Sporting Kansas City vs New York City FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs New York City FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- New York City FC 15 games · 19 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Jul New York City FC H 1–1 D 13 Jul Seattle Sounders FC H 2–3 L 05 Jul Colorado Rapids SC A 2–1 W 29 Jun Real Salt Lake H 1–1 D 26 Jun Charlotte FC H 2–1 W 15 Jun FC Dallas H 2–4 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 1–1 D 17 Jul Orlando City SC A 2–1 W 12 Jul Charlotte FC A 0–2 L 03 Jul Toronto FC H 3–1 W 28 Jun Montreal Impact FC A 0–1 L 12 Jun Atlanta United FC H 4–0 W Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City New York City FC #30 Position #8 11 Points 19 14 Played 15 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 5 / 4 / 6 14 Scored 25 36 Conceded 21 -22 GD +4 0.79 PPG 1.27 21% Win % 33% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededNew York City FC0-152/–16-302/331-451/346-603/261-751/276+2/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. New York City FC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' 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.
- 10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 15' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Logan Ndenbe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' 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.
- 22' What a strike from Andres Perea! The score is 0-1.
- 27' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 27.
- 32' Sporting Kansas City 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.
- 37' Daniel Salloi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 9 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 42' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 46' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Nemanja Radoja departs to be replaced by Zorhan Bassong.
- 47' It’s gonna be a card for Zorhan Bassong.
- 52' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 57' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nemanja Radoja made 305 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 62' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 264 games and scored 426 goals.
- 65' Agustin Ojeda is replacing Jonathan Shore for the New York City FC side.
- 66' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
- 66' Jake Davis is replacing Manu Garcia for the Sporting Kansas City side.
- 67' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Santiago Munoz is hanging Jacob Bartlett on the field on 67 minute.
- 72' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 72 minutes.
- 74' What a strike from Daniel Salloi! The score is 1-1.
- 78' The whistle greets Alonso Martinez as he departs to be replaced by Nico Cavallo.
- 83' Supporters expect more eagerness from Agustin Ojeda, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 88' 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.
- The final score is 1-1.
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Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
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21
Manu Garcia ↓ Jake Davis 66'
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6
Nemanja Radoja ↓ Zorhan Bassong 46'
- 24
- 10
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3
Andrew Brody ↓ Khiry Shelton 46'
- 9
- 18
- 1
- 93
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16
Jacob Bartlett ↓ Santiago Munoz 67'
- 15
Bench
- 14
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11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 46'
- 8
- 13
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22
Zorhan Bassong ↑ 46'
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7
Santiago Munoz ↑ 67'
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17
Jake Davis ↑ 66'
- 36
- 2
Coach Kerry ZavagninNew York City FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 21
- 13
- 10
- 49
- 80
- 8
- 24
- 22
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32
Jonathan Shore ↓ Agustin Ojeda 65'
- 11
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16
Alonso Martinez ↓ Nico Cavallo 78'
Bench
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- 30
- 29
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26
Agustin Ojeda ↑ 65'
- 35
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2
Nico Cavallo ↑ 78'
- 99
- 23
Coach Pascal Jansen -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Anton Tinnerholm 1 Alexander Ring 1 Heber 1 Daniel Salloi 1 Andres Perea 1 Maxi Moralez 1 Jesus Medina 1 Maxi Moralez 1 Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2025-07-20 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 New York City FC D 2025-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-06-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2025-06-15 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 FC Dallas LNew York City FC Form
2025-07-20 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 New York City FC D 2025-07-17 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York City FC W 2025-07-12 Charlotte FC 2–0 New York City FC L 2025-07-03 New York City FC 3–1 Toronto FC W 2025-06-28 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2025-06-12 New York City FC 4–0 Atlanta United FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.03 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.99 New York City FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57% + Both teams to score 56%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.02Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 80% 20% ± 2.5 57% 43% ± 3.5 36% 64% ± 4.5 19% 81% Double Chance
Sporting Kansas City or Draw 49%Draw or New York City FC 76%Sporting Kansas City or New York City FC 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: New York City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 2 9.6%0 – 2 9.5%0 – 1 9.1%0 – 0 6.6%1 – 3 6.3%0 – 3 6.2%2 – 1 5%2 – 2 4.9%1 – 0 4.3%2 – 3 3.3%1 – 4 3.2%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push New York City FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 5% 93% -1.5 7% — 93% -1 7% 11% 82% -0.5 18% — 82% +0.5 42% — 58% +1 42% 23% 35% +1.5 65% — 35% +2 65% 18% 17% +2.5 83% — 17% Clean Sheet
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 15% ✓New York City FC keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.