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·24 September 2026
NJ/NY Gotham FC vs Chicago Red Stars Prediction: Model Backs Gotham at Short Odds

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·24 September 2026

NJ/NY Gotham FC host Chicago Red Stars in NWSL play on Friday 25 September at 20:00 ET (26 September, 00:00 UTC), and our model makes the home side firm favourites. Gotham are the model pick in the 1X2 market, with a best available price of 1.13 across the books we track. Short. Short enough to tell you most of the story on its own: the data sees a one-sided contest.
Chicago arrive as clear outsiders at the same books, and the feed offers no draw lean worth chasing. On fixtures this lopsided the interesting question is not whether the pick lands but what you do with a 1.13 shot.
Quick pick
NJ/NY Gotham FC to win
@ 1.13
Form WDLDLWWWDWWLWWWDWWWWDDLWW
NWSLSat 26 Sep · 00:00
NJ/NY Gotham FC v Chicago Red Stars
11.13Betano X9.70Pinnacle 218.00Betfair
Model pick
NJ/NY Gotham FC to win
45%
Recent form
NJ/NY Gotham FC WDLDLWWWDWWLWWWDWWWWDDLWW 53% 5–6
Chicago Red Stars LWLLLWLLLLWLWLLLLDLLWLLDL 27% 5–18
Last 5 matches · last-5 points % · goals for–against
Gotham sit inside the playoff picture in the table below; Chicago have drifted toward the bottom half. Here is a detail worth pausing on: our model has taken Gotham in all three of their tracked upcoming fixtures, and picked against Chicago in each of their next three. Every signal points the same way.
Neither side has a league-wide scoring threat inside the current top scorer list, so this projects as a match decided by team quality rather than one in-form finisher.
NWSL — table
#TeamPGDPtsForm
1 NJ/NY Gotham FC 25 +12 51 WWLDD
2 Washington Spirit 25 +13 46 WLWWL
3 San Diego Wave 25 +9 45 WWLWW
4 Utah Royals 25 +8 42 LWLWL
5 Portland Thorns 25 +8 42 WDLDW
6 Angel City 25 +15 39 WWDWW
NWSL — top scorers
1 A. SanchezNorth Carolina Courage 15 gls · 4 ast
2 B. BandaOrlando Pride 15 gls · 2 ast
3 S. SmithPortland Thorns 11 gls · 3 ast
4 T. ChawingaKansas City 10 gls · 2 ast
5 T. RodmanWashington Spirit 9 gls · 5 ast
The model picks NJ/NY Gotham FC in the 1X2 market, best priced at 1.13. That figure sits well inside the sanity range our model demands before a verdict gets published, so the gate passed comfortably. The verdict box below carries the pick plus the live comparison data alongside it.
SheKicks verdict
NJ/NY Gotham FC to win @ 1.13
Suggested stake 5/10
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At 1.13, the headroom on a straight Gotham win is minimal. A price that short earns its keep either as a modest single or as one leg in a build, since the upside alone is thin. The strip below shows the current best 1X2 across the books we track and refreshes as markets move between now and kickoff.
NJ/NY Gotham FC v Chicago Red Stars 11.13X9.70218.00 compare 7 books →
If you want a second angle rather than a priced multi, watch the odds movement on Chicago in the hours before kickoff. Upset prices on heavy underdogs sometimes drift badly when team news lands, and that drift is often where the only real value in a fixture this lopsided lives.
Pick: NJ/NY Gotham FC to win. The model backs them, the table gap backs them, and Chicago are picked against in every tracked fixture the feed holds. Nothing here argues for the away side, so we will not invent a case for them.
Our tracked tipping record to date on these picks is below, stated exactly as the numbers stand.
SheKicks model — verified tipping record
286Tips settled
148–138Win–loss
52%Strike rate
+3.9%ROI
+11.16Profit (units)
Recent:WWWWLWLLWWLL
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