FC Dallas vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

FC Dallas

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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 34 games · 58 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

FC Dallas 20 games · Avg 3.6 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
#17	Position	#30
58	Points	26
34	Played	34
16 / 10 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
62	Scored	40
51	Conceded	81
+11	GD	-41
1.71	PPG	0.76
47%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

FC Dallas are 17th (58 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Dallas

0-15

5/5

16-30

10/7

31-45

10/8

46-60

3/5

61-75

5/10

76+

17/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Dallas

Petar Musa	22 G	5 A
Logan Farrington	10 G	4 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Toyota Stadium will turn into a battlefield for FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Dallas side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' Ben Sweat has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
11' Against the run of play, Daniel Salloi has scored! This game has turned on its head.
16' 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.
21' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
26' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
31' Germany international Robert Voloder has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
36' It’s high time Nico Estevez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
41' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nkosi Burgess, as he is very good at scoring at Toyota Stadium with 4 goals in the last 4 games.
46' FC Dallas looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Petar Musa scoring 2 goals.
51' Alan Velasco, a Argentina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
55' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Alan Velasco makes it 1-1.
58' FC Dallas make a change. Paxton Pomykal trudges off to be replaced by Tsiki Ntsabeleng on 58 minutes.
61' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Maarten Paes.
66' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Roger Espinoza exits the field as Felipe Hernandez enters on 66.
67' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Roger Espinoza has done his job and it is now time for Felipe Hernandez to step up.
72' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
75' Ema Twumasi picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
75' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Erik Thommy has done his job and it is now time for Nemanja Radoja to step up.
76' A moment of madness from Ema Twumasi on 76 minutes earns him a Yellow card. FC Dallas will be frustrated.
78' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
81' Time for substitution for FC Dallas. Sebastian Lletget is replaced by Jesus Jimenez.
82' FC Dallas make a change. Sebastian Lletget trudges off to be replaced by Jesus Jimenez on 82 minutes.
84' The USA Jesus Ferreira breaks the deadlock on 84 minutes. 2-1!
85' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Ben Sweat is replaced by Kayden Pierre on 85 minute.
86' The crowd applauds Ben Sweat as he leaves the pitch. Kayden Pierre steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
90' FC Dallas manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sebastien Ibeagha is hanging Paul Arriola on the field on 90 minute.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from FC Dallas to claim maximum points.

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
Petar Musa	5
Michael Barrios	4
Franco Jara	3
Luciano Acosta	3
Michael Barrios	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

2.42 FC Dallas xG

Expected Goals

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

1.23 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Dallas60% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: FC Dallas win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.65

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

FC Dallas or Draw

81%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

40%

FC Dallas or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Dallas46% Draw38% Sporting Kansas City16%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

8.5%

2 – 0

7.7%

3 – 1

7.2%

3 – 0

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

4.7%

3 – 2

4.5%

4 – 1

4.4%

0 – 0

3.8%

4 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — FC Dallas

Handicap	FC Dallas covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	18%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	21%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	10%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

FC Dallas keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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