New York City FC vs Chicago Fire - prediction, team news, lineups

New York City FC invited Chicago Fire to Yankee Stadium connected Sunday arsenic some sides proceed their MLS campaigns pursuing the FIFA World Cup break.

The hosts beryllium sixth successful the Eastern Conference with 22 points from 16 matches, portion the visitors inhabit 3rd spot with 26 points, having played 1 crippled fewer.

Match preview

New York City FC returned from the World Cup interruption successful awesome manner by claiming a 2-1 triumph distant to Columbus Crew, ending a three-match winless tally crossed each competitions that had concluded with a decision astatine Nashville SC earlier the interruption.

The effect was peculiarly encouraging for Pascal Jansen's broadside fixed their struggles distant from location this play (W3, D2, L3), and they present instrumentality to Yankee Stadium for the archetypal clip since aboriginal May aft playing 5 consecutive distant matches.

The Pigeons volition beryllium hoping location comforts assistance them physique momentum erstwhile again, arsenic their past lucifer astatine Yankee Stadium ended successful a commanding 3-0 triumph implicit Columbus Crew, though that occurrence came aft a hard spell successful which they failed to triumph 5 successive location league games, drafting 2 and losing 3 aft opening the run with back-to-back location victories.

Recent past besides favours the hosts successful this fixture, arsenic NYCFC completed a league treble implicit Chicago past season, winning some meetings 3-1, and they are unbeaten successful their past 9 meetings with the Fire crossed each competitions, signaling six victories and 3 draws during that run.

Chicago Fire, meanwhile, resumed their run with an entertaining 3-2 decision distant to Inter Miami, ending a three-match winning streak that they had carried into the World Cup break.

Gregg Berhalter's broadside had defeated D.C. United, CF Montreal and Toronto FC successful succession earlier the pause, and they stay 1 of the Eastern Conference's strongest travelling sides contempt the setback successful Florida.

Before losing to Inter Miami, the Fire had gone six distant matches unbeaten successful each competitions, including 5 MLS fixtures successful which they recorded 3 wins and 2 draws, with lone 2 Eastern Conference clubs collecting much distant points than Chicago this season.

The visitors volition besides beryllium aiming to extremity a agelong hold for occurrence against NYCFC, having failed to triumph immoderate of the past 9 meetings betwixt the clubs.

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Team News

New York City FC stay without Alonso Martinez, who continues his betterment from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament suffered portion connected planetary work with Costa Rica. 

Andrew Baiera, Maxi Moralez and Aiden O'Neill are besides sidelined with genu injuries, portion Keaton Parks (groin), Kevin O'Toole (leg) and Kai Trewin (ankle) are unavailable.

Nicolas Fernandez has taken connected greater attacking work successful Martinez's absence, contributing 11 goals and 2 assists successful 16 league appearances this season.

Chicago Fire person adjusted rapidly pursuing the departure of striker Hugo Cuypers, who completed a determination to Monterrey during the transportation window.

Robert Lewandowski made his MLS debut successful the decision to Inter Miami aft joining the nine earlier the World Cup break, playing 63 minutes earlier being substituted, and the seasoned guardant is expected to diagnostic prominently erstwhile again.

Puso Dithejane besides boosted his chances of earning a starting spot aft coming disconnected the seat to people against Inter Miami, giving Berhalter different attacking enactment up of Sunday's contest.

New York City FC imaginable starting lineup:

Freese; Gray, Martins, Sands, Cavallo; Shore, Fernandez, Perea; Ojeda, Traore, Jones

Chicago Fire imaginable starting lineup:

Brady; Dean, Elliott, Waterman, Gutman; Saletros, D'Avilla, Haile-Selassie; Zinckernagel, Lewandowski, Bamba

We say: New York City FC 2-1 Chicago Fire

Chicago person been 1 of the Eastern Conference's amended distant teams this season, but NYCFC person enjoyed an fantabulous caller grounds successful this fixture and should beryllium afloat of assurance aft their awesome triumph implicit Columbus Crew.

The Fire person capable attacking prime to marque beingness difficult, peculiarly with Lewandowski settling into the side, but location vantage and a ascendant head-to-head grounds pb america to backmost the hosts to borderline different intimately contested encounter.

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