Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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

MLS · 2021
New York Red Bulls
1 – 2
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
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

Match Preview

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

Match Details

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

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

3
2
1
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#10 Position #30
33 Points 21
26 Played 26
9 / 6 / 11 W / D / L 6 / 3 / 17
34 Scored 31
48 Conceded 63
-14 GD -32
1.27 PPG 0.81
35% Win % 23%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
23% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

New York Red Bulls are 10th (33 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
6/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
5/6
46-60
5/8
61-75
2/6
76+
5/4
■ 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 Red Bulls
Julian Hall 10 G 2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 7 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. New York Red Bulls is hosting Sporting Kansas City for another epic battle.
  • 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Youba Diarra made 222 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 9' Controversy at the stadium! Nicolas Isimat-Mirin argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 14' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 14 minutes.
  • 19' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 24' Felipe Hernandez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 29' New York Red Bulls have won 425 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 34' Supporters expect more eagerness from Roger Espinoza, as he is very good at scoring at Red Bull Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 39' Over 39 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 41' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Youba Diarra.
  • 46' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 48' Magnificent from Caden Clark! That is 13 goals in 290 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 53' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 54' New York Red Bulls ring the changes. Youba Diarra has done his job and it is now time for Florian Valot to step up.
  • 59' Against the run of play, Gadi Kinda has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 60' Daniel Salloi puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
  • 61' Tom Barlow is replacing Brian White for the New York Red Bulls side.
  • 66' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 71' With 2 assists to his name this season, Andrew Gutman is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York Red Bulls.
  • 72' A tactical swap from New York Red Bulls — Daniel Royer on, Fabio off on 72 minutes.
  • 77' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Daniel Salloi departs to be replaced by Johnny Russell.
  • 82' Sean Nealis, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 87' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 90' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Roger Espinoza is replaced by Felipe Hernandez on 90 minute.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gerhard Struber

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
Calvin Harris 1
Roger Espinoza 1
Alan Pulido 1
Bradley Wright-Phillips 1

Head to Head

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

New York Red Bulls Form

2021-04-18 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-11-21 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 New York Red Bulls L 2020-11-08 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Toronto FC W 2020-11-02 New York City FC 5–2 New York Red Bulls L 2020-10-28 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New England Revolution W 2020-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-04-18 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2020-12-04 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Minnesota United FC L 2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2020-10-28 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2020-10-25 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.82 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.53 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Sporting Kansas City 74% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls41% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City33%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.35
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 64%
36%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
67%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
59%
New York Red Bulls or Sporting Kansas City
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls33% Draw42% Sporting Kansas City25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.7%
2 – 1
8.6%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 2
6.5%
2 – 0
5.8%
1 – 0
5.7%
3 – 1
5.2%
0 – 0
5%
0 – 1
4.7%
0 – 2
4.1%
3 – 2
4%
1 – 3
3.7%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 13% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 19% 56%
-0.5 44% — 56%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 16% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 9% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
23% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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