Columbus Crew SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 23 Jun 2019 · 21:30 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+4'

Y 45' Matt Besler

Y 69' Graham Zusi

Harrison Afful 74' R

Alex Crognale 76' Y

Gaston Sauro 79' Y

Overview

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Columbus Crew SC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Corey Rockwell
Referee Allen Chapman
Referee David Gantar
Referee Nick Uranga
Referee Edvin Jurisevic

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

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
23 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–1	L
01 Jun	New York City FC	H	2–2	D
26 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–3	L
19 May	Minnesota United FC	A	0–1	L
11 May	Los Angeles FC	H	0–3	L
08 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–0	W
07 Jun	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
02 Jun	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
30 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–2	L
26 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–2	W
19 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		Sporting Kansas City
#10	Position	#30
16	Points	11
15	Played	14
4 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
21	Scored	14
23	Conceded	36
-2	GD	-22
1.07	PPG	0.79
27%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/3

16-30

2/1

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/2

76+

1/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
10' Pedro Santos has been relatively quiet despite scoring 30 goals in his last 284 appearances.
15' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Columbus Crew SC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
16' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Luis Argudo comes on to replace David Accam.
21' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
26' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
31' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
36' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
41' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
45' Matt Besler was booked on 45.
48' Goal! Felipe Gutierrez scores his 26 goal in 281 matches.
53' Columbus Crew SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
58' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
61' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Matt Besler trudges off to be replaced by Fontas on 61 minutes.
65' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Gedion Zelalem comes on to replace Benny Feilhaber.
69' Graham Zusi picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
71' The whistle greets Patrick Mullins as he departs to be replaced by JJ Williams.
74' Columbus Crew SC receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 74.
76' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Alex Crognale on 76 minutes.
79' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Gaston Sauro.
84' Sporting Kansas City have won 435 goals from 281 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
86' Nicolas Hasler gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Graham Zusi and will look to change the dynamic.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Columbus Crew SC 0-1 Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

18
Robinho ↑ 61'
13
Ricardo Clark
20
Eduardo Sosa
2
Luis Argudo ↑ 16'
1
Joe Bendik
30
Aboubacar Keita
33
JJ Williams ↑ 71'

Coach Caleb Porter

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

4
Fontas ↑ 61'
10
Yohan Croizet
18
Eric Dick
11
Kelyn Rowe
14
Nicolas Hasler ↑ 86'
24
Gedion Zelalem ↑ 65'

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cucho Hernandez	3
Felipe Gutierrez	1
Christian Ramirez	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.58 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.03 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Draw 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Columbus Crew SC44% Draw28% Sporting Kansas City28%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.61

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

72%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

56%

Columbus Crew SC or Sporting Kansas City

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC34% Draw47% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.9%

1 – 0

10.7%

0 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

4.8%

2 – 2

4.7%

3 – 0

4.7%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	23%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

21% ✗

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

Columbus Crew SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

Sporting Kansas City Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Clean Sheet