A short look at the Major League Soccer standings point to an upper hand to New York RB when they travel to Sporting KC. However; let's play the game before we elect a winner!
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the most scored goals (14) away in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Sporting KC nor New York RB as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sporting KC form and stats
The total Major League Soccer results playing at home this season for Sporting KC are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Sporting KC hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Real Salt Lake, Nashville SC, Los Angeles FC and Austin), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Sporting KC crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to New York RB here at Children's Mercy Park. Midfield player Hernández got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Hernández hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Seattle Sounders.At Children's Mercy Park, Sporting KC has the goal stats of 8-8 (for/against) from 8 league fixtures.
New York RB form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for New York RB, whose coach Struber could celebrate last time after the win against Sporting KC. Nealis was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Nealis hit one key pass and won 6 of 11 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Atlanta United.The travelling fans enjoy York's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by New York RB in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these sides: Sporting KC won four, New York RB triumphed in three and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  L. Morgan 8 goals |   J. Russell 5 goals |  L. Lima Linhares 5 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
New York RB missing players
| Sporting KC | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 33 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 63% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 79% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 42% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 21% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 53% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 26% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 26% |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10.2 | 11.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 13.5 | 14.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 30% | 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 28% | 31% |
| 11.5 | 10.3 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.4 | 9 |
| 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3 |
- New York RB have the most scored goals (14) away in Major League Soccer
- New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sporting KC have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (16) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 36 |
| 2 | Austin | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 31 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 29 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | Dallas | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 24 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -17 | 16 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 15 |
