FC Cincinnati vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Cincinnati vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at TQL Stadium.
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 2–1 W 20 Apr Chicago Fire FC A 3–2 W 12 Apr D.C. United SC A 1–0 W 05 Apr New England Revolution H 1–0 W 30 Mar Nashville SC A 2–1 W 22 Mar Atlanta United FC H 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Apr FC Cincinnati A 1–2 L 20 Apr San Jose Earthquakes A 5–3 W 13 Apr Portland Timbers H 2–4 L 06 Apr St. Louis City H 2–0 W 30 Mar FC Dallas A 1–2 L 23 Mar Los Angeles FC H 0–2 L Season Stats
FC Cincinnati Sporting Kansas City #7 Position #30 20 Points 11 15 Played 14 5 / 5 / 5 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9 36 Scored 14 37 Conceded 36 -1 GD -22 1.33 PPG 0.79 33% Win % 21% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this seasonFC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. FC Cincinnati kicks off things out of here…
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Cincinnati is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' FC Cincinnati started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' Zorhan Bassong needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
- 17' It’s a booking for FC Cincinnati player. Brian Anunga gets a card.
- 22' FC Cincinnati seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 27' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 32' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. DeAndre Yedlin made 326 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 37' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 37 minutes.
- 42' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 43' FC Cincinnati is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kevin Denkey on 43.
- 48' It’s high time Kerry Zavagnin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 53' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 58' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 63' Another substitution for FC Cincinnati to replace Matt Miazga by Sergio Santos on 63 minute.
- 66' A meaty challenge results in booking for Dejan Joveljic on 66.
- 66' The whistle greets Nemanja Radoja as he departs to be replaced by Zorhan Bassong.
- 71' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 73' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Daniel Salloi by Erik Thommy on 73 minute.
- 78' Kevin Denkey with the second goal in the match!
- 79' It’s a booking for FC Cincinnati player. Kevin Denkey gets a card.
- 84' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 85' Alvas Powell is replacing Luca Orellano for the FC Cincinnati side.
- 86' Another substitution for FC Cincinnati to replace Lukas Engel by Brad Smith on 86 minute.
- 89' GOAL! Zorhan Bassong scores on 89. Assisted by Erik Thommy
- 90' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. Kevin Denkey departs to be replaced by Corey Baird.
- With this win, FC Cincinnati is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Lineups
FC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
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21
Matt Miazga ↓ Sergio Santos 63'
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- 20
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9
Kevin Denkey ↓ Corey Baird 90'
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23
Luca Orellano ↓ Alvas Powell 85'
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27
Brian Anunga ↓ Obinna Nwobodo 63'
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29
Lukas Engel ↓ Brad Smith 86'
Bench
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11
Corey Baird ↑ 90'
- 13
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2
Alvas Powell ↑ 85'
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14
Brad Smith ↑ 86'
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5
Obinna Nwobodo ↑ 63'
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17
Sergio Santos ↑ 63'
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Coach Pat NoonanSporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
- 21
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6
Nemanja Radoja ↓ Zorhan Bassong 66'
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10
Daniel Salloi ↓ Erik Thommy 73'
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11
Khiry Shelton ↓ Andrew Brody 86'
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- 18
- 4
- 1
- 93
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- 15
Bench
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26
Erik Thommy ↑ 73'
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3
Andrew Brody ↑ 86'
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- 13
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Zorhan Bassong ↑ 66'
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30
Stephen Afrira ↑ 86'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kevin Denkey 2 Zorhan Bassong 1 Gianluca Busio 1 Darren Mattocks 1 Roger Espinoza 1 Head to Head
FC Cincinnati Form
Sporting Kansas City Form
2025-04-26 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-04-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–5 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers L 2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City W 2025-03-30 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 43 FC Cincinnati xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.45 Sporting Kansas City xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 72%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Cincinnati winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.45Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 93% 7% ± 2.5 81% 19% ± 3.5 63% 37% ± 4.5 45% 55% Double Chance
FC Cincinnati or Draw 83%Draw or Sporting Kansas City 35%FC Cincinnati or Sporting Kansas City 82%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Cincinnati win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 Actual3 – 1 7.4%1 – 1 5.8%4 – 1 5.5%2 – 0 5.5%2 – 2 5.4%3 – 2 5.3%3 – 0 5.3%4 – 2 4%4 – 0 3.9%1 – 2 3.7%1 – 0 3.4%Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati
Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers -2.5 30% — 70% -2 30% 18% 52% -1.5 48% — 52% -1 48% 19% 33% -0.5 67% — 33% +0.5 84% — 16% +1 84% 9% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 6% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.