Sporting Kansas City vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- New York Red Bulls 15 games · 22 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 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 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 #5 11 Points 22 14 Played 15 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 5 14 Scored 25 36 Conceded 32 -22 GD -7 0.79 PPG 1.47 21% Win % 40% Key Stats
83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededNew York Red Bulls0-155/116-301/131-453/546-603/561-751/276+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: New York Red Bulls gets underway.
- 3' Goal! Jorge Ruvalcaba scores his 7 goal in 372 matches.
- 4' GOAL! Jorge Ruvalcaba scores on 4.
- 9' Supporters expect more eagerness from Adri Mehmeti, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 14' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 19' 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.
- 24' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 29' Wyatt Meyer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 34' 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 Dejan Joveljic suffering a number of foals already.
- 39' Capita has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 44' 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.
- 45' It’s a booking for New York Red Bulls player. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty gets a card.
- 48' Goal! Jorge Ruvalcaba scores his 7 goal in 372 matches.
- 53' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 58' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York Red Bulls winning 100% of all matches.
- 63' It’s high time Michael Bradley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 64' GOAL! Calvin Harris scores on 64.
- 69' The travelling New York Red Bulls supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 74' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Zorhan Bassong has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 79' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 283 games and scored 418 goals.
- 84' 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.
- 87' The referee shows New York Red Bulls player a card on 87.
- Full Time. New York Red Bulls beats Sporting Kansas City
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Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
- 9
- 30
- 22
- 7
- 11
- 4
- 8
- 99
- 19
- 28
- 2
Bench
- 6
- 93
- 1
- 23
- 13
- 17
- 14
- 16
- 57
Coach Raphaël WickyNew York Red Bulls Lineups
Starting XI
- 34
- 4
- 7
- 12
- 3
- 2
- 48
- 5
- 16
- 11
- 15
Bench
- 26
- 77
- 17
- 14
- 33
- 37
- 70
- 39
- 79
Coach Michael Bradley -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jorge Ruvalcaba 2 Marc Rzatkowski 2 Johnny Russell 2 Marc Rzatkowski 2 Caden Clark 1 Bradley Wright-Phillips 1 Aaron Long 1 Johnny Russell 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 LNew 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 accuracy3 / 41.44 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.05 New York Red Bulls xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 66%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: New York Red Bulls winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.49Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line 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 72%Sporting Kansas City or New York Red Bulls 75%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: New York Red Bulls win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.8%1 – 2 Actual0 – 2 6.4%2 – 2 6.4%2 – 1 6.3%1 – 3 6%0 – 1 5.7%0 – 0 4.4%2 – 3 4.4%0 – 3 4.3%1 – 0 3.8%2 – 0 3.2%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push New York Red Bulls covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 14% 74% -0.5 26% — 74% +0.5 50% — 50% +1 50% 20% 30% +1.5 70% — 30% +2 70% 15% 15% +2.5 85% — 15% 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.