New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

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MLS · 2018

New York Red Bulls

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Sporting Kansas City

Sat 14 Jul 2018 · 23:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

New York Red Bulls 15 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Brian Poeschel
Referee Victor Rivas
Referee Thomas Zablocki
Referee Kevin Stott
Referee Matthew Franz

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

New York Red Bulls 6 games · Avg 3.0 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2018-07-14 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–2	W
08 Jul	New York City FC	A	0–1	L
01 Jul	Toronto FC	A	1–0	W
23 Jun	FC Dallas	H	3–0	W
14 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
09 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	2–3	L
08 Jul	Toronto FC	H	2–2	D
05 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	2–4	L
30 Jun	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–2	L
24 Jun	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W
10 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Sporting Kansas City
#5	Position	#30
22	Points	11
15	Played	14
6 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
25	Scored	14
32	Conceded	36
-7	GD	-22
1.47	PPG	0.79
40%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

5/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

3/5

46-60

3/5

61-75

1/2

76+

3/2

■ 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' And we are off! New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City — let the football do the talking.
5' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
10' Alex Muyl has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
15' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York Red Bulls winning 100% of all matches.
30' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
35' USA international Aaron Long has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
40' 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.
45' Gerso Fernandes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
50' 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.
55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
65' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
70' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
75' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
80' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
85' New York Red Bulls looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Jorge Ruvalcaba scoring 2 goals.
90' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
Sporting Kansas City will have plenty to reflect on. New York Red Bulls were simply the better side today.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

10
Kaku ↓ Marc Rzatkowski 60'
99
Bradley Wright-Phillips
77
Daniel Royer
33
Aaron Long
31
Luis Robles C
26
Tim Parker
27
Sean Davis
92
Kemar Lawrence
4
Tyler Adams
5
Connor Lade ↓ Michael Amir Murillo 71'
19
Alex Muyl ↓ Derrick Etienne 59'

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

7
Johnny Russell
10
Yohan Croizet ↓ Felipe Gutierrez 78'
8
Graham Zusi
29
Tim Melia
6
Ilie Sanchez
12
Gerso Fernandes ↓ Kharlton Belmar 60'
20
Daniel Salloi
26
Jaylin Lindsey
17
Roger Espinoza C
16
Graham Smith
22
Emiliano Amor

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	2
Marc Rzatkowski	2
Jorge Ruvalcaba	2
Marc Rzatkowski	2
Alan Pulido	1
Bradley Wright-Phillips	1
Julian Hall	1
Gianluca Busio	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.94 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.4 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls65% Draw18% Sporting Kansas City17%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 4.34

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	61%	39%
± 4.5	43%	57%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

83%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

35%

New York Red Bulls or Sporting Kansas City

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls51% Draw33% Sporting Kansas City16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

7.5%

1 – 1

6.1%

2 – 0

5.8%

3 – 0

5.5%

4 – 1

5.5%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 2

Actual

4 – 0

4 – 2

3.8%

1 – 2

3.8%

1 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	30%	—	70%
-2	30%	19%	52%
-1.5	48%	—	52%
-1	48%	19%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	9%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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

New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls 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 Red Bulls

Clean Sheet