New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

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MLS · 2018

New York Red Bulls

3 – 2

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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 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 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	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

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
#8	Position	#30
25	Points	14
18	Played	18
7 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
29	Scored	18
39	Conceded	46
-10	GD	-28
1.39	PPG	0.78
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

1/5

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City.
5' 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.
10' New York Red Bulls are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York Red Bulls must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' Felipe Gutierrez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
25' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gerso Fernandes made 285 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
40' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
45' With 0 assists to his name this season, Roger Espinoza is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York Red Bulls.
50' 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.
55' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
60' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
65' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
70' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
75' It looks surprising New York Red Bulls does not make any changes. Ilie Sanchez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
80' Kaku is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
85' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
90' The 33-year-old Kharlton Belmar has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
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

2.92 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 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: 4.35

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	62%	38%
± 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

7.4%

1 – 1

6.2%

2 – 0

5.7%

2 – 2

5.5%

4 – 1

5.4%

3 – 0

5.4%

3 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

3.9%

4 – 0

3.9%

4 – 2

3.9%

1 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	29%	—	71%
-2	29%	18%	53%
-1.5	47%	—	53%
-1	47%	19%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	9%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	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)

Top Scorers (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