Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 24 Apr 2022 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Pedro Santos

Oriol Rosell 45' Y

Y 90' Jonathan Mensah

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

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

Sporting Kansas City 5 games · Avg 1.8 goals Columbus Crew SC

Last 5 meetings

2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC 2019-06-23 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
17 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
10 Apr	Nashville SC	H	1–2	L
03 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–1	L
26 Mar	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W
19 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–3	L

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–0	D
16 Apr	Orlando City SC	H	0–2	L
09 Apr	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
02 Apr	Nashville SC	H	0–1	L
20 Mar	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
12 Mar	Toronto FC	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' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host Columbus Crew SC — let the battle begin!
5' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin is replaced by Robert Voloder on 5 minute.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Pedro Santos is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
20' 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 Remi Walter suffering a number of foals already.
25' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
30' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
35' 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.
40' The 36-year-old Johnny Russell has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
45' Poor challenge from Pedro Santos. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
50' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Steven Moreira has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
55' It’s high time Caleb Porter made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
56' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 56 minute. Oriol Rosell leaves to be changed by Marinos Tzionis.
60' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Yaw Yeboah is withdrawn and Derrick Etienne gets his opportunity.
61' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Yaw Yeboah is withdrawn and Derrick Etienne gets his opportunity.
66' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Caleb Porter will be considering his options from the bench.
71' Derrick Etienne is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Columbus Crew SC tonight.
76' Kortne Ford is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Columbus Crew SC so far.
81' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
84' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Felipe Hernandez is hanging Roger Espinoza on the field on 84 minute.
87' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Josh Williams on, Milos Degenek off on 87 minutes.
90' The referee calls foul for Jonathan Mensah. He receives a Yellow card.
It finishes all square. Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew SC share the spoils 0-0.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

5
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin ↓ Robert Voloder 5'
54
Remi Walter
7
Johnny Russell
8
Graham Zusi
29
Tim Melia
20
Daniel Salloi
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 84'
11
Khiry Shelton
12
Kortne Ford
18
Logan Ndenbe
6
Oriol Rosell ↓ Marinos Tzionis 56'

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Cucho Hernandez	3
Christian Ramirez	1
Felipe Gutierrez	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.93 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.18 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC 69% + Under 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw31% Columbus Crew SC36%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.11

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	86%	14%
± 1.5	62%	38%
± 2.5	35%	65%
± 3.5	17%	83%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

64%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

67%

Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC

69%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City19% Draw53% Columbus Crew SC28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

14.2%

0 – 1

13.1%

1 – 0

9.9%

0 – 2

8.2%

1 – 2

7.6%

2 – 1

5.9%

2 – 0

4.9%

2 – 2

3.7%

0 – 3

3.2%

1 – 3

3.1%

3 – 1

1.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	17%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	22%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	12%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

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

Sporting Kansas City vs Columbus Crew SC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

Columbus Crew SC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Clean Sheet