Saturday , 14 November 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs Charlotte FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Sporting Kansas City
2 – 1
Full Time
Charlotte FC
Thu 26 Jun 2025 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 55' Eryk Williamson
Y 63' Wilfried Zaha
Joaquin Fernandez 66' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Charlotte FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

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

1
Sporting Kansas City 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals Charlotte FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Charlotte FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
Charlotte FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 #5
26 Points 54
34 Played 34
7 / 5 / 22 W / D / L 15 / 9 / 10
40 Scored 66
81 Conceded 51
-41 GD +15
0.76 PPG 1.59
21% Win % 44%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
26% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Charlotte FC are 5th (54 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Charlotte FC
0-15
8/5
16-30
8/8
31-45
5/5
46-60
7/7
61-75
10/8
76+
12/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 7 G 1 A
Charlotte FC
Pep Biel 13 G 10 A
Idan Gorno 13 G 4 A
Liel Abada 10 G 5 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
  • 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Daniel Salloi made 298 appearances and scored 68 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 298 games and scored 458 goals.
  • 20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Charlotte FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 30' Charlotte FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 34' A stunning finish from Idan Gorno — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 39' Dejan Joveljic, a Serbia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 44' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Charlotte FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 49' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 54' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 55' The referee calls foul for Eryk Williamson. He receives a card.
  • 60' Charlotte FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 63' That looks like a foul for a card for Wilfried Zaha.
  • 66' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 66.
  • 66' The whistle greets Eryk Williamson as he departs to be replaced by Brandt Bronico.
  • 69' Santiago Munoz gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Magomed Suleymanov and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 74' Joaquin Fernandez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 78' Kerwin Vargas is ready to make an impact after coming on for Wilfried Zaha at the 78 minute mark.
  • 83' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 85' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Daniel Salloi departs to be replaced by Mason Toye.
  • 88' Nick Scardina is replacing Liel Abada for the Charlotte FC side.
  • 90' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Dejan Joveljic by Ian James on 90 minute.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sporting Kansas City to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Charlotte FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Dean Smith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Dejan Joveljic 1
Mason Toye 1
Idan Gorno 1

Head to Head

2025-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Charlotte FC

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 D

Charlotte FC Form

2025-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Charlotte FC L 2025-06-14 Philadelphia Union 2–1 Charlotte FC L 2025-05-31 Toronto FC 0–2 Charlotte FC W 2025-05-28 New York Red Bulls 4–2 Charlotte FC L 2025-05-24 Charlotte FC 3–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2025-05-17 Charlotte FC 1–4 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.69 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.2 Charlotte FC xG
I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Charlotte FC 78% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City37% Draw22% Charlotte FC41%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes72% 0% No28%
Avg goals/match: 3.89
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 73%
27%
± 3.5 54%
46%
± 4.5 35%
65%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
59%
Draw or Charlotte FC
63%
Sporting Kansas City or Charlotte FC
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City25% Draw38% Charlotte FC37%
Actual: Charlotte FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
8.4%
1 – 2
8.1%
2 – 2
6.7%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 3
5.9%
0 – 2
5%
2 – 3
4.9%
0 – 1
4.1%
3 – 2
3.8%
0 – 3
3.6%
3 – 1
3.5%
1 – 4
3.3%

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% 71%
-0.5 29% — 71%
+0.5 51% — 49%
+1 51% 19% 29%
+1.5 71% — 29%
+2 71% 15% 15%
+2.5 85% — 15%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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