Thursday , 2 July 2026

New York City FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
New York City FC
0 – 0
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Sat 7 May 2022 · 23:00 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 45' Logan Ndenbe
Nicolas Acevedo 64' Y
Y 89' Kortne Ford

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

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

2
2
New York City FC 4 games · Avg 2.0 goals Sporting Kansas City
Last 5 meetings
2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 May Sporting Kansas City H 0–0 D
01 May San Jose Earthquakes H 3–0 W
24 Apr Toronto FC H 5–4 W
17 Apr Real Salt Lake H 6–0 W
02 Apr Toronto FC A 1–2 L
19 Mar Philadelphia Union H 0–2 L
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 May New York City FC A 0–0 D
01 May FC Dallas H 2–2 D
24 Apr Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D
17 Apr Los Angeles FC A 1–3 L
10 Apr Nashville SC H 1–2 L
03 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–1 L

Season Stats

New York City FC Sporting Kansas City
#8 Position #30
19 Points 11
15 Played 14
5 / 4 / 6 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9
25 Scored 14
21 Conceded 36
+4 GD -22
1.27 PPG 0.79
33% Win % 21%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
2/–
16-30
2/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/6
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/5
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to Yankee Stadium that hosts another battle between New York City FC and Sporting Kansas City.
  • 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 281 games and scored 435 goals.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 20' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
  • 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tim Melia made 281 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 35' New York City FC 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.
  • 40' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 45' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 46' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Thiago is replaced by Maxi Moralez.
  • 51' Cameron Duke has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 56' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 61' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 64' New York City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 68' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Heber is replaced by Gabriel Pereira on 68 minute.
  • 73' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 73 minute. Roger Espinoza leaves to be changed by Felipe Hernandez.
  • 78' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Khiry Shelton by Nikola Vujnovic on 78 minute.
  • 82' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Cameron Duke is replaced by Marinos Tzionis on 82 minute.
  • 85' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Chris Gloster is replaced by Maxime Chanot on 85 minute.
  • 89' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Kortne Ford gets a Yellow card.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2019-07-26 New York City FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 New York City FC

New York City FC Form

2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-01 New York City FC 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-04-24 New York City FC 5–4 Toronto FC W 2022-04-17 New York City FC 6–0 Real Salt Lake W 2022-04-02 Toronto FC 2–1 New York City FC L 2022-03-19 New York City FC 0–2 Philadelphia Union L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 FC Dallas D 2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-04-17 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-04-10 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC L 2022-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
2.44 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.69 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: New York City FC to win 69% + Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC69% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City12%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 3.13
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 59%
41%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
88%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
31%
New York City FC or Sporting Kansas City
81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC54% Draw38% Sporting Kansas City8%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
12.9%
1 – 0
10.4%
3 – 0
10.2%
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 1
8%
3 – 1
7.1%
4 – 0
6.2%
0 – 0
Actual
4 – 1
4.4%
5 – 0
3.1%
2 – 2
3%
3 – 2
2.5%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 31% — 69%
-2 31% 22% 47%
-1.5 53% — 47%
-1 53% 22% 25%
-0.5 75% — 25%
+0.5 92% — 8%
+1 92% 6% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
51% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
10% ✗

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