Football betting preview: New York RB vs Sporting KC

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (4330 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the New York RB - Sporting KC match!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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New York RB form and stats

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how York have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won six, drawn one and lost two.

New York RB have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; New York RB scored 3 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.

Last season, New York RB's league statistics were 14 wins, 6 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 51. Playing at home last season New York RB managed 9-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 18 conceded.

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Sporting KC form and stats

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Sporting KC in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Sporting KC, three draws and five defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Sporting KC as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Sporting KC have played three with the results W1-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Sporting KC has scored 7 goals and conceded 4 times.

Let's have a look at how Sporting KC performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 8 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 67 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 19/37 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four New York RB victories, three draws and three Sporting KC wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
New York RB Sporting KC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
New York RB Last season Sporting KC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
24 10   Played P   11 25
9 5   Won W   6 12
5 1   Drew D   2 5
10 4   Lost L   3 8
31 13   Scored S   17 42
34 12   Conceded C   12 34
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
71% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 80%
42% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 64%
29% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 36%
21% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 16%
54% 50%   BTTS BTTS   64% 60%
21% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 32%
25% 30%   Failed to Score F T   9% 12%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.4 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.4 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 15.2
3.6 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.8
36% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 35%

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

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

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