FC Cincinnati vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 7 Apr 2019 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 18' Fontas

Y 35' Yohan Croizet

Y 38' Gedion Zelalem

Greg Garza 78' Y

Leonardo Bertone 88' Y

Y 90' Botond Barath

Overview

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FC Cincinnati vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

FC Cincinnati 26 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Jason White
Referee Adam Garner
Referee Jon Freemon
Referee Ismir Pekmic

14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

FC Cincinnati 3 games · Avg 2.0 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2019-04-07 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
30 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	0–2	L
24 Mar	New England Revolution	A	2–0	W
17 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	W
10 Mar	Atlanta United FC	A	1–1	D
03 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–4	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	1–1	D
30 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	7–1	W
18 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
10 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	2–0	W
04 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
30 Nov	Portland Timbers	H	2–3	L

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati		Sporting Kansas City
#9	Position	#30
33	Points	21
26	Played	26
8 / 9 / 9	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
55	Scored	31
64	Conceded	63
-9	GD	-32
1.27	PPG	0.81
31%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

15% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

FC Cincinnati are 9th (33 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

0-15

4/3

16-30

5/9

31-45

9/9

46-60

5/11

61-75

4/4

76+

13/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

Kevin Denkey	14 G	1 A
Evander	13 G	7 A
Tom Barlow	7 G	2 A
Pavel Bucha	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — FC Cincinnati and Sporting Kansas City get this one started.
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kenny Saief, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Cincinnati and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
18' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 18.
19' Darren Mattocks does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Cincinnati surge ahead!
24' FC Cincinnati are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
27' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 27 minute. Rodney Wallace leaves to be changed by Seth Sinovic.
32' USA international Kelyn Rowe has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
35' Yohan Croizet picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
38' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Gedion Zelalem gets a Yellow card.
43' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Johnny Russell made 289 appearances and scored 73 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
46' Kekuta Manneh is ready to make an impact after coming on for Roland Lamah at the 46 minute mark.
51' Fontas needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
56' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Gedion Zelalem trudges off to be replaced by Felipe Gutierrez on 56 minutes.
61' Leonardo Bertone has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 236 appearances.
62' What an equalizer from Gianluca Busio!
67' Victor Ulloa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
70' Krisztian Nemeth is ready to make an impact after coming on for Yohan Croizet at the 70 minute mark.
75' The energy levels are beginning to show. Alan Koch might look to freshen things up shortly.
77' The crowd applauds Kenny Saief as he leaves the pitch. Eric Alexander steps in for FC Cincinnati.
78' Greg Garza was booked on 78.
82' FC Cincinnati manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Caleb Stanko is hanging Darren Mattocks on the field on 82 minute.
87' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 87.
88' That is a Yellow card for FC Cincinnati. Leonardo Bertone will be fuming at that decision.
90' Botond Barath was booked on 90.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alan Koch

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

7
Johnny Russell
4
Fontas
10
Yohan Croizet ↓ Krisztian Nemeth 70'
6
Ilie Sanchez C
13
Gianluca Busio
1
Adrian Zendejas
11
Kelyn Rowe
22
Rodney Wallace ↓ Seth Sinovic 27'
14
Nicolas Hasler
2
Botond Barath
24
Gedion Zelalem ↓ Felipe Gutierrez 56'

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kevin Denkey	2
Zorhan Bassong	1
Gianluca Busio	1
Darren Mattocks	1
Roger Espinoza	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.42 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.41 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Cincinnati54% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City24%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.83

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

77%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

46%

FC Cincinnati or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati44% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 1

Actual

3 – 1

6.9%

2 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

1 – 2

5.1%

3 – 0

5.1%

1 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.9%

4 – 1

4.2%

0 – 0

3.4%

4 – 0

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	17%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	20%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

FC Cincinnati vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

FC Cincinnati Form

Sporting Kansas City Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Clean Sheet