Sporting Kansas City’s playoff hopes took a big hit last weekend with a home loss to FC Dallas who held the final playoff spot in the West at the time of the match-up. FiveThirtyEight.com gives Sporting KC just a 26% chance of making the playoffs. Their opponent on Friday is NYCFC who currently hold a 98% chance of getting into the playoffs. New York City don’t need to win, but Sporting KC really need a result on the road.
That challenge will be made tougher by the fact that SKC will be without their leading goal scorer Felipe Gutierrez who is suspended due to yellow card accumulation.