Sporting Kansas City plays the New York Red Bulls following shutout victory
Sporting Kansas City (7-14-6, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. New York Red Bulls (10-5-12, fourth in the Eastern Conference)
Harrison, New Jersey; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE New York -159, Sporting Kansas City +394, Draw +302; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out Orlando City 3-0, Sporting Kansas City visits the New York Red Bulls.
The Red Bulls are 7-1-5 in home games. The Red Bulls are third in the Eastern Conference giving up just 34 goals.
Sporting KC is 2-9-2 in road games. Sporting KC is 4-11 in matches decided by one goal.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lewis Morgan has scored 12 goals with two assists for the Red Bulls. Elias Manoel has three goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
William Agada has nine goals and two assists for Sporting KC. Stephen Afrifa has three goals and one assist over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Bulls: 2-1-7, averaging 1.4 goals, 5.3 shots on goal and 6.4 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.1 goals per game.
Sporting KC: 4-5-1, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.5 shots on goal and 5.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.0 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Red Bulls: Roald Mitchell (injured), Serge Ngoma (injured), Peter Stroud (injured), Wikelman Carmona (injured), Andres Reyes (injured), Emil Forsberg (injured).
Sporting KC: Felipe Hernandez (injured), Robert Castellanos (injured), Memo Rodriguez (injured), Nemanja Radoja (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
