New York City FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Fri 26 Jul 2019 · 23:30 UTC HT 45+4' · FT 45+7'

Y 45' Roger Espinoza

Maxime Chanot 45' Y

R 62' Roger Espinoza

Y 80' Gerso Fernandes

Y 82' Gerso Fernandes

Y 90' Botond Barath

Overview

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New York City FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Philippe Briere
Referee Rubiel Vazquez
Referee David Gantar
Referee Brian Dunn
Referee Jon Freemon

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

New York City FC 4 games · Avg 2.0 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2019-07-26 New York City FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
21 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–1	W
14 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	1–2	L
07 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	0–1	L
03 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–0	W
29 Jun	Philadelphia Union	H	4–2	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–3	L
21 Jul	FC Dallas	H	0–2	L
14 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–0	W
07 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–0	W
04 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	1–5	L
30 Jun	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

New York City FC		Sporting Kansas City
#8	Position	#30
33	Points	21
27	Played	26
8 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
41	Scored	31
36	Conceded	63
+5	GD	-32
1.22	PPG	0.81
30%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ 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)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. New York City FC kicks off things out of here…
5' Yohan Croizet has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 289 appearances.
10' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Domenec Torrent might look to freshen things up shortly.
20' The 41-year-old Benny Feilhaber has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
25' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
30' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
35' It is a cagey affair so far. New York City FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
40' Sporting Kansas City 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.
41' Anton Tinnerholm makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and New York City FC are in front.
45' The referee has no hesitation. Roger Espinoza is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 45.
50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
52' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Maxi Moralez departs to be replaced by Ebenezer Ofori.
54' A stunning finish from Heber — that came from absolutely nowhere!
58' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Erik Hurtado comes on to replace Krisztian Nemeth.
62' That looks like a foul for a Red card for Roger Espinoza.
67' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Erik Hurtado has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
70' New York City FC make a change. Alexandru Mitrita trudges off to be replaced by Gary Mackay-Steven on 70 minutes.
73' What a strike from Ilie Sanchez! The score is 2-1.
77' Alexander Ring doubles the advantage! 3-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
80' Gerso Fernandes picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
82' Controversy at the stadium! Gerso Fernandes argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
82' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Gerso Fernandes by Daniel Salloi on 82 minute.
87' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
88' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Seth Sinovic exits the field as Yohan Croizet enters on 88.
90' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
New York City FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
22
Ronald Matarrita
10
Maxi Moralez ↓ Ebenezer Ofori 52'
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
28
Alexandru Mitrita ↓ Gary Mackay-Steven 70'
9
Heber ↓ Valentin Castellanos 82'
55
Keaton Parks

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Fontas
10
Yohan Croizet ↑ 88'
20
Daniel Salloi ↑ 82'
18
Eric Dick
94
Jimmy Medranda
19
Erik Hurtado ↑ 58'
24
Gedion Zelalem

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	1
Andres Perea	1
Maxi Moralez	1
Jesus Medina	1
Maxi Moralez	1
Jesus Medina	1
Ilie Sanchez	1
Anton Tinnerholm	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.49 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.96 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: New York City FC to win 67% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC67% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.45

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

86%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

33%

New York City FC or Sporting Kansas City

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC51% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

9.8%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 1

8.3%

3 – 0

7.9%

1 – 0

7.6%

3 – 1

Actual

4 – 0

4.9%

4 – 1

4.7%

0 – 0

4.5%

2 – 2

4.4%

3 – 2

3.7%

1 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	28%	—	72%
-2	28%	20%	52%
-1.5	48%	—	52%
-1	48%	21%	31%
-0.5	69%	—	31%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	8%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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

New York City FC 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

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

Sporting Kansas City Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Clean Sheet