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Two MLS originals who finished atop their respective conferences in 2018 will square off Sunday as Sporting Kansas City (2-1-2, 8 points) welcomes the New York Red Bulls to Children's Mercy Park for a nationally televised clash on FS1 and FOX Deportes.
Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. CT with radio broadcasts airing live on Sports Radio 810 WHB, SiriusXM FC (English) and ESPN Deportes KC 1480 AM (Spanish). Tickets for the marquee matchup are on sale at SeatGeek.com as the hosts present their Sporting Sustainability theme night, headlined by the new Parley jersey now available at MLSstore.com.
Sporting will be eager to bounce back from Thursday's Champions League defeat at the hands of Monterrey, while the Red Bulls are looking to snap a three-game losing skid after piecing together a historic 2018 regular season. We take a statistical look at the intriguing matchup in our newest edition of By The Numbers.
Head-to-Head
- Sporting have won three of the last four meetings against the Red Bulls in all competitions since the start of 2016.
- Sunday marks the first time New York has visited Children's Mercy Park since falling to Sporting 2-1 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on Sept. 20, 2017.
- In 12 regular season meetings between the clubs since 2012, the home team is just 3-5-4.
- The Red Bulls have just one loss in their last six regular season visits to Children's Mercy Park, going 2-1-3 since losing their inaugural match at the stadium in October 2011.
- Sporting and New York are dead-even in the all-time series, sharing a 21-21-13 regular season record and a 22-22-13 record in all competitions.
- Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips has eight goals in nine appearances against Sporting across all competitions.
New York Red Bulls
- 2019 MLS record: 1-3-1 (4 points, 9th in Eastern Conference)
- 2019 MLS away record: 0-1-1 (1 GF, 2 GA)
- Last MLS match: L 1-2 vs. Minnesota United FC on April 6
- Last 5 MLS matches: 1-3-1, 4 points (W-T-L-L-L)
- New York set MLS records in 2018 for most wins (22) and most points (71) in a 34-game regular season.
- New York are amidst their first three-game losing streak since May 2017 and haven't lost four straight since April 2016. Last year the Red Bulls lost three of their first six matches before finishing the year with a 19-4-5 record.
- The Red Bulls have lost five of their last six matches in all competitions, failing to score in three of them.
- The Red Bulls have gone seven straight matches in all competitions without a clean sheet.
- New York's nine-year playoff streak since 2010 is the second-longest active run in MLS.
- Midfielder Daniel Royer leads New York with four goals this season in all competitions.
- Forward Bradley Wright-Phillips leads MLS with 106 regular season goals since the start of 2014. That's 29 more than any other player and 40 more than any other active MLS player.
Sporting
- 2019 MLS record: 2-1-2, 8 points (7th in West)
- 2019 MLS home record: 2-0-0 (9 GF, 1 GA)
- Last MLS match: T 1-1 at FC Cincinnati on April 7
- Last 5 MLS matches: 2-1-2, 8 points (L-W-T-W-T)
- Sporting are unbeaten in four straight MLS matches since falling 2-1 at LAFC on March 3. The club will conclude a stretch of five matches in 16 days on Sunday.
- Sporting are unbeaten in eight straight regular season home games dating back to last season. The club boasts a 29-3-13 regular season home record since June 2016.
- Since June 22, 2013, Sporting are 47-0-14 when scoring first in regular season home games (61 matches unbeaten) and 36-0-4 when leading at halftime of regular season home games (40 matches unbeaten).
- Sporting's eight-year playoff streak since 2011 is the third-longest active run in MLS.
- Forward Krisztian Nemeth leads Sporting with eight goals in 10 appearances this season across all competitions.
- Forward Johnny Russell has scored three goals in his last three MLS appearances.
- Forward Gerso Fernandes has recorded four goals and four assists this season in all competitions.
Recent #SKCvNY meetings (all competitions)
- All-competitions record vs. New York: 22-22-13 (74 GF, 70 GA)
- All-competitions home record vs. New York: 16-9-5 (45 GF, 34 GA)
<strong>Date</strong> |
<strong>Result</strong> |
<strong>H/A</strong> |
<strong>Details</strong> |
03/08/2015 |
T 1-1 |
Home |
Ike Opara opens scoring before Lloyd Sam provides quick equalizer |
04/09/2016 |
W 2-0 |
Away |
Tim Melia saves Bradley Wright-Phillips PK as Benny Feilhaber and Dom Dwyer net goals |
05/03/2017 |
W 2-0 |
Home |
Dwyer scores twice in comfortable Sporting victory |
09/20/2017 |
W 2-1 |
Home |
Latif Blessing and Daniel Salloi score on either side of halftime to give Sporting the U.S. Open Cup title |
07/14/2018 |
L 2-3 |
Away |
Johnny Russell and Roger Espinoza strike, but Wright-Phillips goal and Marc Rzatkowski brace seal home win |
Team stats (2019 regular season)
MLS rank in parenthesis (source: Opta)
<strong>Category (per game)</strong> |
<strong>Sporting</strong> |
<strong>Red Bulls</strong> |
Goals scored |
2.40 (4th) |
1.20 (15th) |
Goals conceded |
1.00 (5th) |
1.20 (t-8th) |
Shots |
14.2 (4th) |
13.4 (t-9th) |
Shots on goal |
5.2 (4th) |
4.4 (t-11th) |
Shooting accuracy |
47.3 (12th) |
46.8 (13th) |
Passing accuracy |
84.9 (4th) |
69.1 (24th) |
Possession |
57.1 (4th) |
52.9 (10th) |
Duels won |
48.6 (t-20th) |
64.6 (1st) |
Tackles won |
10.0 (t-14th) |
11.6 (9th) |
Interceptions |
8.2 (22nd) |
14.4 (t-2nd) |
Clearances |
18.4 (13th) |
19.0 (11th) |
Fouls committed |
12.8 (t-10th) |
9.0 (22nd) |
Fouls suffered |
10.8 (17th) |
13.2 (5th) |
Shots faced |
13.0 (13th) |
9.4 (2nd) |
