New York Red Bulls hosts DC United at Red Bull Areana as Rivalry Week is back at MLS.The Bullies of New York will be looking forward to maintain their exceptional home record considering it as chances of bouncing back into the Eastern Conference.
Nither of the side have been as per their standards in the past few weeks and its likely that this fixture will raise the intensity level at the Stakes of other Clashes at Eatsern Conference.
D.C. enters Sunday's showdown trying to avoid losing three straight MLS matches in a season for the first time since 2013.
The visitors were laid down 5-1 against New York City FC followed by 3-0 over Montego Bay United in a CONCACAF Champions League match on Tuesday.
This will be the first meeting between the two this season. They will meet at Red Bull Arena in the return fixture on the final weekend of the regular season on October 25.
New York Red Bulls have only ever won once at Chicago Fire in 15 attempts. That came in their first ever away game back in 2005 and they have now gone 14 straight without a win in Chicago.
Chicago Fire’s last five: D/W/L/D/L
New York Red Bulls’ last five: W/W/D/W/W
TEAM NEWS
Goalkeeper Bill Hamid and Former Bulls striker Fabian Espindola are expected to return after Knee problems to Both. Hamid has played just twice since undergoing right knee surgery last month, while Espindola had goals in two straight matches prior to sitting the last three league games with a sprained knee.
TABLE POSITION
New York (11-7-6) sits five points behind D.C. (13-9-3) for first place but has three games in hand on its longtime rival. The Red Bulls missed an opportunity to close the gap, though, by dropping a 3-2 decision at last-place Chicago on Wednesday.
MANAGER WORDS
"As frustrating and hard as this loss is, if we can rebound and come back home and get three points against D.C. we'll forget about this game pretty quickly," coach Jesse Marsch told the team's official website.
"Right now, all the focus is about going back home and getting ready for a really, really big game against D.C."
PREDICTION :New York Red Bulls 2 : 1 DC United
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