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Match Centre: New York City vs Chicago Fire

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Major League Soccer Regular Season Sun 26 Jul

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Mercau 10′Ojeda 29′Jones 41′

Full-time 3:1
Away Chicago Fire

Waterman 21′

Player of the match Agustín Ojeda 7.8

GolVolt ratingHighlights will do 3.1/10 more watchable than 31% of MLS matches Race for the top places. How we rate

GolVolt rating 3.1GolVolt rating

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 29' Ojeda, 2:1
  1. 41% → 95%

    New York City: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 84.

  2. 14 → 10

    New York City climb 4 places in the table. Chicago Fire: 6 → 8.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 2:1, from 36% to 61% (New York City).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90' · 3:1New York City 95%draw 4%Chicago Fire 1%

Key stats

47% Possession 53%
10 Shots 9
3 On target 5
1 Corners 2
20 Dangerous attacks 54
4 Saves 0
All stats (16)

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Race for the top places.

  • Dramaweight 50% Settled by 41′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 3.4 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Ojeda scored the winner.Nobody stood out. Heroes: 1.4 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% Race for the top places. Stakes: 8.5 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 2.6 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Highlights will do

GolVolt rating 3.1more watchable than 31% of MLS matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

4 goals4 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal: Nicolás Fernández MercauNew York City1:0
  2. 21' Goal: Joel WatermanChicago Fire1:1
  3. 29' Goal: Agustín Ojedaassist: Perea2:1
  4. 41' Goal: Malachi Jonesassist: Ojeda3:1
  5. Half-time · 3:1
  6. 46' 2 substitutionsDean for BarrosoLewandowski for Haile-Selassie
  7. 51' Djé D'Avillayellow card
  8. 62' Nicolás Fernández Mercauyellow card
  9. 63' SubstitutionPineda for D'Avilla
  10. 69' SubstitutionTraoré for Jones
  11. 71' 2 substitutionsDithejane for LodGutman for Radojević
  12. 77' Joel Watermanyellow card
  13. 80' Puso Dithejaneyellow card
  14. 85' 2 substitutionsFarnós for ShoreWolf for Magno
  15. 90+2' SubstitutionIlenčič for Ojeda
  16. Full-time · 3:1

Match stats

Shooting

10 Shots 9
3 On target 5
4 Off target 2

Play

47% Possession 53%
1 Corners 2
425 Passes 478
81% Pass accuracy 81%
88 Attacks 118
20 Dangerous attacks 54

Defence

22 Tackles 22
8 Interceptions 12
4 Saves 0

Discipline

8 Fouls 16
5 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-3-3 –4-3-3
Bench

New York City

Chicago Fire

Match sheet

Stadium
Yankee Stadium, New York City

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · New York City Agustín Ojeda 7.81
  2. 2. place · New York City Nicolás Fernández Mercau 7.76
  3. 3. place · New York City Andrés Perea 7.46
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Absences

New York City · 9 out

  • Aiden O'Neill Injured

    return date unknown · Leg Injury

  • Alonso Martínez Injured

    return date unknown · Leg Injury

  • Drew Baiera Injured

    return date unknown · Leg Injury

  • Kai Trewin Injured

    return date unknown · Leg Injury

  • Keaton Parks Injured

    return date unknown · Leg Injury

  • Kevin O'Toole Injured

    return date unknown · Leg Injury

  • Maxi Moralez Injured

    return date unknown · Leg Injury

  • Mitja Ilenič Injured

    since 23 May 2023 · return date unknown · 144 matches missed · Leg Injury

  • Raul Gustavo Injured

    return date unknown · Leg Injury

Chicago Fire · 2 out

  • André Franco Injured

    return date unknown · Unknown Injury

  • Mbekezeli Mbokazi Injured

    return date unknown · Unknown Injury

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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