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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 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

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3
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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 #10
11 Points 16
14 Played 15
3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 7
14 Scored 21
36 Conceded 23
-22 GD -2
0.79 PPG 1.07
21% Win % 27%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/6
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/5
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Columbus Crew SC
0-15
2/3
16-30
2/1
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
1/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Columbus Crew SC for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 10' Gaston Sauro has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 284 appearances.
  • 15' 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.
  • 20' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 25' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 30' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Gregg Berhalter will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 35' Roger Espinoza is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
  • 40' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matt Besler made 281 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 45' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 50' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 55' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 60' Over 60 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 65' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 75' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Columbus Crew SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 80' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
  • 85' Columbus Crew SC have won 426 goals from 284 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 90' It looks surprising Columbus Crew SC does not make any changes. Tim Melia has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 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
Christian Ramirez 1
Felipe Gutierrez 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
0.8 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.1 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 70% + Columbus Crew SC or Draw 70%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City30% Draw33% Columbus Crew SC37%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes38% 0% No62%
Avg goals/match: 1.9
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 83%
17%
± 1.5 57%
43%
± 2.5 30%
70%
± 3.5 13%
87%
± 4.5 5%
95%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
62%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
70%
Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC
67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City17% Draw56% Columbus Crew SC27%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
15.1%
1 – 1
14.1%
1 – 0
10.5%
0 – 2
8.7%
1 – 2
7.1%
2 – 1
5.1%
2 – 0
4.5%
0 – 3
3.1%
2 – 2
3%
1 – 3
2.7%
3 – 1
1.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 6% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 17% 76%
-0.5 24% — 76%
+0.5 59% — 41%
+1 59% 24% 17%
+1.5 83% — 17%
+2 83% 12% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
34% ✗
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
45% ✗

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