Columbus Crew SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Columbus Crew SC

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Sporting Kansas City

Sat 22 Jun 2024 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 57' Memo Rodriguez

Y 74' Dany Rosero

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Lower.com Field.

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 5 games · Avg 1.8 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2024-06-22 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City 2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2019-06-23 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	4–0	W
19 Jun	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–2	L
15 Jun	New York City FC	A	3–2	W
25 May	Orlando City SC	A	2–0	W
19 May	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–1	W
15 May	Montreal Impact FC	A	3–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–4	L
20 Jun	Real Salt Lake	H	3–4	L
16 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–4	L
09 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
02 Jun	Minnesota United FC	A	1–3	L
30 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Sporting Kansas City
#10	Position	#30
20	Points	14
18	Played	18
5 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
26	Scored	18
28	Conceded	46
-2	GD	-28
1.11	PPG	0.78
28%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Lower.com Field that hosts another battle between Columbus Crew SC and Sporting Kansas City.
5' Kayden Pierre has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 284 appearances.
10' Columbus Crew SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
15' Christian Ramirez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 3 cards already picked up this season.
20' Columbus Crew SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' Columbus Crew SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
31' The crowd applauds Kayden Pierre as he leaves the pitch. Khiry Shelton steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
32' Cucho Hernandez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
37' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
42' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 42.
46' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Willy Agada is replaced by Johnny Russell.
47' What a strike from Cucho Hernandez! The score is 2-0.
47' Alenis Vargas is ready to make an impact after coming on for Stephen Afrira at the 47 minute mark.
52' Columbus Crew SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
57' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Memo Rodriguez on 57 minutes.
61' Sean Zawadzki is ready to make an impact after coming on for Aidan Morris at the 61 minute mark.
66' Christian Ramirez makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Columbus Crew SC are in front.
71' A goal from the Colombia international Cucho Hernandez! He fires home on 71 to make it 4-0!
72' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Derrick Jones comes on to replace Darlington Nagbe.
73' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Diego Rossi is replaced by Alexandru Matan.
74' Dany Rosero has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 74.
76' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Nemanja Radoja has done his job and it is now time for Jake Davis to step up.
81' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Aidan Morris suffering a number of foals already.
85' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Christian Ramirez is withdrawn and Taha Habroune gets his opportunity.
90' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Columbus Crew SC players.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

9
Cucho Hernandez ↓ Marino Hinestroza 73'
31
Steven Moreira
17
Christian Ramirez ↓ Taha Habroune 85'
10
Diego Rossi ↓ Alexandru Matan 73'
4
Rudy Camacho
6
Darlington Nagbe ↓ Derrick Jones 72'
8
Aidan Morris ↓ Sean Zawadzki 61'
28
Patrick Schulte
23
Mohamed Farsi
27
Max Arfsten
21
Yevgen Cheberko

Bench

18
Malte Amundsen
14
Yaw Yeboah
20
Alexandru Matan ↑ 73'
5
Derrick Jones ↑ 72'
11
Marino Hinestroza ↑ 73'
3
Will Sands
25
Sean Zawadzki ↑ 61'
16
Taha Habroune ↑ 85'
1
Nicholas Hagen

Coach Wilfried Nancy

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Johnny Russell ↑ 46'
3
Fontas ↑ 46'
29
Tim Melia
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 31'
77
Marinos Tzionis
17
Jake Davis ↑ 76'
28
Chris Rindov
20
Alenis Vargas ↑ 47'

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cucho Hernandez	3
Felipe Gutierrez	1
Christian Ramirez	1

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2024-06-22 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-06-19 Internacional CF Miami 2–1 Columbus Crew SC L 2024-06-15 New York City FC 2–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-05-25 Orlando City SC 0–2 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-05-19 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W 2024-05-15 Montreal Impact FC 1–3 Columbus Crew SC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-06-22 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake L 2024-06-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-06-02 Minnesota United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.76 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.66 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC to win 75% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC75% Draw16% Sporting Kansas City9%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 3.42

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

91%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

25%

Columbus Crew SC or Sporting Kansas City

84%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC59% Draw34% Sporting Kansas City7%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

12.6%

3 – 0

11.2%

1 – 0

9.1%

2 – 1

4 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

7.3%

1 – 1

6.5%

4 – 1

5.1%

0 – 0

4.5%

5 – 0

4.3%

5 – 1

2.9%

2 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	38%	—	62%
-2	38%	22%	40%
-1.5	60%	—	40%
-1	60%	20%	20%
-0.5	80%	—	20%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	4%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

52% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.