Seattle Sounders FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Seattle Sounders FC

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Sporting Kansas City

Sat 25 Jun 2022 · 19:00 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Jordan Morris 65' Y

Jordan Morris 66' Y

Overview

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Seattle Sounders FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Lumen Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 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

Seattle Sounders FC 16 games · Avg 3.7 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2022-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-10-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2021-09-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-07-26 Seattle Sounders FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City 2019-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–0	W
18 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
15 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	4–0	W
30 May	Charlotte FC	H	2–1	W
23 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–1	L
19 May	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L
19 Jun	Nashville SC	A	2–1	W
12 Jun	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
29 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–1	L
22 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
19 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Sporting Kansas City
#24	Position	#30
35	Points	21
26	Played	26
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
33	Scored	31
34	Conceded	63
-1	GD	-32
1.35	PPG	0.81
35%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

81% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ 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)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Seattle Sounders FC have kicked off against Sporting Kansas City. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Kayden Pierre has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
8' Will Bruin has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 8 minutes.
13' A quiet spell here at Lumen Field. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
18' Stefan Frei has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 292 appearances.
23' Yeimar Gomez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
28' Seattle Sounders FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
33' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Seattle Sounders FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
38' It is a cagey affair so far. Seattle Sounders FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
43' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
48' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
53' Tim Melia, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
58' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
63' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
65' A moment of madness from Jordan Morris on 65 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Seattle Sounders FC will be frustrated.
66' Jordan Morris was booked on 66.
71' Jordan Morris doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
74' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Felipe Hernandez by Roger Espinoza on 74 minute.
76' What a strike from Cristian Roldan! The score is 3-0.
79' The crowd applauds Yeimar Gomez as he leaves the pitch. Abdoulaye Cissoko steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
80' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Nicolas Lodeiro is replaced by Fredy Montero on 80 minute.
82' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Kelyn Rowe exits the field as Jimmy Medranda enters on 82.
84' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Albert Rusnak exits the field as Danny Leyva enters on 84.
86' The whistle greets Logan Ndenbe as he departs to be replaced by Ben Sweat.
87' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Marinos Tzionis on, Johnny Russell off on 87 minutes.
3-0 the final result. Sporting Kansas City will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

12
Fredy Montero ↑ 80'
94
Jimmy Medranda ↑ 80'
30
Stefan Cleveland
75
Danny Leyva ↑ 84'
23
Leo Chu ↑ 74'
92
Abdoulaye Cissoko ↑ 80'
99
Dylan Teves

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

5
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin
54
Remi Walter
7
Johnny Russell ↓ Marinos Tzionis 86'
8
Graham Zusi ↓ Kayden Pierre 74'
29
Tim Melia
20
Daniel Salloi
11
Khiry Shelton
21
Felipe Hernandez ↓ Roger Espinoza 74'
18
Logan Ndenbe ↓ Ben Sweat 86'
28
Cameron Duke
3
Andreu Fontas

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	9
Johnny Russell	8
Raul Ruidiaz	3
Cristian Roldan	3
Danny Musovski	3
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Dejan Joveljic	2
Nicolas Lodeiro	2

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2022-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-06-18 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2022-06-15 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2022-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2022-05-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-05-19 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-06-19 Nashville SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 New England Revolution L 2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-05-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.15 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.05 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Seattle Sounders FC to win 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC59% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.2

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

81%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

41%

Seattle Sounders FC or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC44% Draw41% Sporting Kansas City15%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

9.4%

1 – 0

8.2%

3 – 1

6.8%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

5.6%

2 – 2

1 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

3.7%

3 – 2

3.6%

0 – 1

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	19%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	22%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	10%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

36% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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