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 27 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

FC Dallas 19 games · Avg 3.7 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
47	Points	21
27	Played	26
13 / 8 / 6	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
50	Scored	31
42	Conceded	63
+8	GD	-32
1.74	PPG	0.81
48%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

74% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

FC Dallas are 17th (47 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Dallas

0-15

4/5

16-30

8/6

31-45

10/7

46-60

3/3

61-75

2/7

76+

11/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Dallas

Petar Musa	18 G	5 A
Logan Farrington	9 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! FC Dallas vs Sporting Kansas City — let the football do the talking.
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' FC Dallas is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
11' A goal from the Hungary international Daniel Salloi! He fires home on 11 to make it 0-1!
16' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Dallas and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
21' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
26' Over 26 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
31' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
36' 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.
41' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
51' FC Dallas have won 425 goals from 288 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
55' What a moment for Alan Velasco! That strike on 55 puts his side firmly in control.
58' Time for substitution for FC Dallas. Paxton Pomykal is replaced by Tsiki Ntsabeleng.
61' Poor challenge from Maarten Paes. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
66' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Felipe Hernandez is hanging Roger Espinoza on the field on 66 minute.
67' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Roger Espinoza by Felipe Hernandez on 67 minute.
72' FC Dallas are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
75' The referee has no hesitation. Ema Twumasi is booked for FC Dallas — Yellow card on 75.
75' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Erik Thommy departs to be replaced by Nemanja Radoja.
76' The referee has no hesitation. Ema Twumasi is booked for FC Dallas — Yellow card on 76.
78' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Robert Voloder on 78 minutes.
81' FC Dallas make a change. Sebastian Lletget trudges off to be replaced by Jesus Jimenez on 81 minutes.
82' Sebastian Lletget makes way for Jesus Jimenez at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Dallas.
84' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jesus Ferreira makes it 2-1.
85' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Ben Sweat departs to be replaced by Kayden Pierre.
86' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Ben Sweat trudges off to be replaced by Kayden Pierre on 86 minutes.
90' FC Dallas make a change. Paul Arriola trudges off to be replaced by Sebastien Ibeagha on 90 minutes.
Sporting Kansas City will have plenty to reflect on. FC Dallas were simply the better side today.

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
Jesus Ferreira	6
Johnny Russell	6
Petar Musa	5
Michael Barrios	4
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

2.48 FC Dallas xG

Expected Goals

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

1.26 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Dallas60% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: FC Dallas win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

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 Dallas47% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City16%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

8.2%

2 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

7.3%

3 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 0

5.5%

3 – 2

4.6%

1 – 2

4.6%

4 – 1

4.6%

4 – 0

3.6%

0 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — FC Dallas

Handicap	FC Dallas covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	18%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	21%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	10%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

FC Dallas keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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