Sporting Kansas City vs FC Dallas, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Sporting Kansas City

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FC Dallas

Thu 1 Jun 2023 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park 17,178 HT 45' · FT 45'

Logan Ndenbe 37' Y

Y 90' Edwin Cerrillo

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs FC Dallas — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
FC Dallas 27 games · 47 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 19 games · Avg 3.7 goals FC Dallas

Last 5 meetings

2023-06-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 FC Dallas 2023-03-19 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2022-10-09 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2022-05-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 FC Dallas 2021-09-30 FC Dallas 1–3 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Jun	FC Dallas	H	2–1	W
28 May	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
21 May	St. Louis City	A	0–4	L
18 May	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
14 May	Minnesota United FC	H	3–0	W
07 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–1	W

FC Dallas

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
28 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
21 May	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
18 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–1	W
14 May	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
01 May	Minnesota United FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		FC Dallas
#30	Position	#17
21	Points	47
26	Played	27
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	13 / 8 / 6
31	Scored	50
63	Conceded	42
-32	GD	+8
0.81	PPG	1.74
23%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

74% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

22% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). FC Dallas are 17th (47 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

FC Dallas

0-15

4/5

16-30

8/6

31-45

10/7

46-60

3/3

61-75

2/7

76+

11/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Dallas

Petar Musa	18 G	5 A
Logan Farrington	9 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Sporting Kansas City vs FC Dallas — let the football do the talking.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and FC Dallas are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and FC Dallas are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their 4-3-3 trying to find a way past FC Dallas's compact 4-4-2.
20' FC Dallas is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
25' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
30' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
35' Nolan Norris, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
37' Logan Ndenbe catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 37.
38' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Logan Ndenbe on 38 minutes.
41' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Gadi Kinda makes it 1-0.
46' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 46 minute. Jake Davis leaves to be changed by Graham Zusi.
51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
55' The supporters are chanting for Geovane. He replaces Nolan Norris on 55 minute.
56' Fresh legs for FC Dallas! Facundo Quignon comes on to replace Dany Rosero.
60' What a strike from Daniel Salloi! The score is 2-0.
63' Robert Castellanos has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gadi Kinda on 63 minute.
64' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Khiry Shelton comes on to replace Logan Ndenbe.
69' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Dallas is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
70' Jose Mulato gets the nod from FC Dallas. He replaces Graham Zusi and will look to change the dynamic.
71' Graham Zusi makes way for Khiry Shelton at the 71 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
76' FC Dallas fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
81' Over 81 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
83' Bernard Kamungo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jader Obrian at the 83 minute mark.
88' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jesus Ferreira, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 4 goals in the last 4 games.
90' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jesus Ferreira makes no mistake. 2-1!
90' It’s a booking for FC Dallas player. Edwin Cerrillo gets a Yellow card.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

26
Erik Thommy
6
Nemanja Radoja
9
Alan Pulido
20
Daniel Salloi
22
Kendall McIntosh
18
Logan Ndenbe ↓ Tim Leibold 64'
10
Gadi Kinda ↓ Remi Walter 63'
77
Marinos Tzionis
3
Andreu Fontas
17
Jake Davis ↓ Graham Zusi 46'
5
Daniel Rosero ↓ Robert Castellanos 63'

Bench

54
Remi Walter ↑ 63'
14
Tim Leibold ↑ 64'
8
Graham Zusi ↑ 46'
15
Roger Espinoza
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 64'
21
Felipe Hernandez
1
John Pulskamp
19
Robert Castellanos ↑ 63'
30
Stephen Afrira

Coach Peter Vermes

FC Dallas Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

30
Maarten Paes
5
Facundo Quignon ↑ 55'
29
Sam Junqua
3
Jose Martinez
2
Geovane ↑ 55'
77
Bernard Kamungo ↑ 83'
21
Jose Mulato ↑ 71'
24
Amet Korca
27
Herbert Endeley ↑ 83'

Coach Nico Estevez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	9
Johnny Russell	6
Jesus Ferreira	6
Petar Musa	5
Michael Barrios	4
Willy Agada	3
Luciano Acosta	3
Franco Jara	3

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-06-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 FC Dallas W 2023-05-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2023-05-21 St. Louis City 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-05-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Minnesota United FC W 2023-05-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W

FC Dallas Form

2023-06-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 FC Dallas L 2023-05-28 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 FC Dallas D 2023-05-21 FC Dallas 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2023-05-18 FC Dallas 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-05-14 Austin FC 0–1 FC Dallas W 2023-05-01 Minnesota United FC 0–0 FC Dallas D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.65 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.91 FC Dallas xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or FC Dallas 76% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City39% Draw24% FC Dallas37%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.56

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

63%

Draw or FC Dallas

61%

Sporting Kansas City or FC Dallas

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City26% Draw40% FC Dallas34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 3

5.2%

0 – 2

5.2%

0 – 1

4.8%

2 – 3

4.3%

0 – 0

4.2%

1 – 0

4.1%

3 – 1

3.9%

2 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	FC Dallas covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	16%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	19%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

FC Dallas keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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