulls / Chicago
4%
18/1-
NY Red Bulls / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / NY Red Bulls
11%
13/2
12%
-
Draw / Chicago
13%
11/2
18%
-
Draw / Draw
11%
13/2-
Chicago / NY Red Bulls
4%
20/1
9%
-
Chicago / Chicago
24%
5/2
17%
-
Chicago / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win form
NY Red Bulls 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
4
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
NY Red Bulls0 - 1Nashville
NY Red Bulls3 - 2Orlando
NY Red Bulls0 - 2Charlotte
NY Red Bulls1 - 1NY City
NY Red Bulls3 - 2Columbus
NY Red Bulls0 - 2Dallas
NY Red Bulls4 - 4DC United
NY Red Bulls4 - 2Cincinnati
NY Red Bulls0 - 3Montreal
NY Red Bulls1 - 0New England
NY Red Bulls0 - 1Cincinnati
NY Red Bulls2 - 3NY City
NY Red Bulls0 - 0Columbus
NY Red Bulls1 - 0Philadelphia
NY Red Bulls2 - 1Salt Lake
NY Red Bulls1 - 5Miami
NY Red Bulls5 - 3New England
NY Red Bulls2 - 2Minnesota
NY Red Bulls2 - 0Atlanta
NY Red Bulls4 - 2Charlotte
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
42
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNY Red Bulls0 - 1Nashville
ANY Red Bulls1 - 2Atlanta
HNY Red Bulls3 - 2Orlando
HNY Red Bulls0 - 2Charlotte
ANY Red Bulls1 - 3Philadelphia
ANY Red Bulls2 - 1Sporting KC
HNY Red Bulls1 - 1NY City
HNY Red Bulls3 - 2Columbus
ANY Red Bulls3 - 1Chicago
HNY Red Bulls0 - 2Dallas
ANY Red Bulls0 - 2Cincinnati
HNY Red Bulls4 - 4DC United
ANY Red Bulls1 - 4Montreal
ANY Red Bulls2 - 2Miami
HNY Red Bulls4 - 2Cincinnati
ANY Red Bulls1 - 6Charlotte
ANY Red Bulls1 - 1Toronto
HNY Red Bulls0 - 3Montreal
HNY Red Bulls1 - 0New England
ANY Red Bulls2 - 1Orlando
Chicago 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
46
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
NY City3 - 1Chicago
Miami3 - 2Chicago
Montreal0 - 2Chicago
DC United1 - 3Chicago
Cincinnati3 - 3Chicago
Philadelphia1 - 2Chicago
Columbus0 - 0Chicago
Houston2 - 1Chicago
Philadelphia2 - 2Chicago
New England2 - 2Chicago
Miami3 - 5Chicago
Minnesota0 - 3Chicago
Philadelphia4 - 0Chicago
Montreal0 - 2Chicago
Atlanta2 - 2Chicago
Cincinnati2 - 1Chicago
DC United1 - 7Chicago
Orlando1 - 3Chicago
NY City3 - 1Chicago
Charlotte1 - 4Chicago
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HChicago2 - 1Portland
HChicago2 - 1Charlotte
AChicago1 - 3NY City
AChicago2 - 3Miami
HChicago2 - 1Toronto
AChicago2 - 0Montreal
AChicago3 - 1DC United
HChicago1 - 3NY Red Bulls
HChicago2 - 3Cincinnati
HChicago5 - 0Sporting KC
AChicago3 - 3Cincinnati
HChicago1 - 0Atlanta
HChicago1 - 0Nashville
AChicago2 - 1Philadelphia
HChicago1 - 2DC United
AChicago0 - 0Columbus
HChicago3 - 0Montreal
AChicago1 - 2Houston
HChicago0 - 3Philadelphia
AChicago2 - 2Philadelphia
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at NY Red Bulls since 2018
NY Red Bulls
Chicago
Goals: Scored
11
9
Games: Scored
5 / 8
6 / 8
Clean sheets
2 / 8
3 / 8
NYR
3
D
2
CHI
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT NY Red Bulls
NY Red Bulls2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Chicago
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 1Chicago
NY Red Bulls2 - 0
NY Red Bulls3 - 1
1 - 2Chicago
League games at Chicago since 2018
Chicago
NY Red Bulls
Goals: Scored
11
11
Games: Scored
8 / 9
7 / 9
Clean sheets
2 / 9
1 / 9
NYR
3
D
2
CHI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Chicago
1 - 3NY Red Bulls
Chicago1 - 0
Chicago2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2NY Red Bulls
Chicago2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Chicago1 - 0
0 - 1NY Red Bulls
Goal Statistics

New York RB's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday morning, not least because Chicago Fire have conceded in each of their last 5 Major League Soccer matches. A PG of 1.6 for M. Bradley's side suggests that run should continue.

NY Red Bulls 8th Chicago 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 81% probability that NY Red Bulls will score 1 or more goals
0
15%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 85% probability that Chicago will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
NY Red Bulls’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+36
Chicago have scored 36% more goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
2.3
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2026/2026 season
NY Red Bulls
PG (predicted goals)
Chicago
1.6
1.9
Attack rating
NYR
CHI
19%
better
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Games scored15
17
Failed to score5
1
Scored first11
12
Goals scored30
34
Avg. goals scored1.5
1.8
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal6
5
Conversion rate for16
19
Avg. XG for1.8
2
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
NYR
CHI
40%
better
view stats
Games conceded19
12
Clean sheets1
6
Conceded first9
5
Goals conceded42
24
Avg. goals conceded2.1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against20%
15%
Avg. XG against2
1.5
KickOff rating
+40%

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

NY Red Bulls Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20966
E HorvathJ. HallC CowellA. Mehmeti
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Horvath GLK20
-
J. Hall FWD2093
-
J Marshall-Rutty DEF19
3
-
M. Dos Santos DEF19
1
-
A. Mehmeti MID1913
5
1
R Donkor MID1914
5
-
E Forsberg FWD1934
-
J Ruvalcaba FWD197
5
-
C Cowell FWD1826
1
-
D Nealis DEF17
3
-
J Che DEF13
4
-
M. Sofo FWD131
1
-
O Arauz DEF11
5
-
E Choupo-Moting FWD112
-
R. Mosquera FWD10
2
-
T Parker DEF9
1
-
R Voloder DEF8
2
-
J Medina DEF6
1
-
N Benedetti MID6
1
-
J Mina DEF5
-
T. Rosborough FWD5
-
M. Jiménez Murillo FWD42
-
R Mitchell FWD3
-
C Harper FWD3
-
A. Rojas Maroto FWD3
-
Chicago Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
19586
C BradyP ZinckernagelP ZinckernagelD. D'Avilla
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Brady GLK19
1
-
M Haile-Selassie MID1934
1
-
D. D'Avilla MID181
6
-
R Lod MID1842
2
-
P Zinckernagel FWD1858
4
-
J Elliott DEF171
4
-
A Salétros MID17
5
-
J Dean DEF15
1
1
A Gutman DEF1513
3
-
J Waterman DEF141
4
-
J Bamba FWD1422
2
-
M Pineda DEF13
-
P Dithejane FWD132
2
-
M. Mbokazi DEF12
2
-
L. Caetano Barroso DEF102
1
-
V. Radojević DEF9
3
-
J. Shokalook FWD9
-
R Lewandowski  FWD53
1
-
C Mueller FWD5
1
-
D. Borso FWD4
1
-
S Rogers DEF3
1
-
S Oregel MID3
-
C. Cupps DEF2
-
D Poreba MID11
-