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New York Red Bulls

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New York Red Bulls will be hoping for a better result following the 0-2 MLS defeat last time out to Philadelphia Union.

In that match, New York Red Bulls managed 59% possession and 21 shots at goal with 4 on target. Philadelphia Union got 12 shots on goal with 7 on target. Mikael Uhre (4') and Tai Baribo (14') scored for Philadelphia Union.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where New York Red Bulls haven’t conceded. The facts show that New York Red Bulls have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 7 goals along the way.

Sporting Kansas City

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Sporting Kansas City come into this clash after a 2-0 US Open Cup win versus Indy Eleven in their previous game.

For Sporting Kansas City, the goals were scored by Johnny Russell (14') and Dany Rosero (35').

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Sporting Kansas City have helped themselves to a tally of 11 goals. Sporting Kansas City have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have seen 5 goals scored by their opponents. Historical results aside, it remains to be seen if such a trend shall persist here in this match.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 09/04/2016 shows that New York Red Bulls have won 2 of these games & Sporting Kansas City 3, with the number of draws being 1.

A sum of 17 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 for Red Bulls and 10 for SKC. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The last league fixture featuring the two was MLS match day 25 on 04/07/2022 when the final score was Sporting Kansas City 0-1 New York Red Bulls.

That time, Sporting Kansas City had 63% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

For their opponents, New York Red Bulls got 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Aaron Long (53') was the scorer.

The referee was Marcos de Oliveira.

🗞️ Team News: New York Red Bulls

Emil Forsberg (Foot injury) and Roald Mitchell (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for New York Red Bulls boss Sandro Schwarz.

In our view, Red Bulls will possibly kick off with a 4-4-2 system for this one, beginning the first half with Ryan Meara, Dylan Nealis, Andrés Reyes, Sean Nealis, John Tolkin, Dennis Gjengaar, Daniel Edelman, Felipe Carballo, Cameron Harper, Elias Manoel and Dante Vanzeir.

📰 Team News: Sporting Kansas City

We are inclined to think that SKC appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation with a starting lineup of Tim Melia, Khiry Shelton, Robert Voloder, Daniel Rosero, Tim Leibold, Jake Davis, Remi Walter, Johnny Russell, Erik Thommy, Dániel Sallói and Alan Pulido.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that New York Red Bulls will probably fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding when they play Sporting Kansas City, who could well find it tough to score themselves.

Accordingly, we see a comfortable 2-0 victory for New York Red Bulls come full-time.

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Renata Leite, 23:10 07/09/2024