Sporting Kansas City vs Charlotte FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs Charlotte FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- Charlotte FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Jun Charlotte FC H 2–1 W 15 Jun FC Dallas H 2–4 L 09 Jun Los Angeles FC A 1–3 L 01 Jun Houston Dynamo A 3–1 W 25 May New England Revolution H 3–3 D 18 May San Diego FC A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Jun Sporting Kansas City A 1–2 L 14 Jun Philadelphia Union A 1–2 L 31 May Toronto FC A 2–0 W 28 May New York Red Bulls A 2–4 L 24 May Columbus Crew SC H 3–2 W 17 May Chicago Fire FC H 1–4 L Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City Charlotte FC #30 Position #6 11 Points 21 14 Played 15 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 6 / 3 / 6 14 Scored 24 36 Conceded 23 -22 GD +1 0.79 PPG 1.40 21% Win % 40% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season27% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Charlotte FC are 6th (21 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededCharlotte FC0-15–/216-302/431-453/–46-601/261-751/376+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sporting Kansas City is hosting Charlotte FC for another epic battle.
- 5' Charlotte FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 15' 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.
- 20' It’s high time Kerry Zavagnin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Erik Thommy has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' 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.
- 34' GOAL! Idan Gorno scores on 34. Assisted by Souleyman Doumbia
- 39' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 44' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Charlotte FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 49' The travelling Charlotte FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 54' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jansen Miller made 281 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 55' That looks like a foul for a card for Eryk Williamson.
- 60' 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.
- 63' It’s a booking for Charlotte FC player. Wilfried Zaha gets a card.
- 66' The referee calls foul for Joaquin Fernandez. He receives a card.
- 66' The whistle greets Eryk Williamson as he departs to be replaced by Brandt Bronico.
- 69' Santiago Munoz has so much to prove this time. He replaces Magomed Suleymanov on 69 minute.
- 74' Charlotte FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 74.
- 78' The whistle greets Wilfried Zaha as he departs to be replaced by Kerwin Vargas.
- 83' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 83 minutes.
- 85' Mason Toye is replacing Daniel Salloi for the Sporting Kansas City side.
- 88' The Charlotte FC manager makes a substitution. Liel Abada departs to be replaced by Nick Scardina.
- 90' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 90 minute. Dejan Joveljic leaves to be changed by Ian James.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.
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Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
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26
Erik Thommy ↓ Memo Rodriguez 69'
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10
Daniel Salloi ↓ Mason Toye 85'
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Dejan Joveljic ↓ Ian James 90'
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- 93
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Bench
- 14
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8
Memo Rodriguez ↑ 69'
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13
Mason Toye ↑ 85'
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7
Santiago Munoz ↑ 69'
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Ian James ↑ 90'
Coach Kerry ZavagninCharlotte FC Lineups
Starting XI
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10
Wilfried Zaha ↓ Kerwin Vargas 78'
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- 19
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- 29
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11
Liel Abada ↓ Nick Scardina 88'
- 21
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- 16
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Idan Gorno ↓ Tyger Smalls 66'
Bench
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13
Brandt Bronico ↑ 66'
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28
Djibril Diani ↑ 88'
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18
Kerwin Vargas ↑ 78'
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35
Nick Scardina ↑ 88'
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Tyger Smalls ↑ 66'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Dejan Joveljic 1 Mason Toye 1 Idan Gorno 1 Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2025-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2025-06-15 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 FC Dallas L 2025-06-09 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-06-01 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-05-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 New England Revolution D 2025-05-18 San Diego FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City DCharlotte FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.6 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.03 Charlotte FC xGI would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Charlotte FC 77% + Over 2.5 goals 69%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Sporting Kansas City winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.63Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 69% 31% ± 3.5 48% 52% ± 4.5 30% 70% Double Chance
Sporting Kansas City or Draw 61%Draw or Charlotte FC 62%Sporting Kansas City or Charlotte FC 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Charlotte FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.5%1 – 2 8.5%2 – 1 Actual2 – 2 6.7%1 – 3 5.7%0 – 2 5.5%0 – 1 4.8%2 – 3 4.5%0 – 0 4%1 – 0 3.7%0 – 3 3.6%3 – 2 3.6%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Charlotte FC covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 9% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 15% 70% -0.5 30% — 70% +0.5 53% — 47% +1 53% 19% 27% +1.5 73% — 27% +2 73% 14% 13% +2.5 87% — 13% Clean Sheet
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 14% ✓Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.