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Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew SC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sporting Kansas City
0 – 0
Full Time
Columbus Crew SC
Sun 27 May 2018 · 22:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Robert Sibiga
  • Referee Jason White
  • Referee Daniel Radford
  • Referee Kevin Klinger
  • Referee Jorge Gonzalez

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

1
3
1
Sporting Kansas City 5 games · Avg 1.8 goals Columbus Crew SC
Last 5 meetings
2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 May Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D
20 May Minnesota United FC A 1–1 D
09 May Atlanta United FC A 2–0 W
06 May Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W
28 Apr New England Revolution A 0–1 L
21 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 6–0 W
Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 May Sporting Kansas City A 0–0 D
19 May New England Revolution A 1–0 W
12 May Chicago Fire FC H 3–0 W
09 May Philadelphia Union H 1–0 W
05 May Seattle Sounders FC A 0–0 D
28 Apr San Jose Earthquakes H 2–1 W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City Columbus Crew SC
#30 Position #12
21 Points 29
26 Played 27
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 8 / 5 / 14
31 Scored 39
63 Conceded 43
-32 GD -4
0.81 PPG 1.07
23% Win % 30%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
22% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 12th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Columbus Crew SC
0-15
3/6
16-30
4/4
31-45
6/6
46-60
6/2
61-75
3/4
76+
5/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Columbus Crew SC kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gregg Berhalter will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' Daniel Salloi, a Hungary , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 25' Over 25 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 35' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Matt Besler suffering a number of foals already.
  • 40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 291 games and scored 434 goals.
  • 45' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 50' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 55' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Ilie Sanchez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 60' Columbus Crew SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 65' Columbus Crew SC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 70' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
  • 75' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Columbus Crew SC's shape.
  • 80' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 85' 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.
  • 90' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • The final score is 0-0.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Cucho Hernandez 3
Felipe Gutierrez 1
Christian Ramirez 1

Head to Head

2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2018-04-28 New England Revolution 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Columbus Crew SC Form

2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2018-05-19 New England Revolution 0–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2018-05-12 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2018-05-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union W 2018-05-05 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2018-04-28 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.94 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.1 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC 68% + Under 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City33% Draw32% Columbus Crew SC35%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes42% 0% No58%
Avg goals/match: 2.04
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 85%
15%
± 1.5 61%
39%
± 2.5 33%
67%
± 3.5 16%
84%
± 4.5 6%
94%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
65%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
67%
Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC
68%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City20% Draw54% Columbus Crew SC26%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
14.4%
0 – 1
13%
1 – 0
10.9%
0 – 2
7.5%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 1
6.1%
2 – 0
5.5%
2 – 2
3.5%
0 – 3
2.7%
1 – 3
2.7%
3 – 1
2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 8% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 18% 71%
-0.5 29% — 71%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 22% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 11% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
34% ✗
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
40% ✗

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