FC Dallas vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

FC Dallas

2 – 1

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 19 Mar 2023 · 00:30 UTC Toyota Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Maarten Paes 61' Y

Ema Twumasi 76' Y

Y 78' Robert Voloder

Overview

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FC Dallas vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Toyota Stadium.

FC Dallas 18 games · 27 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

FC Dallas 18 games · Avg 3.5 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-19 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2022-10-09 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2022-05-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 FC Dallas 2021-09-30 FC Dallas 1–3 Sporting Kansas City 2021-08-15 FC Dallas 0–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

FC Dallas

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
11 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
05 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–1	W
26 Feb	Minnesota United FC	H	0–1	L
24 Oct	Austin FC	A	1–2	L
18 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	6–5	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
12 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D
05 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D
28 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
09 Oct	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
02 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

FC Dallas		Sporting Kansas City
#20	Position	#30
27	Points	14
18	Played	18
7 / 6 / 5	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
32	Scored	18
25	Conceded	46
+7	GD	-28
1.50	PPG	0.78
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

78% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

FC Dallas are 20th (27 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Dallas

0-15

4/2

16-30

3/4

31-45

5/3

46-60

3/1

61-75

–/3

76+

5/3

■ 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)

FC Dallas

Petar Musa	13 G	2 A
Logan Farrington	6 G	2 A

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
5' FC Dallas is showing some good football. However, FC Dallas are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Nkosi Burgess is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
11' Daniel Salloi makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
16' It’s high time Nico Estevez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
21' Over 21 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
26' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
31' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
36' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
41' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked 22 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
46' 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 Khiry Shelton suffering a number of foals already.
51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
55' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Alan Velasco makes it 1-1.
58' Tsiki Ntsabeleng is replacing Paxton Pomykal for the FC Dallas side.
61' It’s a booking for FC Dallas player. Maarten Paes gets a Yellow card.
66' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Roger Espinoza departs to be replaced by Felipe Hernandez.
67' The supporters are chanting for Felipe Hernandez. He replaces Roger Espinoza on 67 minute.
72' Nemanja Radoja has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
75' FC Dallas player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
75' Erik Thommy makes way for Nemanja Radoja at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
76' The referee calls foul for Ema Twumasi. He receives a Yellow card.
78' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 78.
81' Another substitution for FC Dallas to replace Sebastian Lletget by Jesus Jimenez on 81 minute.
82' The whistle greets Sebastian Lletget as he departs to be replaced by Jesus Jimenez.
84' Jesus Ferreira is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
85' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Kayden Pierre on, Ben Sweat off on 85 minutes.
86' Kayden Pierre gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Ben Sweat and will look to change the dynamic.
90' Sebastien Ibeagha gets the nod from FC Dallas. He replaces Paul Arriola and will look to change the dynamic.
The final score is 2-1.

Lineups

FC Dallas Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

30
Maarten Paes
12
Sebastian Lletget ↓ Jesus Jimenez 82'
19
Paxton Pomykal ↓ Tsiki Ntsabeleng 58'
10
Jesus Ferreira
22
Ema Twumasi ↓ Geovane 82'
4
Marco Farfan
7
Paul Arriola ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 90'
6
Edwin Cerrillo
20
Alan Velasco ↓ Facundo Quignon 90'
17
Nkosi Burgess
3
Jose Martinez

Bench

1
Jimmy Maurer
5
Facundo Quignon ↑ 90'
25
Sebastien Ibeagha ↑ 90'
9
Jesus Jimenez ↑ 82'
29
Sam Junqua
8
Jader Obrian
2
Geovane ↑ 82'
16
Tsiki Ntsabeleng ↑ 58'
21
Jose Mulato

Coach Nico Estevez

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

54
Remi Walter
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Nemanja Radoja 75'
8
Graham Zusi
20
Daniel Salloi
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 67'
11
Khiry Shelton ↓ Marinos Tzionis 85'
2
Ben Sweat ↓ Kayden Pierre 86'
4
Robert Voloder
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada
3
Andreu Fontas

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	9
Johnny Russell	6
Jesus Ferreira	6
Michael Barrios	4
Michael Barrios	3
Willy Agada	3
Luciano Acosta	3
Franco Jara	3

Head to Head

FC Dallas Form

2023-03-19 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-03-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 FC Dallas D 2023-03-05 FC Dallas 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2023-02-26 FC Dallas 0–1 Minnesota United FC L 2022-10-24 Austin FC 2–1 FC Dallas L 2022-10-18 FC Dallas 6–5 Minnesota United FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-03-19 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-03-12 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-09 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.51 FC Dallas xG

Expected Goals

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

1.12 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + FC Dallas to win 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Dallas63% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City17%

Actual: FC Dallas win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.63

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

FC Dallas or Draw

83%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

37%

FC Dallas or Sporting Kansas City

80%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Dallas49% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

8.4%

1 – 1

8.3%

3 – 1

7.5%

3 – 0

6.8%

1 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

5.1%

4 – 1

4.7%

3 – 2

4.2%

4 – 0

4.2%

1 – 2

4.1%

0 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — FC Dallas

Handicap	FC Dallas covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	26%	—	74%
-2	26%	19%	55%
-1.5	45%	—	55%
-1	45%	21%	34%
-0.5	66%	—	34%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	9%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

FC Dallas keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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