The Group Stage draw of the 2026 MLS pitches Chicago Fire vs. New York RB on 2026-05-09 (kick-off 19:30 GMT).
With the data available to us, and S. Schwarz have not met as managers before.
Chicago Fire report 4 missing players: L. Barroso (Lower-Body Injury), A. Franco (Knee Injury), S. Rogers (Lower-Body Injury), C. Mueller (Lower-Body Injury) but New York RB report 2 missing players: A. Marcucci (Knee Injury), J. Che (Hamstring Injury).
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-4-2, Chicago Fire should be met by New York RB's expected 4-3-3.
Chicago Fire lost 2-3 to Cincinnati, and New York RB were defeated 0-2 by Dallas.
Neither side is flying – Chicago Fire 2-1-2 and New York RB 0-1-4 over the last 5 matches.
Chicago Fire have clearly got the edge H2H: in 38 meetings, they've beaten New York RB 14 times, with 11 draws and only 13 losses.
We predict Chicago Fire to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (4-0-2) and 2.17 goals/game.
Chicago Fire is going head to head with New York Red Bulls on 9/5/2026 18:30 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 Chicago Fire v New York Red Bulls H2H statistics!