Sporting Kansas City vs. New England Revolution 6/12/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

Sporting Kansas City hosts the New England Revolution on Sunday in a MLS inter-conference fixture. Sporting Kansas City is last or 14th in the Western Conference table at 3-4-8 on 13 points with a goal difference of -13. Sporting Kansas City was defeated at home by the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 in their most recent MLS fixture two weeks ago prior to the break for international play. 

Sporting Kansas City’s 1-0 loss to Vancouver was only the third time the club has failed to score in a MLS fixture at home since the beginning of last season. Sporting Kansas City has not been held scoreless in two consecutive matches at home since 2017. Johnny Russell and Daniel Salloi are the leading goal scorers for Sporting Kansas City with four each, while Felipe Hernandez is the leader in assists with three.

New England is 11th in the Eastern Conference table at 4-4-5 on 16 points with a goal difference of -1. New England battled to a 1-1 draw at home with the Philadelphia Union in their most recent MLS fixture two weeks ago prior to the break for International play. New England scored first in the match versus Philadelphia with a goal by Gustavo Bou in the 75th minute but the Revolution gave up an equalizer two minutes later and had to share spoils.

There have been only three clean sheets in the first 13 MLS fixtures in 2022 for New England, two in their favor and one against. On the road, New England has scored in 11 consecutive matches and in 20 of the last 21. Adam Buksa was the leading scorer for New England but signed a transfer to play for RC Lens in Ligue 1. Carles Gil is the leading goal scorer at present with three, and Gil is also the leader in assists with five.