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Sporting Kansas City and the New York Red Bulls lock horns Wednesday at Children's Mercy Park, kicking off at 7:30 p.m. CT on FOX Sports Kansas City Plus, FOX Sports Midwest Plus, Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM. The game will also be streamed on FOX Sports GO, available to all pay-TV subscribers within the Sporting KC TV territory who receive FOX Sports Kansas City or FOX Sports Midwest.

Both teams enter the midweek fixture boasting their own respective unbeaten streaks at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting KC (4-1-3, 15 points) has gone a club-record 13 regular season home games without losing, while the Red Bulls (5-3-1, 16 points) have avoided defeat in five straight trips to Kansas City. We offer a statistical breakdown of the matchup in our By The Numbers preview...

Head-to-head

• The sides last met on April 9, 2016, when Sporting KC secured a 2-0 road win behind Tim Melia's six saves. Benny Feilhaber and Dom Dwyer scored goals as Sporting KC handed New York its most recent home loss to date.
• In 10 regular season matches between the clubs since 2012, the home team is just 1-5-4.
• New York is unbeaten in five straight visits to Children's Mercy Park, going 2-0-3 since losing their inaugural match at the stadium in October 2011.
• The all-time regular season series is dead even with both teams owning 20 wins and 13 draws.
• Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips has six goals in his last six games against Sporting KC (including playoffs).
• Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer has four goals in seven career appearances against New York, including his very first Sporting KC goal in August 2013 at Children's Mercy Park.
• Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber has one goal and three assists in his last five appearances against New York (including playoffs).

New York Red Bulls

• 2017 MLS record: 5-3-1, 16 points (2nd in East)
• 2017 MLS away record: 1-3-0 (4 GF, 9 GA)
• Last five games: 3-2-0, 9 points (L-L-W-W-W)
• Last MLS match: W 2-1 vs. Chicago Fire on Saturday
• New York has won three straight matches, all at home, but takes a three-game road losing streak into Wednesday's fixture.
• New York leads MLS with 19 chances created from set plays.
• New York's 22 yellow cards are tied for the most in MLS.
• Midfielder Sacha Kljestan leads MLS with 30 chances created, seven more than any other player.
• Midfielder Felipe Martins leads MLS with 32 fouls suffered and ranks fourth with 64 duels won.
• New York leads MLS in fouls suffered (14.8) and duels won (64.2) per game.
• Goalkeeper Luis Robles has started 149 straight MLS matches for the Red Bulls, an all-time MLS record that began in 2012. He ranks second in MLS this season with four clean sheets, but has yet to post a road shutout.
• New York ranks second-to-last in MLS in passing accuracy (71.6) and leads the league with 120 failed passes per game.

 Sporting KC

• 2017 MLS record: 4-1-3, 15 points (2nd in West)
• 2017 MLS home record: 3-0-1 (8 GF, 2 GA)
• Last five games: 3-1-1, 10 points (D-W-W-L-W)
• Last MLS match: W 3-0 vs. Real Salt Lake on Saturday
• Sporting KC boasts a club-record 13-game home unbeaten streak in the regular season.
• During this 13-game home unbeaten run, Sporting KC is 10-0-3 with seven shutouts and has outscored opponents 29-10.
• Sporting KC has scored three goals in each of its last two home games.
• Sporting KC has gone 11 straight MLS matches (including playoffs) without allowing a first-half goal.
• No team has allowed fewer goals (0.38) or faced fewer shots (9.5) per game than Sporting KC.
• Goalkeeper Tim Melia leads MLS in shutouts (five), goals against average (0.38) and save percentage (83.3).
• Forward Dom Dwyer has scored three goals in his last four games. He is second in MLS with 27 fouls suffered and ranks ninth with 55 duels won.
• Midfielder Ilie ranks sixth in MLS with 59 successful passes per game, while midfielder Roger Espinoza ranks seventh with 219 successful passes in the attacking half per game.
• Among MLS defenders, Graham Zusi ranks first in chances created (12) and third in recoveries (61).

Dom Dwyer vs. Bradley Wright-Phillips (regular season since 2014)

Milestones and Miscellany

• Forward Dom Dwyer is one shy of his 13th career game-winning goal in the MLS regular season, which would tie Preki's club record. He is also one shy of his 150th appearance for Sporting KC in all competitions.
• Midfielder Jimmy Medranda is one shy of his 50th regular season appearance for Sporting KC.
• Goalkeeper Tim Melia has 21 regular season shutouts for Sporting KC, one shy of tying Kevin Hartman and Bo Oshoniyi for third on the club's all-time charts.

Team stats (2017 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis (source: Opta)

Recent #SKCvNY meetings (all competitions)

• Regular season record vs. New York: 20-20-13
• Regular season home record vs. New York: 14-9-5

* 2014 Eastern Conference Knockout Round