New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 18 Apr 2021 · 00:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45+4'

Y 9' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin

Youba Diarra 41' Y

Overview

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New York Red Bulls vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Jeremy Kieso
Referee Guido Gonzalez
Referee Jorge Gonzalez
Referee Gjovalin Bori

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

2021-04-18 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2019-04-14 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 New York Red Bulls 2018-07-14 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L
21 Nov	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–3	L
08 Nov	Toronto FC	H	2–1	W
02 Nov	New York City FC	A	2–5	L
28 Oct	New England Revolution	H	1–0	W
24 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–2	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	2–1	W
04 Dec	Minnesota United FC	H	0–3	L
22 Nov	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–3	D
08 Nov	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W
28 Oct	FC Cincinnati	A	1–0	W
25 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–0	W

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' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
5' Alan Pulido needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 6 Yellow cards this season.
9' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Yellow card on 9.
14' With 0 assists to his name this season, Sean Nealis is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York Red Bulls.
19' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
24' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
29' 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.
34' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
39' Caden Clark has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
41' New York Red Bulls receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 41.
46' New York Red Bulls are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
48' Caden Clark doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
53' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
54' Florian Valot is ready to make an impact after coming on for Youba Diarra at the 54 minute mark.
59' Gadi Kinda makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
60' GOAL! Daniel Salloi scores on 60.
61' Brian White makes way for Tom Barlow at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York Red Bulls.
66' Roger Espinoza, a Honduras , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
71' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
72' The crowd applauds Fabio as he leaves the pitch. Daniel Royer steps in for New York Red Bulls.
77' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Johnny Russell comes on to replace Daniel Salloi.
82' Khiry Shelton has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 285 appearances.
87' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
90' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Roger Espinoza is replaced by Felipe Hernandez on 90 minute.
The points are shared — New York Red Bulls 1-2 Sporting Kansas City. Honours even.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gerhard Struber

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

5
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin
54
Remi Walter
36
Luis Martins
3
Fontas
20
Daniel Salloi ↓ Alan Pulido 77'
10
Gianluca Busio
2
Jaylin Lindsey
15
Roger Espinoza C ↓ Felipe Hernandez 90'
11
Khiry Shelton
17
Gadi Kinda ↓ Alan Pulido 77'
1
John Pulskamp

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.16 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.52 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls46% Draw25% Sporting Kansas City29%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.68

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

71%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

54%

New York Red Bulls or Sporting Kansas City

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls39% Draw39% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

8.7%

2 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

1 – 0

3 – 2

4.7%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 0

3.8%

4 – 1

3.4%

2 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	20%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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