Wednesday , 30 September 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 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

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
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' Three points are at stake. New York City FC host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
  • 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 292 games and scored 450 goals.
  • 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 20' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
  • 25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 30' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York City FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 35' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 40' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
  • 45' Poor challenge from Logan Ndenbe. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 46' Thiago makes way for Maxi Moralez at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York City FC.
  • 51' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 56' Felipe Hernandez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 61' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 64' A meaty challenge results in booking for Nicolas Acevedo on 64.
  • 68' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Heber departs to be replaced by Gabriel Pereira.
  • 73' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza is replaced by Felipe Hernandez.
  • 78' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 78 minute. Khiry Shelton leaves to be changed by Nikola Vujnovic.
  • 82' Cameron Duke makes way for Marinos Tzionis at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
  • 85' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Chris Gloster departs to be replaced by Maxime Chanot.
  • 89' Kortne Ford catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 89.
  • celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

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
Jesus Medina 1
Maxi Moralez 1
Jesus Medina 1
Ilie Sanchez 1
Anton Tinnerholm 1
Alexander Ring 1
Heber 1
Daniel Salloi 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
2.26 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.76 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: New York City FC to win 66% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC66% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City13%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes48% 0% No52%
Avg goals/match: 3.02
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
86%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
34%
New York City FC or Sporting Kansas City
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC50% Draw40% Sporting Kansas City10%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
12.4%
1 – 0
10.7%
2 – 1
9.1%
3 – 0
9.1%
1 – 1
9%
3 – 1
6.9%
0 – 0
Actual
4 – 0
5.1%
4 – 1
4%
2 – 2
3.4%
0 – 1
3.1%
1 – 2
3%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 26% — 74%
-2 26% 21% 53%
-1.5 47% — 53%
-1 47% 23% 30%
-0.5 70% — 30%
+0.5 90% — 10%
+1 90% 7% 3%
+1.5 97% — 3%
+2 97% 2% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
47% ✗
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
11% ✗

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