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Sporting Kansas City vs New York City FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sporting Kansas City
0 – 2
Full Time
New York City FC
Mon 5 Mar 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs New York City FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Mark Geiger
  • Referee Frank Anderson
  • Referee Kyle Atkins
  • Referee Nima Saghafi

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

2
2
Sporting Kansas City 4 games · Avg 2.0 goals New York City FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Mar New York City FC H 0–2 L
New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Mar Sporting Kansas City A 2–0 W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City New York City FC
#30 Position #8
21 Points 33
26 Played 27
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 8 / 9 / 10
31 Scored 41
63 Conceded 36
-32 GD +5
0.81 PPG 1.22
23% Win % 30%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). New York City FC are 8th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
New York City FC
0-15
5/2
16-30
4/4
31-45
5/5
46-60
4/4
61-75
4/6
76+
2/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 15 G 4 A
Agustin Ojeda 5 G 5 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at as Sporting Kansas City face off against New York City FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 20' 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.
  • 25' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 30' 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.
  • 35' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 45' Yohan Croizet needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 55' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Ben Sweat has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 60' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
  • 65' A quiet spell here at . Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 70' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and New York City FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 75' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 80' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Patrick Vieira will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 85' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 90' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 289 games and scored 442 goals.
  • That’s it! Another goalless match for Sporting Kansas City and New York City FC (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Patrick Vieira

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.57 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.14 New York City FC xG
I would bet for: New York City FC to win 62% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City16% Draw23% New York City FC61%
Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes39% 0% No61%
Avg goals/match: 2.71
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
38%
Draw or New York City FC
84%
Sporting Kansas City or New York City FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City7% Draw42% New York City FC51%
Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
13.9%
0 – 3
10.4%
1 – 1
8.7%
0 – 0
8.4%
1 – 2
8.4%
1 – 3
6%
0 – 4
5.6%
1 – 4
3.3%
1 – 0
3.1%
0 – 5
2.4%
2 – 2
2.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push New York City FC covers
-2.5 0% — 100%
-2 0% 2% 98%
-1.5 2% — 98%
-1 2% 6% 92%
-0.5 8% — 92%
+0.5 27% — 73%
+1 27% 24% 48%
+1.5 52% — 48%
+2 52% 22% 26%
+2.5 74% — 26%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
New York City FC keeps clean sheet
57% ✓

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