The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Sporting KC are in the 8th position while the guests worry at 10th.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Major League Soccer.
This pitch has grass, which is not New England's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass New England have performed like this: Played 28 matches resulting in 3 wins, 5 draws and 20 defeats with the goal stats 27-64 (scored/conceded). It's quite the trip for New England when visiting Sporting KC as the cities are 2200 kilometers apart.
Sporting KC form and stats
Seven points from three games is a great start for Sporting KC, who are hoping to build on that form here at Children's Mercy Park.In their previous game, the manager P. Vermes led his Sporting KC to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at SJ Earthquakes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Children's Mercy Park. In the match before that, Sporting KC hosted New York RB and drew the game 2-2.
It's goals goals goals for Sporting KC who have scored 11 goals in 3 home games. On the other hand, Sporting KC have conceded 3 goals.
New England form and stats
Still no away game victory for New England, who have the fewest scored goals (6) in Major League Soccer, with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as New England have lost on their last two travels.New England failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Montreal Impact that ended with defeat 0-3. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs New York RB.
New England find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures. New England have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sporting KC won 3 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and New England has 7 wins.Top Goalscorers
  J. Russell 4 goals / 2 assists |  K. Németh 4 goals / 1 assists |
Sporting KC missing players
New England missing players
| Sporting KC | New England | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 11 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 78% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 11% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 11% |
| 86% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 33% | 56% |
| 5 | 6.7 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 2.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 05-04-19 | | Monterrey | 5 - 0 | Sporting KC |
| 07-04-19 | | Cincinnati | 1 - 1 | Sporting KC |
| 12-04-19 | | Sporting KC | 2 - 5 | Monterrey |
| 14-04-19 | | Sporting KC | 2 - 2 | New York RB |
| 21-04-19 | | SJ Earthquakes | 4 - 1 | Sporting KC |
| 28-04-19 | | Sporting KC | 00:30 | New England |
| 06-05-19 | | Sporting KC | 01:00 | Atlanta United |
| 12-05-19 | | DC United | 23:00 | Sporting KC |
| 19-05-19 | | Sporting KC | 00:30 | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| 26-05-19 | | Sporting KC | 22:00 | Seattle Sounders |
| 30-03-19 | | New England | 2 - 1 | Minnesota United |
| 06-04-19 | | Columbus Crew | 1 - 0 | New England |
| 13-04-19 | | New England | 0 - 2 | Atlanta United |
| 20-04-19 | | New England | 1 - 0 | New York RB |
| 24-04-19 | | New England | 0 - 3 | Montreal Impact |
| 28-04-19 | | Sporting KC | 00:30 | New England |
| 04-05-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 23:30 | New England |
| 09-05-19 | | Chicago Fire | - | New England |
| 11-05-19 | | New England | 23:30 | SJ Earthquakes |
| 16-05-19 | | New England | - | Chelsea |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 22 |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Sporting KC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | SJ Earthquakes | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 2 |
