Sporting Kansas City vs New York City FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 20 Jul 2025 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Zorhan Bassong 47' Y

Jacob Bartlett 66' Y

Overview

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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

Sporting Kansas City 4 games · Avg 2.0 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-07-20 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 New York City FC 2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2019-07-26 New York City FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 New York City FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

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

New York City FC

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 history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). New York City FC are 8th (19 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

2/–

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Children's Mercy Park that hosts another battle between Sporting Kansas City and New York City FC.
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kevin O'Toole, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
10' 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.
15' It looks like no one’s ball. New York City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
20' New York City 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.
22' Andres Perea puts New York City FC on the lead.
27' 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.
32' 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.
37' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 37.
42' Jacob Bartlett needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
46' The whistle greets Nemanja Radoja as he departs to be replaced by Zorhan Bassong.
47' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 47.
52' 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.
57' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
62' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
65' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Agustin Ojeda is hanging Jonathan Shore on the field on 65 minute.
66' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jacob Bartlett on 66.
66' The supporters are chanting for Jake Davis. He replaces Manu Garcia on 66 minute.
67' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Jacob Bartlett is replaced by Santiago Munoz on 67 minute.
72' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
74' What an equalizer from Daniel Salloi!
78' Nico Cavallo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alonso Martinez on 78 minute.
83' 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.
88' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Tim Leibold
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 46'
8
Memo Rodriguez
13
Mason Toye
22
Zorhan Bassong ↑ 46'
7
Santiago Munoz ↑ 67'
17
Jake Davis ↑ 66'
36
Ryan Schewe
2
Ian James

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Heber	1
Daniel Salloi	1
Andres Perea	1
Maxi Moralez	1
Jesus Medina	1
Maxi Moralez	1
Jesus Medina	1
Ilie Sanchez	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 L

New 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 accuracy

1 / 4

1.03 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.99 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 57% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw25% New York City FC51%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.02

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	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

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw42% New York City FC42%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 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

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.