Early odds line movement indicate New York City edge when welcoming Sporting KC

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Citi Field (47309 seats)

New York City have delivered 4 home wins up until now, Sporting KC have won 0 away. Who boosts their results after this one?

Insights:
  • New York City have the most scored goals (19) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have lost all their away matches so far.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

This could be an action-packed match with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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New York City form and stats

New York City have collected 12 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-0-1. It’s been three wins in a row for York here at Citi Field, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

A nice win for New York City last time playing, versus SJ Earthquakes. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Gloster, Parks and Pereira scoring for the victors. Midfield player Parks got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, the max score being 10. Parks scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 42 total).

Before that, New York City had a home game versus Toronto which ended with a victory 5-4.

The match schedule is unforgiving for York as they have a new game in only four days, a US Open Cup match thankfully also at home. Rochester Rhinos are visiting.

New York City always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Citi Field with 18 goals in 5 league games. On the other hand, New York City have conceded 7 goals.

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Sporting KC form and stats

0 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Sporting KC playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. Bitter travels for Sporting KC as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Atlanta United match.

There were no winners in Sporting KC's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Dallas. The attacker Sallói got a match rating of 7.73 in that game. Sallói scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A draw for Sporting KC before that, at their own venue hosting Columbus Crew (0-0).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dallas in just three days.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sporting KC have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

New York City-Sporting KC H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: New York City three wins, Sporting KC two wins, zero draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

New York CityV. Castellanos Giménez
V. Castellanos Giménez
5 goals
New York CityT. de Andrade
T. de Andrade
4 goals
New York CityS. Rodríguez Molina
S. Rodríguez Molina
2 goals

New York City missing players

Sporting KC missing players

New York City Sporting KC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 5 0 Played P 2 5 10
4 4 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 0 Lost L 2 5 6
19 18 0 Scored S 2 3 8
10 7 0 Conceded C 6 12 16
88% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 60%
62% 80% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 50%
38% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 60% 40%
38% 60% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
38% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 30%
38% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 30%
 
6.6 6.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.2 3.2
5.8 6.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 3.6
2.5 2.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
18.8 21.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10 11.2
7.8 9.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.2 3.2
31% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 27% 25%
 
11.1 11.4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.4 11.2
3.5 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • All of New York City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • New York City have created more than twice as many corners as Sporting KC.
  • New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • New York City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • New York City have scored more than double the goals of Sporting KC.
  • New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the most points (12) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the most scored goals (18) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the most scored goals (19) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the the best goal difference (+9) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Sporting KC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sporting KC have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting KC haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 9 5 3 1 13 6 5 3 2 0 7 2 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 18
2 New York RB 9 5 2 2 15 7 4 0 2 2 2 4 5 5 0 0 13 3 8 17
3 Orlando City 10 5 2 3 12 11 6 3 0 3 8 10 4 2 2 0 4 1 1 17
4 Montreal Impact 9 4 2 3 16 18 3 2 0 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 11 14 -2 14
5 New York City 8 4 1 3 19 10 5 4 0 1 18 7 3 0 1 2 1 3 9 13
6 Columbus Crew 9 3 3 3 13 9 5 3 0 2 9 4 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 12
7 Atlanta United 9 3 2 4 11 13 4 2 2 0 8 5 5 1 0 4 3 8 -2 11
8 Toronto 9 3 2 4 16 19 5 3 0 2 8 9 4 0 2 2 8 10 -3 11
9 Chicago Fire 9 2 4 3 6 7 5 1 3 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 2 4 -1 10
10 New England 9 3 1 5 14 16 5 3 0 2 7 5 4 0 1 3 7 11 -2 10
11 Charlotte 10 3 1 6 9 13 4 3 0 1 6 2 6 0 1 5 3 11 -4 10
12 Cincinnati 9 3 1 5 11 17 4 1 0 3 7 8 5 2 1 2 4 9 -6 10
13 Inter Miami 9 3 1 5 9 18 5 2 1 2 6 8 4 1 0 3 3 10 -9 10
14 DC United 8 3 0 5 10 13 5 2 0 3 8 8 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 9

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