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

Match Preview

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

Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Columbus Crew SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)

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

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	#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' The ball is rolling at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City are looking to make home advantage count against Columbus Crew SC.
5' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Robert Voloder on, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin off on 5 minutes.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' Columbus Crew SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' Columbus Crew SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
25' 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.
30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
35' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
40' It’s high time Caleb Porter made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
45' Columbus Crew SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 45.
50' Eloy Room has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
55' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
56' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Oriol Rosell has done his job and it is now time for Marinos Tzionis to step up.
60' Derrick Etienne is replacing Yaw Yeboah for the Columbus Crew SC side.
61' The crowd applauds Yaw Yeboah as he leaves the pitch. Derrick Etienne steps in for Columbus Crew SC.
66' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Columbus Crew SC winning 0% of all matches.
71' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
76' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
81' Columbus Crew SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
84' Roger Espinoza makes way for Felipe Hernandez at the 84 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
87' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Milos Degenek by Josh Williams on 87 minute.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jonathan Mensah on 90 minutes.
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

0.78 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.19 Columbus Crew SC xG

I would bet for: Columbus Crew SC or Draw 70% + Under 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City30% Draw31% Columbus Crew SC39%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes39% 0% No61%

Avg goals/match: 1.97

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	84%	16%
± 1.5	59%	41%
± 2.5	32%	68%
± 3.5	14%	86%
± 4.5	6%	94%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

61%

Draw or Columbus Crew SC

70%

Sporting Kansas City or Columbus Crew SC

69%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw55% Columbus Crew SC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

15.3%

1 – 1

13.9%

1 – 0

9.5%

0 – 2

9.4%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 1

4.9%

2 – 0

0 – 3

3.7%

2 – 2

3.1%

1 – 3

3.1%

2 – 3

1.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Columbus Crew SC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	15%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	24%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	13%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

46% ✗

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)

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