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

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MLS · 2022

Seattle Sounders FC

3 – 0

Full Time

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 34 games · 46 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

Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · Avg 3.6 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
#23	Position	#30
46	Points	26
34	Played	34
12 / 10 / 12	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
44	Scored	40
46	Conceded	81
-2	GD	-41
1.35	PPG	0.76
35%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ 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)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Seattle Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
5' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
8' The deadlock is broken! Will Bruin gets on the scoresheet on 8 minutes.
13' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
18' Seattle Sounders FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Paul Rothrock scoring 1 goals.
23' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
28' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
33' 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.
38' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Brian Schmetzer will be considering his options from the bench.
43' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
48' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
53' It is a cagey affair so far. Seattle Sounders FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
58' The 26-year-old Abdoulaye Cissoko has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
63' A quiet spell here at Lumen Field. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
65' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jordan Morris on 65 minutes.
66' That is a Yellow card for Seattle Sounders FC. Jordan Morris will be fuming at that decision.
71' Jordan Morris has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 71 minutes.
74' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Felipe Hernandez has done his job and it is now time for Roger Espinoza to step up.
76' Cristian Roldan doubles the advantage! 3-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
79' The supporters are chanting for Abdoulaye Cissoko. He replaces Yeimar Gomez on 79 minute.
80' The Seattle Sounders FC manager makes a substitution. Nicolas Lodeiro departs to be replaced by Fredy Montero.
82' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Kelyn Rowe is replaced by Jimmy Medranda on 82 minute.
84' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Albert Rusnak exits the field as Danny Leyva enters on 84.
86' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Logan Ndenbe trudges off to be replaced by Ben Sweat on 86 minutes.
87' Marinos Tzionis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Johnny Russell on 87 minute.
Full Time. Seattle Sounders FC beats Sporting Kansas City

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
Cristian Roldan	4
Raul Ruidiaz	3
Danny Musovski	3
Paul Rothrock	2
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Dejan Joveljic	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

1.06 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% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.21

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

77%

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

9.3%

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%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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