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 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 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	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#10	Position	#30
42	Points	26
34	Played	34
10 / 12 / 12	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
49	Scored	40
45	Conceded	81
+4	GD	-41
1.24	PPG	0.76
29%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)

25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for New York City FC and Sporting Kansas City.
5' Sporting Kansas City have won 460 goals from 300 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' The 26-year-old James Sands has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
15' Graham Zusi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
20' Tim Melia has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
25' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
30' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
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' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 300 games and scored 460 goals.
41' A stunning finish from Anton Tinnerholm — that came from absolutely nowhere!
45' Roger Espinoza is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
50' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Alexander Ring has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
52' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Ebenezer Ofori comes on to replace Maxi Moralez.
54' Heber doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
58' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Krisztian Nemeth by Erik Hurtado on 58 minute.
62' Poor challenge from Roger Espinoza. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Red card.
67' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 67 minutes.
70' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Gary Mackay-Steven comes on to replace Alexandru Mitrita.
73' Magnificent from Ilie Sanchez! That is 20 goals in 300 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
77' Goal! Alexander Ring scores his 24 goal in 304 matches.
80' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Gerso Fernandes.
82' The referee calls foul for Gerso Fernandes. He receives a Yellow card.
82' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Gerso Fernandes is replaced by Daniel Salloi.
87' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
88' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Seth Sinovic is replaced by Yohan Croizet.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Botond Barath on 90.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

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
Maxi Moralez	1
Jesus Medina	1
Maxi Moralez	1
Jesus Medina	1
Ilie Sanchez	1
Anton Tinnerholm	1
Alexander Ring	1
Heber	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.4 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.95 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: New York City FC to win 66% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC66% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.35

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

86%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

34%

New York City FC or Sporting Kansas City

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC50% Draw38% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.1%

2 – 1

9.3%

1 – 1

8.8%

1 – 0

8.1%

3 – 0

7.8%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

4.9%

4 – 0

4.7%

4 – 1

4.5%

2 – 2

4.4%

1 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	26%	—	74%
-2	26%	20%	54%
-1.5	46%	—	54%
-1	46%	22%	32%
-0.5	68%	—	32%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	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

10% ✓

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