Sporting Kansas City vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 24 May 2026 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 3' Jorge Ruvalcaba

0–2 45+3' Jorge Ruvalcaba

Calvin Harris 64' 1–2

Y 45' Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty

Y 87' Nehuen Benedetti

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 6 games · Avg 3.0 goals New York Red Bulls

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-24 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 New York Red Bulls 2024-09-07 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2022-07-04 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 New York Red Bulls 2021-04-18 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2019-04-14 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 May	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
17 May	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
14 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–1	W
10 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–6	L
02 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–5	L

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–1	W
16 May	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
13 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W
09 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–1	W
02 May	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D
25 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		New York Red Bulls
#30	Position	#8
14	Points	25
18	Played	18
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	7 / 4 / 7
18	Scored	29
46	Conceded	39
-28	GD	-10
0.78	PPG	1.39
22%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

1/5

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sporting Kansas City to score. At the same time, New York Red Bulls does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
3' Against the run of play, Jorge Ruvalcaba has scored! This game has turned on its head.
4' Jorge Ruvalcaba makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and New York Red Bulls are in front.
9' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against New York Red Bulls's shape.
14' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
19' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Ian James has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
24' Capita has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 5 cards already picked up this season.
29' New York Red Bulls come into this ranked 6 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
34' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
39' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ethan Horvath suffering a number of foals already.
44' Zorhan Bassong needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
45' Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
48' Jorge Ruvalcaba makes no mistake. The score reads 0-3 and New York Red Bulls are in front.
53' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
58' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
63' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
64' What a moment for Calvin Harris! That strike on 64 puts his side firmly in control.
69' Adri Mehmeti is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York Red Bulls so far.
74' 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.
79' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
84' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
87' The referee calls foul for Nehuen Benedetti. He receives a card.
The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 1-2 New York Red Bulls. Honours even.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	2
Marc Rzatkowski	2
Jorge Ruvalcaba	2
Marc Rzatkowski	2
Daniel Royer	1
Brian White	1
Daniel Salloi	1
Roger Espinoza	1

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-05-24 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2026-05-17 Austin FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City L

New York Red Bulls Form

2026-05-24 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 New York Red Bulls W 2026-05-16 New York Red Bulls 1–1 New York City FC D 2026-05-13 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls W 2026-05-02 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Dallas D 2026-04-25 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.47 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.03 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City29% Draw25% New York Red Bulls46%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

54%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

71%

Sporting Kansas City or New York Red Bulls

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City23% Draw40% New York Red Bulls37%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 1

6.4%

0 – 2

6.2%

1 – 3

5.9%

0 – 1

5.5%

2 – 3

4.4%

0 – 0

4.4%

0 – 3

4.1%

1 – 0

3.8%

2 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	14%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	20%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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