Cincinnati vs Sporting KC — result, stats and line-ups

Full Time

2025

CincinnatiEastern Conference · 9.

26 APR

2:1

Sporting KCWestern Conference · 15.

Goals

GOAL

Goal43'

Kévin Denkey · Right foot shot 1-0

GOAL

AST

Goal78'

Kévin Denkey (assist: Luca Orellano) · Right foot shot 2-0

GOAL

AST

Goal89'

Zorhan Bassong (assist: Erik Thommy) · Right foot shot 2-1

Man of the match

Kévin DenkeyCincinnati8.6

Expected goals (xG)

CincinnatixGSporting KC

0.960.69

Trends

season

Win %

58%21%

Over 1.5 %

66%85%

Over 2.5 %

55%68%

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TV stations

International

Bet365

SiriusXM FC

Channels in 2 countries

International

Bet365

United States

SiriusXM FC

Venue

TQL Stadium26,000 seats

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Conditions

Weatherbroken clouds
RefereeAllen Chapman
2nd AssistantGianni Facchini

Pressure index

CincinnatiSporting KC

1′45′90′

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Match flow

PLAYER

Yellow card17'

Tah Anunga

GOAL

Goal43'

Kévin Denkey · Right foot shot 1-0

OUT

Substitution62'

In: Obinna Nwobodo · Out: Tah Anunga · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution63'

In: Sergio Santos · Out: Matt Miazga · Tactical sub

PLAYER

Yellow card65'

Dejan Joveljić

OUT

Substitution66'

In: Zorhan Bassong · Out: Nemanja Radoja · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution73'

In: Erik Thommy · Out: Dániel Sallói · Tactical sub

GOAL

AST

Goal78'

Kévin Denkey (assist: Luca Orellano) · Right foot shot 2-0

PLAYER

Yellow card79'

Kévin Denkey

OUT

Substitution85'

In: Brad Smith · Out: Lukas Engel · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution86'

In: Stephen Afrifa · Out: Shapi Suleymanov · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution86'

In: Andrew Brody · Out: Khiry Shelton · Tactical sub

OUT

Substitution86'

In: Alvas Powell · Out: Luca Orellano · Tactical sub

GOAL

AST

Goal89'

Zorhan Bassong (assist: Erik Thommy) · Right foot shot 2-1

OUT

Substitution90'

