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 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

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

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
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' And we are off! Sporting Kansas City vs New York City FC — let the football do the talking.
5' Santiago Munoz has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York City FC backline.
15' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
20' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
22' What a strike from Andres Perea! The score is 0-1.
27' New York City FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
32' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
37' Sporting Kansas City have won 450 goals from 292 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
42' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
46' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Nemanja Radoja is replaced by Zorhan Bassong on 46 minute.
47' Zorhan Bassong has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 47.
52' 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.
57' The energy levels are beginning to show. Kerry Zavagnin might look to freshen things up shortly.
62' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. New York City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
65' A tactical swap from New York City FC — Agustin Ojeda on, Jonathan Shore off on 65 minutes.
66' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Jacob Bartlett on 66 minutes.
66' Jake Davis is replacing Manu Garcia for the Sporting Kansas City side.
67' Santiago Munoz gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Jacob Bartlett and will look to change the dynamic.
72' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
74' What an equalizer from Daniel Salloi!
78' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Alonso Martinez is withdrawn and Nico Cavallo gets his opportunity.
83' 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.
88' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
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
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 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

1.11 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.84 New York City FC xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw26% New York City FC47%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.95

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

53%

Draw or New York City FC

73%

Sporting Kansas City or New York City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City18% Draw44% New York City FC38%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 1

8.9%

0 – 2

8.7%

0 – 0

1 – 3

5.8%

2 – 1

5.7%

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 3

5.2%

1 – 0

2 – 3

3.3%

2 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	13%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	22%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	16%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

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