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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 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

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 #7
26 Points 47
34 Played 34
7 / 5 / 22 W / D / L 14 / 5 / 15
40 Scored 59
81 Conceded 52
-41 GD +7
0.76 PPG 1.38
21% Win % 41%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
26% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 7th (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Columbus Crew SC
0-15
4/8
16-30
12/7
31-45
7/7
46-60
10/2
61-75
7/5
76+
6/8
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 7 G 1 A
Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew SC — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 10' Mike Grella has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 15' Daniel Salloi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
  • 20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 25' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 30' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 35' 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.
  • 40' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 45' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 50' Supporters expect more eagerness from Seth Sinovic, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 60' A quiet spell here at . Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 65' Sporting Kansas City have won 461 goals from 301 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 70' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 75' 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 Wil Trapp suffering a number of foals already.
  • 80' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
  • 85' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 90' Lalas Abubakar has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

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
0.9 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.28 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Draw 70% + Under 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City30% Draw30% Columbus Crew SC40%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes44% 0% No56%
Avg goals/match: 2.18
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 64%
36%
± 2.5 37%
63%
± 3.5 18%
82%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
60%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
70%
Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC
70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City18% Draw52% Columbus Crew SC30%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.9%
0 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
13.3%
1 – 0
8.9%
0 – 2
8.9%
1 – 2
8.1%
2 – 1
5.7%
2 – 0
4.4%
2 – 2
3.8%
0 – 3
3.7%
1 – 3
3.5%
3 – 1
1.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 6% 91%
-1.5 9% — 91%
-1 9% 16% 75%
-0.5 25% — 75%
+0.5 57% — 43%
+1 57% 23% 20%
+1.5 80% — 20%
+2 80% 13% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
29% ✗
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
41% ✗

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