Sporting Kansas City vs FC Dallas, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Sporting Kansas City

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FC Dallas

Mon 8 Jul 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Robert Castellanos 15' Y

Zorhan Bassong 85' Y

Zorhan Bassong 90' R

Y 90' Paul Arriola

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

2024-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 FC Dallas 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Jul	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
05 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
30 Jun	Austin FC	H	2–0	W
22 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–4	L
20 Jun	Real Salt Lake	H	3–4	L
16 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–4	L

FC Dallas

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–3	L
05 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	3–2	W
30 Jun	FC Cincinnati	H	0–1	L
23 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–3	L
20 Jun	Minnesota United FC	H	5–3	W
16 Jun	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W

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' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome FC Dallas for this crunch clash at Children's Mercy Park.
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
11' Willy Agada adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
15' The referee calls foul for Robert Castellanos. He receives a card.
20' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
23' GOAL! Willy Agada scores on 23. Assisted by Alenis Vargas
28' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' GOAL! Tim Melia scores on 30. Assisted by Logan Farrington
35' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
40' 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.
45' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
46' The supporters are chanting for Sebastian Lletget. He replaces Tomas Pondeca on 46 minute.
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tomas Pondeca, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
56' Illarramendi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
57' FC Dallas make a change. Tsiki Ntsabeleng trudges off to be replaced by Paul Arriola on 57 minutes.
58' Daniel Salloi makes way for Stephen Afrira at the 58 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
59' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Alan Pulido by Erik Thommy on 59 minute.
64' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
65' Magnificent from Petar Musa! That is 77 goals in 166 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
66' Khiry Shelton gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Kayden Pierre and will look to change the dynamic.
70' Johnny Russell has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alenis Vargas on 70 minute.
75' The 35-year-old Alan Pulido has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
80' Marco Farfan gets the nod from FC Dallas. He replaces Omar Gonzalez and will look to change the dynamic.
82' Goal! Memo Rodriguez scores his 20 goal in 283 matches.
85' Zorhan Bassong catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 85.
90' That is a card for Sporting Kansas City. Zorhan Bassong will be fuming at that decision.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

FC Dallas Lineups

Starting XI

30
Maarten Paes
22
Ema Twumasi
29
Sam Junqua
3
Omar Gonzalez ↓ Marco Farfan 80'
11
Dante Sealy ↓ Petar Musa 57'
17
Nkosi Burgess
16
Tsiki Ntsabeleng ↓ Paul Arriola 57'
77
Bernard Kamungo
32
Nolan Norris ↓ Illarramendi 57'
35
Tomas Pondeca ↓ Sebastian Lletget 46'
23
Logan Farrington

Bench

14
Illarramendi ↑ 57'
8
Sebastian Lletget ↑ 46'
1
Jimmy Maurer
4
Marco Farfan ↑ 80'
7
Paul Arriola ↑ 57'
9
Petar Musa ↑ 57'
24
Amet Korca
31
Eugene Ansah
12
Carl Sainte

Coach Peter Luccin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin FC W 2024-06-22 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake L 2024-06-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Sporting Kansas City L

FC Dallas Form

2024-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 FC Dallas L 2024-07-05 FC Dallas 3–2 Portland Timbers W 2024-06-30 FC Dallas 0–1 FC Cincinnati L 2024-06-23 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 FC Dallas L 2024-06-20 FC Dallas 5–3 Minnesota United FC W 2024-06-16 FC Dallas 2–0 St. Louis City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.93 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.31 FC Dallas xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Sporting Kansas City or FC Dallas 78%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City38% Draw22% FC Dallas40%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.24

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	41%	59%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

60%

Draw or FC Dallas

62%

Sporting Kansas City or FC Dallas

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw37% FC Dallas36%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

7.3%

1 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.8%

2 – 1

6.1%

1 – 3

5.5%

2 – 3

5.2%

3 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

3 – 1

3.9%

3 – 3

3.4%

1 – 4

3.2%

2 – 4

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	FC Dallas covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	10%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	15%	67%
-0.5	33%	—	67%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	18%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	14%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

FC Dallas keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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