In: Corey Baird · Out: Kévin Denkey · Tactical sub

Ball positions

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Commentary

The game concludes with FC Cincinnati securing a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City.
90+4′The second half has concluded, with the final score showing FC Cincinnati 2, Sporting Kansas City 1.
90+3′Stephen Afrifa commits a foul for Sporting Kansas City.
90+3′Alvas Powell from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
90+2′The fourth official has indicated that there will be three minutes of stoppage time.
90+1′Missed opportunity. Evander from FC Cincinnati took a right-footed shot from the center of the penalty area.Penalty
90+1′Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Corey Baird comes on to take the place of Kévin Denkey.
89′Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Zorhan Bassong scores for Sporting Kansas City with a powerful right-footed shot from the center of the box, finding the top right corner of the net. The goal was set up by Erik Thommy after a set piece.
88′Stephen Afrifa from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick on the left flank.
88′DeAndre Yedlin commits a foul for FC Cincinnati.
88′Manu García from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick on the left flank.
88′Pavel Bucha commits a foul for FC Cincinnati.
87′A shot from outside the penalty area by Kévin Denkey of FC Cincinnati is stopped in the middle of the goal. The attempt was set up by Sergio Santos.Penalty
87′Substitution for Sporting Kansas City: Stephen Afrifa comes on to take the place of Shapi Suleymanov.
86′Substitution for Sporting Kansas City: Andrew Brody comes on to take the place of Khiry Shelton.
86′Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Alvas Powell comes on to take the place of Luca Orellano.
86′Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Brad Smith comes on to take the place of Lukas Engel.
84′Manu García of Sporting Kansas City is awarded a free kick in the opponent's half.
84′Manu García from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in the opponent's half.
84′Evander commits a foul against FC Cincinnati.
82′A shot attempt has been thwarted. Manu García from Sporting Kansas City took a right-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it was blocked. The assist came from Dejan Joveljic.Penalty
80′A shot attempt is thwarted. Lukas Engel of FC Cincinnati takes a left-footed strike from the left side of the penalty area, but it's blocked. The assist came from Sergio Santos.Penalty
79′Kévin Denkey of FC Cincinnati receives a yellow card for celebrating too exuberantly.
78′Goal! FC Cincinnati leads 2-0 against Sporting Kansas City. Kévin Denkey scores with a right-footed shot from the center of the box after a corner kick.
77′Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after John Pulskamp allowed the ball to go out of play.
77′Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after a deflection off John Pulskamp.
75′Obinna Nwobodo from FC Cincinnati is awarded a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
75′Zorhan Bassong from Sporting Kansas City commits a foul.
75′The attempt is thwarted. Zorhan Bassong from Sporting Kansas City heads the ball from the middle of the box, but the goalkeeper makes the save.
74′Offside call against FC Cincinnati. Kévin Denkey has been flagged for being in an offside position.
74′Missed opportunity! Obinna Nwobodo from FC Cincinnati takes a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it goes over the bar and to the right.Penalty
73′Substitution for Sporting Kansas City: Erik Thommy comes on to take the place of Dániel Sallói.
71′Shot on goal denied. Evander from FC Cincinnati takes a right-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but the goalkeeper makes the save.Penalty
71′A shot attempt is thwarted. Luca Orellano from FC Cincinnati takes a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it gets blocked. The assist came from Pavel Bucha.Penalty
70′Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after Jacob Bartlett allowed the ball to go out of play.
69′Offside call against FC Cincinnati. Lukas Engel has been flagged for being in an offside position.
69′Sergio Santos from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
66′FC Cincinnati is flagged for offside as Lukas Engel is found to be in an offside position.
66′Substitution for Sporting Kansas City: Zorhan Bassong comes on to take the place of Nemanja Radoja.
65′Dejan Joveljic of Sporting Kansas City receives a yellow card.
65′Dejan Joveljic from Sporting Kansas City has fallen to the ground, but the referee rules that he has exaggerated the situation.
64′Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after Jacob Bartlett allowed the ball to go out of play.
64′A shot is deflected. Evander from FC Cincinnati takes a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it's blocked. The attempt was set up by Luca Orellano.Penalty
63′Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Sergio Santos comes on to take the place of Matt Miazga.
63′Substitution for FC Cincinnati: Obinna Nwobodo comes on to take the place of Tah Brian Anunga.
62′Lukas Engel from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
62′Jansen Miller commits a foul for Sporting Kansas City.
62′The shot was deflected. Shapi Suleymanov of Sporting Kansas City tried a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but it was blocked. Jacob Bartlett provided the assist.Penalty
61′Offside call against Sporting Kansas City. Logan Ndenbe has been flagged for being in an offside position.
56′FC Cincinnati is flagged for offside. DeAndre Yedlin is the player who was in an offside position.
56′Offside call against Sporting Kansas City. Dejan Joveljic has been flagged for being in an offside position.
52′Corner kick awarded to Sporting Kansas City after Tah Brian Anunga allowed the ball to go out of play.
51′Shot on goal denied. Dániel Sallói of Sporting Kansas City takes a right-footed attempt from the left side of the penalty area, but the shot is stopped in the middle of the net. The effort was set up by Dejan Joveljic.Penalty
47′Corner kick awarded to Sporting Kansas City after Miles Robinson allowed the ball to go out of play.
45′The second half is underway with FC Cincinnati leading Sporting Kansas City 1-0.
45+3′The first half concludes with FC Cincinnati leading Sporting Kansas City 1-0.
45+3′The first half has concluded with FC Cincinnati leading Sporting Kansas City 1-0.
45+2′Lukas Engel commits a foul for FC Cincinnati.
45+2′Shapi Suleymanov of Sporting Kansas City is awarded a free kick on the right flank.
45′The fourth official has indicated that there will be three minutes of stoppage time.
43′Goal! FC Cincinnati takes the lead with a score of 1-0 against Sporting Kansas City. Kévin Denkey scores with a right-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area.
43′A shot on goal was thwarted. Lukas Engel from FC Cincinnati fired a left-footed attempt from outside the penalty area, but it was successfully stopped in the bottom right corner. The effort was set up by Pavel Bucha.Penalty
42′Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
42′Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in his own half.
38′Tah Brian Anunga from FC Cincinnati commits a foul.
38′Manu García from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in the opponent's half.
38′The pause has ended. They're set to resume play.
37′Match interruption - FC Cincinnati.
35′Missed opportunity! Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City took a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it went wide.Penalty
32′Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in his team's defensive zone.
27′Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after Jacob Bartlett allowed the ball to go out.
24′Offside call against FC Cincinnati. Lukas Engel has been flagged for being in an offside position.
23′The pause has ended. They are set to resume play.
21′The game is currently paused due to an injury to Roman Celentano from FC Cincinnati.
20′Missed opportunity. Dejan Joveljic from Sporting Kansas City attempted a header from the middle of the penalty area.Penalty
19′Manu García commits a foul for Sporting Kansas City.
19′Evander from FC Cincinnati earns a free kick in their own half.
17′Tah Brian Anunga from FC Cincinnati receives a yellow card for committing a serious foul.
17′Manu García from Sporting Kansas City earns a free kick in the opponent's half.
17′Tah Brian Anunga from FC Cincinnati commits a foul.
14′Missed opportunity. Manu García from Sporting Kansas City takes a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, but it goes over the bar after a corner kick.Penalty
13′Corner kick awarded to Sporting Kansas City after Evander allowed the ball to go out.
13′A shot on goal was blocked. Dejan Joveljic from Sporting Kansas City took a right-footed attempt from the right side of the penalty area, but it was saved in the middle of the net. The assist came from Manu García.Penalty
11′Missed opportunity. Shapi Suleymanov from Sporting Kansas City took a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area.Penalty
9′A shot on goal has been blocked. Luca Orellano from FC Cincinnati took a left-footed strike from outside the penalty area, but the goalkeeper made the save.Penalty
5′Missed opportunity. Kévin Denkey from FC Cincinnati took a right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area.Penalty
3′Corner kick awarded to FC Cincinnati after Nemanja Radoja allowed the ball to go out.
1′Offside call against Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói has been flagged for being in an offside position.
The opening half is underway...
The team rosters have been revealed, and the players are currently going through their warm-up routines.

