Seattle Sounders FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Seattle Sounders FC

1 – 2

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 7 May 2023 · 20:30 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 4' Erik Thommy

0–2 31' Alan Pulido

Nicolas Lodeiro pen 66' 1–2

Alex Roldan 8' Y

Y 12' Remi Walter

Y 65' Logan Ndenbe

Albert Rusnak 81' Y

Y 90' Johnny Russell

Overview

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

Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 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

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2023-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-10-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-10-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–2	L
30 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	0–0	D
23 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
16 Apr	Portland Timbers	A	1–4	L
09 Apr	St. Louis City	H	3–0	W
01 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–1	W
30 Apr	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–2	L
22 Apr	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
16 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–3	L
09 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L
01 Apr	Philadelphia Union	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Sporting Kansas City
#24	Position	#30
24	Points	14
17	Played	18
7 / 3 / 7	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
20	Scored	18
22	Conceded	46
-2	GD	-28
1.41	PPG	0.78
41%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

81% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ 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)

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Lumen Field. Seattle Sounders FC are looking to make home advantage count against Sporting Kansas City.
4' A stunning finish from Erik Thommy — that came from absolutely nowhere!
8' A moment of madness from Alex Roldan on 8 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Seattle Sounders FC will be frustrated.
10' Controversy at the stadium! Alex Roldan argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
12' Remi Walter catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 12.
17' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
22' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
27' Over 27 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
31' Against the run of play, Alan Pulido has scored! This game has turned on its head.
36' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
41' Sporting Kansas City have won 439 goals from 285 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
46' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Felipe Hernandez comes on to replace Gadi Kinda.
51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
56' A quiet spell here at Lumen Field. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
57' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Leo Chu by Fredy Montero on 57 minute.
62' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 288 games and scored 453 goals.
65' A meaty challenge results in booking for Logan Ndenbe on 65.
66' Against the run of play, Nicolas Lodeiro has scored! This game has turned on its head.
71' Seattle Sounders FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
76' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Erik Thommy departs to be replaced by Roger Espinoza.
79' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Daniel Salloi exits the field as Khiry Shelton enters on 79.
81' Seattle Sounders FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
84' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Obed Vargas trudges off to be replaced by Dylan Teves on 84 minutes.
85' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Alan Pulido departs to be replaced by Graham Zusi.
90' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell will be fuming at that decision.
It finishes all square. Seattle Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City share the spoils 1-2.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	9
Johnny Russell	8
Cristian Roldan	3
Danny Musovski	3
Raul Ruidiaz	3
Will Bruin	2
Graham Zusi	2
William Agada	2

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2023-05-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-04-30 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC D 2023-04-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2023-04-16 Portland Timbers 4–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-04-09 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 St. Louis City W 2023-04-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-05-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-04-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Montreal Impact FC L 2023-04-22 New England Revolution 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-04-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-04-09 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-04-01 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.92 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.92 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC54% Draw25% Sporting Kansas City21%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

Avg goals/match: 2.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

46%

Seattle Sounders FC or Sporting Kansas City

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC42% Draw44% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

2 – 0

10.6%

1 – 0

10.5%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.6%

3 – 0

6.6%

3 – 1

6.1%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

4.6%

2 – 2

4.4%

4 – 0

3.2%

4 – 1

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	18%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	24%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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