New York City vs Chicago Fire Prediction & Betting Tips - Major League Soccer

Prediction published on 28/08/2020, 01:53  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 28/08/2020 at 01:59 in Major League Soccer Predictions

The Red Bull Arena will serve as New York City’s temporary home and for a third straight match, they will be playing there as they host Chicago Fire this Sunday. Going to the game, New York City FC are 11th in the standings with six points after seven matches while Chicago Fire are ninth with seven points from as many games. After a run of back to back losses, New York City bounced back with a 1-0 win over Columbus Crew, which also presented them their first clean sheet in four MLS matches. As they look to build on that, New York City will also hope to get their attack ticking; while they have scored in four of the last five matches, they have managed more than one goal in only one of the five matches. Eight of New York City’s last 11 matches have ended in exactly one goal. New York City are unbeaten in their last three matches against Chicago Fire and none of the three matches has yielded over 2.5 goals. In the last ten meetings, New York City have five wins and Chicago Fire one.

On their part, Chicago Fire returned to winning ways in resounding fashion, beating Cincinnati 3-0 at home to bring to an end a run of three straight losses. The team had failed to register a goal in the earlier three matches and this presented a good break, with early goals from Fabian Herbers and Alvaro Medran before Ignacio Aliseda sealed it with a third in the second half. Cincinnati are not the best defensive side in the league, perhaps the more reason Fire were up by two goals after just 10 minutes; against New York City, they will be well tested, especially seeing that Fire are only better than Cincinnati among teams that have conceded the most in the league. The clean sheet in their last match was Fire’s first in nine MLS matches and they have not managed any in the last four away league matches as they head to the Red Bull Arena. Fire do not have much to show for their exploits on the road; in their last 32 away matches in the MLS, they have won just two and added to their form against New York City, it doesn’t look so promising for them.