Saturday , 14 November 2026

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

MLS · 2022
Sporting Kansas City
0 – 0
Full Time
Columbus Crew SC
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

Match Preview

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

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

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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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 #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' In just a few seconds Children's Mercy Park will turn into a battlefield for Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew SC.
  • 5' The supporters are chanting for Robert Voloder. He replaces Nicolas Isimat-Mirin on 5 minute.
  • 10' Columbus Crew SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
  • 20' Columbus Crew SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 35' Johnny Russell has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 45' It’s a booking for Columbus Crew SC player. Pedro Santos gets a Yellow card.
  • 50' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 55' Roger Espinoza has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 33 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 56' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Oriol Rosell departs to be replaced by Marinos Tzionis.
  • 60' A tactical swap from Columbus Crew SC — Derrick Etienne on, Yaw Yeboah off on 60 minutes.
  • 61' The Columbus Crew SC bench stirs into life. Yaw Yeboah is withdrawn and Derrick Etienne gets his opportunity.
  • 66' It looks like no one’s ball. Columbus Crew SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 71' With 0 assists to his name this season, Khiry Shelton is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Columbus Crew SC.
  • 76' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 81' Columbus Crew SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 84' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Roger Espinoza trudges off to be replaced by Felipe Hernandez on 84 minutes.
  • 87' Fresh legs for Columbus Crew SC! Josh Williams comes on to replace Milos Degenek.
  • 90' Columbus Crew SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 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 Caleb Porter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Cucho Hernandez 3
Felipe Gutierrez 1
Christian Ramirez 1

Head to Head

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

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-04-17 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-04-10 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC L 2022-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2022-03-19 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Columbus Crew SC Form

2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-04-16 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Orlando City SC L 2022-04-09 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2022-04-02 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 Nashville SC L 2022-03-20 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-03-12 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Toronto FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.88 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.36 Columbus Crew SC xG
I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC 71% + Under 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City30% Draw29% Columbus Crew SC41%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes45% 0% No55%
Avg goals/match: 2.24
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 66%
34%
± 2.5 39%
61%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
59%
Draw or Columbus Crew SC
70%
Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC
71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City17% Draw51% Columbus Crew SC32%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.6%
0 – 1
13.3%
0 – 0
Actual
0 – 2
9.5%
1 – 2
8.4%
1 – 0
8.1%
2 – 1
5.4%
0 – 3
4.2%
2 – 0
4%
1 – 3
3.9%
2 – 2
3.8%
2 – 3
1.8%

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% 15% 77%
-0.5 23% — 77%
+0.5 54% — 46%
+1 54% 24% 23%
+1.5 77% — 23%
+2 77% 14% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
26% ✗
Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
42% ✗

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