Sunday sees Round 13 of United States Major League Soccer kick start as New York City who are on a 6-game unbeaten run play host to the rock bottomed Chicago Fire at Citi Field. Showdown scheduled for May 22, 2022 14:00 EAT.
The hosts are at the 2nd spot on the standing with 20 points from 11 games. They won 6 times in the league while drew twice and lost on 3 other occasions. They’ve kept 4 clean sheets in the last 5 games, conceding 4 goals during this period.Over their past 6 games alone, the sum total of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combinedat an average of 3.33 goals per gamewith 15 of them accredited to New York City FC.
New York City FCwill be hoping for more of the same after a 0-2 MLS victory versus D.C. United.In that match, New York City FC managed 56% possession, 12 shots with 6 on target and goals scored byAlexander Callens (6′) and Valentín Castellanos (45′). D.C. United got 8 shots at goal with 0 on target.
Meanwhile, Chicago Fire resides at the rock bottom closing the 14th position on the table with a mere 11 points from matches played.They won only twice in the league while drew and lost 5 games each. In their last six fixtures, three or more goals have gone with average number of goals per match in that time tallying 3 and average number of goals for Chicago Fire standing at 0.83.
Chicago Fire will hope for a better result following on a 3-3 drawn match in the MLS tie with New York Red Bulls.In that game, Chicago Fire had 57% possession, 11 shots on goal with 6 on target and goals scored by Christopher Matthew Mueller (38′), Wyatt Omsberg (49′) and XherdanShaqiri (89′). New York Red Bulls got 12 shots with 4 of them on target and goals scored by Lewis Morgan (20′), Cameron Harper (58′) and Patryk Klimala (91′).
New York City vs Chicago Fire head to head
These two teams have had 16 encounters since 2015. New York City managed 8 wins while Chicago fire has only 3 wins and 5 games ended in stalemate.
- New York City 1-0 Chicago28/10/21
- Chicago 2-0 New York City30/09/21
- Chicago 0-0 New York City05/08/21
- Chicago 3-4 New York City08/11/20
- New York City 3-1 Chicago30/08/20
Home
- DC United 0-2 New York City
- New York City 2-0 Columbus
- New York City 3-1Rochester New York FC
- New York City 0-0 Kansas City
- New York City 3-0 San Jose
Away
- New York 3-3 Chicago
- Chicago 1-2 Cincinnati
- Atlanta 4-1 Chicago
- Chicago 1-2 New York
- Minnesota 3-0 Chicago
New York City FC team news
Ronny Deila will miss the service of Anton Tinnerholm due to injury.
Chicago Fire team news
Ezra Hendrickson will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
New York City is currently unbeaten in 6 games across various competitions. They have also won all of their last 6 h2h games played at home.Meanwhile, Chicago Fire are winless in their last 4 away games of which they lost thrice. Moreover, they also have poor track record at Citi Field.
- New York City win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