Match statistics

CINSKC

Possession and passing

54%Possession46%

86%Pass accuracy81%

533Passes454

459Successful Passes368

82Ball Safe63

12Key Passes9

5 more

40Long Passes48

53%Long-pass accuracy42%

5Substitutions4

21Successful Long Passes20

16Throw-ins16

Attack

2Goals1

15Shots Total11

7Shots On Target4

1Big Chances Created1

4Corners5

66Dangerous Attacks89

14 more

2Accurate Crosses2

75Attacks93

0Big Chances Missed1

12Dribble Attempts18

40Duels Won42

11Goal Attempts10

5Offsides2

2Shots Blocked2

6Shots inside the box6

6Shots Off Target5

9Shots outside the box5

67%Successful dribbles56%

8Successful Dribbles10

13Total Crosses15

Defence and discipline

3Saves5

12Tackles15

5Interceptions13

8Fouls6

2Yellow cards1

6Free Kicks8

1 more

9Goal Kicks8

Other

14Successful Headers8

1Assists1

1Injuries0

The halves are each period's own numbers — not a split of the full-time figures.

The referee

A. ChapmanPer-match averages this season · 27 matches · career: 263

	Avg	Home	Away	Career
Yellow cards	3.37	1.63	1.74	3.40
Red cards	0.07	0.04	0.04	0.10
Second yellows	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.06
Penalties	0.41	0.37	0.04	0.38

Home / away: what the home and the away side received on average. Career: the average over every match officiated.

Expected goals (xG)

CincinnatixGSporting KC

0.960.69

Expected Goals on Target (xGoT)

1.640.79

Expected Goals Non Penalty Goals (npxG)

0.960.69

Expected Goals Open Play (xGOP)

0.680.43

Expected Goals Set Play (xGSP)

0.280.26

Expected Goals Corners (xGC)

0.260.04

Expected Points (xPTS)

1.561.10

Expected Goals Against (xGA)

0.690.96

Starting XI

Sporting KCFormation: 4-3-3 · €14M7/11

Kerry Zavagnin

CincinnatiFormation: 3-4-2-1 · €33M9/11

Pat Noonan

The ↓ and minute under a player mean they were substituted off then.

Transfer fees

Cincinnati€33Mstarting XI · 9/11€37Mwith bench · 14/20

Sporting KC€14Mstarting XI · 7/11€17Mwith bench · 10/20

Cincinnati's starting XI cost €18M more.

