New York CityAttacking momentumChicago Fire
Preview
- 2026-07-26 at 00:30 GMT marks a key Group Stage encounter between New York City and Chicago Fire in 2026's MLS.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Pascal Jansen and Mario Barcena.
- New York City are missing 7 players: D. Baiera (Knee Injury), A. Martinez (Knee Injury), M. Moralez (Knee Injury), A. O'Neill (Ankle Injury), K. O'Toole (Leg Injury), K. Parks (Groin Injury), K. Trewin (Ankle Injury) but Chicago Fire are missing 3 players: A. Franco (Knee Injury), C. Mueller (Inactive), M. Mbokazi (Lower-Body Injury).
- Our forecast has New York City in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Chicago Fire set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
- Conflicting outcomes: New York City triumphed 2-1 over Columbus Crew, while Chicago Fire went down 2-3 to Inter Miami.
- Momentum favors Chicago Fire (3-0-2) after New York City managed only 2-1-2 from 5 matches.
- Dominance for New York City: across 24 clashes, they've won 13 games and only lost 3 games to Chicago Fire, with 8 stalemates.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (3-2-3 vs 3-2-2) and scoring roughly 2.38-2.00 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
New York City
Chicago Fire
Events
| 11' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 21' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 29' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 41' | 3 - 1 | ||
HT 3 - 1 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | |||
| 51' | D. D'Avilla | ||
| 62' | N. Mercau | ||
| 63' | |||
| 69' | |||
| 71' | |||
| 71' | |||
| 77' | J. Waterman | ||
| 80' | P. Dithejane | ||
| 85' | |||
| 85' | |||
| 90+2' | |||
Stats
Lineups
Standings
New York City is going head to head with Chicago Fire on 25/7/2026 23:30 GMT for the USA MLS. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and New York City v Chicago Fire H2H statistics!