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New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

MLS · 2018
New York Red Bulls
3 – 2
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Sat 14 Jul 2018 · 23:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Match Details

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

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

3
2
1
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#11 Position #30
42 Points 26
34 Played 34
12 / 6 / 16 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 22
48 Scored 40
62 Conceded 81
-14 GD -41
1.24 PPG 0.76
35% Win % 21%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
7/7
16-30
4/3
31-45
8/7
46-60
7/10
61-75
4/6
76+
8/9
■ 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 Red Bulls
Julian Hall 13 G 3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 8 G 1 A
Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 7 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
  • 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 20' The 33-year-old Sean Davis has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 35' 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.
  • 40' 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.
  • 45' 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.
  • 50' Jaylin Lindsey needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 55' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York Red Bulls must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 60' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 65' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tim Melia made 300 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 70' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tim Parker suffering a number of foals already.
  • 75' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 80' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 85' New York Red Bulls have won 440 goals from 301 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 90' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 90 minutes.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from New York Red Bulls to claim maximum points.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jorge Ruvalcaba 2
Marc Rzatkowski 2
Johnny Russell 2
Marc Rzatkowski 2
Caden Clark 1
Bradley Wright-Phillips 1
Aaron Long 1
Johnny Russell 1

Head to Head

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

New York Red Bulls Form

2018-07-14 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-07-08 New York City FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls L 2018-07-01 Toronto FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2018-06-23 New York Red Bulls 3–0 FC Dallas W 2018-06-14 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2018-06-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-07-14 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Toronto FC D 2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-30 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.64 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.42 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls62% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City18%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 4.06
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 76%
24%
± 3.5 56%
44%
± 4.5 38%
62%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
81%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
38%
New York Red Bulls or Sporting Kansas City
80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls47% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City17%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.4%
1 – 1
7.3%
3 – 1
7.2%
2 – 0
6.2%
2 – 2
5.8%
3 – 0
5.3%
3 – 2
Actual
4 – 1
4.8%
1 – 2
4.5%
1 – 0
4.3%
4 – 0
3.4%
4 – 2
3.4%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 25% — 75%
-2 25% 18% 58%
-1.5 42% — 58%
-1 42% 20% 38%
-0.5 62% — 38%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 11% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 5% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
25% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

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