The Fire won their last two matches against the Red Bulls, winning home and away in a 20-day span last August. Chicago had won only two of its previous 13 meetings with the Red Bulls (D3 L8, including playoffs) dating back to September 2015.
Chicago conceded three goals in a 16-minute span in the second half of its loss to Minnesota on Saturday. Prior to those goals, the Fire had allowed just two goals in the first 701 minutes of MLS play in 2022.
The Red Bulls won at Orlando, 3-0, on Sunday, becoming the first team since the Galaxy in 1998 (5 straight) to win their first four road games of a season. The Red Bulls could tie the longest road winning streak to start a season (5 straight by the Galaxy in 1996 and 1998), though the only five-match road winning streak in club history came in June-July 2000.
Chicago has gone four straight games without a goal for the second time in its last 10 regular season games, also doing so spanning the end of the 2021 season and beginning of 2022. This is the third time in team history that the Fire have gone four straight games without scoring, also doing so in September 2010.
The Red Bulls held 35.6 percent possession in their win over Orlando on Sunday, the highest possession percentage in a victory for the club this season. New York has won all four matches this season in which its held under 40% possession and failed to win any of the four in which it held more than 40% (D2 L2).
