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

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

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
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' It’s Showtime! The match between Columbus Crew SC and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Wilfried Nancy will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sporting Kansas City winning 0% of all matches.
20' USA international Christian Ramirez has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
25' Rudy Camacho has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
30' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
31' Khiry Shelton gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Kayden Pierre and will look to change the dynamic.
32' Cucho Hernandez makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Columbus Crew SC are in front.
37' Alenis Vargas is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
42' Columbus Crew SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
46' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Willy Agada is replaced by Johnny Russell.
47' Cucho Hernandez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 4 goals this season for the .
47' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Stephen Afrira exits the field as Alenis Vargas enters on 47.
52' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
57' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Memo Rodriguez gets a card.
61' The Columbus Crew SC manager makes a substitution. Aidan Morris departs to be replaced by Sean Zawadzki.
66' Christian Ramirez makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Columbus Crew SC are in front.
71' The Colombia Cucho Hernandez breaks the deadlock on 71 minutes. 4-0!
72' Derrick Jones has so much to prove this time. He replaces Darlington Nagbe on 72 minute.
73' Alexandru Matan gets the nod from Columbus Crew SC. He replaces Diego Rossi and will look to change the dynamic.
74' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Dany Rosero.
76' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Nemanja Radoja exits the field as Jake Davis enters on 76.
81' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Darlington Nagbe has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
85' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Christian Ramirez is replaced by Taha Habroune.
90' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kayden Pierre made 281 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

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

2.7 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.64 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC to win 75% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC75% Draw16% Sporting Kansas City9%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 3.34

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

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

13%

3 – 0

11.3%

1 – 0

9.6%

2 – 1

4 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

7.2%

1 – 1

6.7%

4 – 1

4.9%

0 – 0

4.8%

5 – 0

4.1%

5 – 1

2.7%

2 – 2

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	37%	—	63%
-2	37%	22%	41%
-1.5	59%	—	41%
-1	59%	20%	21%
-0.5	79%	—	21%
+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

53% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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