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New York City FC vs Chicago Fire Prediction, 5/22/2022 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 5/16/2022

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Game: New York City FC vs Chicago Fire

Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022

Location: Citi Field Stadium in New York, NY

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: New York City (-208) Chicago (+440)

Jonathan Bornstein and the Chicago Fire (2-4-5, 14th in Eastern Conference) are headed to Citi Field Stadium on Sunday where they'll meet New York City FC (5-2-3, 6th in Eastern Conference). The starting goalies are Sean Johnson for New York City FC and Gabriel Slonina for the Chicago Fire. The Fire are priced at +440 while NYCFC is at -208. The O/U is set at 2.5.

New York City took the field against Kansas City in their last game and walked away with a draw with a final of 0-0. When talking about passing the ball, they earned a 89.7% passes received rate by connecting on 673 out of their 750 pass targets last match. NYCFC tried 12 dribbles in this match and completed 4 of those dribbles for a rate of 33.3%.

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Regarding shot accuracy, New York City ended this match at a 27.3% rate by hitting 3 shots on target out of 11 total shots. New York City has an average of 2.11 goals per 90 minutes (19 total goals) and have accounted for 12 assists in all games for the season.

Valentin Castellanos is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for New York City FC. Castellanos has been in the starting lineup in 97 contests in his career and he accounts for 0.47 G/90. The forward born in Argentina has earned 45 goals scored in 8,618 minutes played. He has accounted for 17 assists while accumulating 36 yellow cards so far in his pro soccer career.

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Another player who should impact this match is Maximiliano Moralez, the forward representing Argentina. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 69 times so far in his pro soccer career and he has scored 48 goals. Moralez has earned 23,811 minutes during 272 starting assignments and has been handed 41 yellow cards. He scores 0.18 goals per 90 mins for his pro soccer career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for New York City FC will be Sean Johnson. Johnson has seen the field for 29,676 mins and has accumulated 1,009 stops thus far in his career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.31 (431 goals conceded) and he has earned a save % of 71.0. The goalie born in the United States has had 1,426 shots tried against him in 330 career starts. Johnson (129-95-106 record in his career) has earned 80 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 24.2% clean sheet percentage.

When they last stepped on the pitch, Chicago took a loss by a final score of 4-1 against Atlanta. The Fire had a 29.4% successful dribble rate by converting 5 out of the 17 dribbles they tried. They finished the match by completing 347 out of their 395 passes they attempted earning a rate of 87.8%. Chicago converted 2 shots on goal out of their 14 shots attempted which had them at a 14.3% rate in their last outing. With 7 goals and 4 assists for all their matches, Chicago averages 0.70 goals and 0.40 assists per 90 min.

Jonathan Bornstein should be someone to watch for Chicago Fire. The defender hailing from the United States has accumulated 21,839 mins while earning 12 goals. He has accounted for 20 yellow card cautions in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 9 times. He currently averages 0.05 G/90 and has been in the starting lineup in 244 matches during his soccer career. You should also watch out for Xherdan Shaqiri, the forward who represents Switzerland. Shaqiri has been handed a total of 37 yellow card cautions in 19,502 minutes (226 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average so far in his career is 0.26. He has accumulated 56 goals during his soccer career while assisting on a goal 52 times.

Gabriel Slonina will be looking after the net for Chicago Fire. Thus far in his career, Slonina has allowed 27 goals and has 62 stops in 21 starts. He has allowed 1.29 goals per 90 mins and he has a record of 5-7-9. He has a save percentage of 70.9 and his clean sheet rate sits at 42.9%. Slonina has tallied 9 shutouts and has seen 86 shots attempted against him in 1,890 career minutes.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take New York City (-208)

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