The amount under a player is their last known transfer fee and its year (provider data) — not a market value.

Cincinnati — bench

Alvas PowellDefender · €227K (2018)3

Gilberto FloresDefender5

Obinna NwobodoMidfielder · €2.7M (2022)6.9 11

Corey BairdAttacker · €85K (2025)6.7 13

Evan LouroGoalkeeper14

Brad SmithDefender · €682K (2022)6.3 17

Sergio SantosAttacker · €841K (2022)6.9 19

Ștefan ChirilăMidfielder22

Gerardo ValenzuelaMidfielder

Sporting KC — bench

Ian JamesDefender3

Andrew BrodyDefender8

Memo RodríguezMidfielder13

Mason ToyeAttacker · €545K (2020)14

Tim LeiboldDefender · €1.8M (2019)22

Zorhan BassongDefender7.5 26

Erik ThommyMidfielder · €500K (2019, loan)7.0 30

Stephen AfrifaAttacker36

Ryan ScheweGoalkeeper

Player statistics

Cincinnati starters then subs, by rating

Kévin Denkey#9 · Attacker · 90′8.6

In this match

Attack

Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Shots: 5
Shots on target: 3
Expected goals (xG): 0.37
xGoT: 0.98

Passing

Passes (accurate/total): 13/13
Pass accuracy: 100%
Key passes: 0
Passes in final third: 1

Possession & duels

Touches: 31
Duels (won/total): 3/11
Aerials won: 1
Dispossessed: 4
Possession lost: 8
Ball recoveries: 2

Defence

Tackles: 2
Interceptions: 1
Dribbled past: 2

Discipline

Fouls: 0
Offsides: 1
Yellow cards: 1

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Cincinnati	1.5763.65%	1.5365.36%
Draw	4.3323.08%	4.4022.73%
Sporting KC	5.2519.05%	5.5018.18%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Cincinnati or Draw	1.1685.76%	1.1586.96%
Cincinnati or Sporting KC	–	1.2182.64%
Draw or Sporting KC	–	2.4041.67%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City	2.3043.48%	–
FC Cincinnati or Sporting Kansas City	1.2083.33%	–

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
2+ goals	–	1.1785.47%
0–1 goals	–	4.9020.41%
3+ goals	1.5763.65%	1.5863.29%
0–2 goals	2.3542.55%	2.2544.44%
4+ goals	–	2.5539.22%
0–3 goals	–	1.4967.11%

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Cincinnati	2.0548.78%	2.0548.78%
Draw	2.5040%	2.4540.82%
Sporting KC	5.0020%	4.8020.83%

Outcome	bet365
CIN → CIN	2.3742.11%
CIN → X	15.006.67%
X → CIN	4.5022.22%
X → X	7.0014.29%
Draw - Sporting Kansas City	11.009.09%
FC Cincinnati - Sporting Kansas City	34.002.94%
Sporting Kansas City - Draw	17.005.88%
Sporting Kansas City - FC Cincinnati	19.005.26%
Sporting Kansas City - Sporting Kansas City	9.0011.11%

Outcome	bet365
12 - 14	4.3323.08%
6 - 8	3.1032.26%
9 - 11	2.6238.1%
Under 6	10.0010%
Over 14	10.0010%

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitecaps	25	49
1	Nashville SC	26	57
2	New England	26	46
2	Houston Dynamo	26	44
3	Inter Miami	26	46
3	St. Louis City	26	44
4	Charlotte	26	43
4	Dallas	26	44
5	Chicago Fire	25	39
5	SJ Earthquakes	26	42
6	Los Angeles FC	27	41
6	Philadelphia Union	26	36
7	Orlando City	26	34
7	Colorado Rapids	26	36
8	New York RB	26	33
8	LA Galaxy	27	33
9	Portland Timbers	26	32
9	Cincinnati	25	33
10	Seattle Sounders	25	32
10	New York City	26	32
11	San Diego	26	31
11	DC United	25	29
12	Austin	26	30
12	Toronto	26	29
13	Real Salt Lake	26	29
13	Columbus Crew	26	26
14	Atlanta United	26	26
14	Minnesota United	26	29
15	Sporting KC	25	18
15	CF Montréal	26	21

Outcome	bet365	Unibet
Yes	1.6660.02%	1.6660.24%
No	2.1047.62%	2.0848.08%