Sporting Kansas City vs Orlando City SC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Sporting Kansas City

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Orlando City SC

Sun 25 Aug 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Willy Agada 51' Y

Willy Agada 70' R

Y 84' Rafael Santos

Y 90' Ramiro Enrique

Johnny Russell 90' Y

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Orlando City SC 27 games · 34 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 6 games · Avg 2.3 goals Orlando City SC

Last 5 meetings

2024-08-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Orlando City SC 2021-04-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Orlando City SC 2020-09-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Orlando City SC 2019-08-14 Orlando City SC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2018-09-09 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Orlando City SC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	3–0	W
21 Jul	St. Louis City	H	1–1	D
18 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
14 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	W
08 Jul	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
05 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–3	L
20 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
18 Jul	Nashville SC	A	3–0	W
13 Jul	New England Revolution	A	3–1	W
06 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	5–0	W
03 Jul	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Orlando City SC
#30	Position	#7
21	Points	34
26	Played	27
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 13
31	Scored	48
63	Conceded	64
-32	GD	-16
0.81	PPG	1.26
23%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

19% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Orlando City SC are 7th (34 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

Orlando City SC

0-15

2/3

16-30

8/8

31-45

1/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

7/4

76+

9/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Orlando City SC

Martin Ojeda	13 G	1 A
Antoine Griezmann	8 G	4 A
Tyrese Spicer	6 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sporting Kansas City is hosting Orlando City SC for another epic battle.
5' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
20' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Orlando City SC's shape.
25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Orlando City SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Orlando City SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
35' Orlando City SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
40' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
44' GOAL! Jake Davis scores on 44. Assisted by Stephen Afrira
46' Dany Rosero is ready to make an impact after coming on for Fontas at the 46 minute mark.
51' The referee calls foul for Willy Agada. He receives a card.
52' Assisted by Erik Thommy with the perfectly-timed delivery and Daniel Salloi makes no mistake. 2-0!
57' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
59' Time for substitution for Orlando City SC. Martin Ojeda is replaced by Duncan McGuire.
62' The whistle greets Stephen Afrira as he departs to be replaced by Johnny Russell.
67' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
70' Controversy at the stadium! Willy Agada argues furiously but the card stands.
73' The Orlando City SC bench stirs into life. Cesar Araujo is withdrawn and Nicolas Lodeiro gets his opportunity.
77' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 77 minute. Zorhan Bassong leaves to be changed by Remi Walter.
82' The Orlando City SC bench stirs into life. Facundo Torres Perez is withdrawn and Yutaro Tsukada gets his opportunity.
84' The referee shows Orlando City SC player a card on 84.
89' It looks surprising Orlando City SC does not make any changes. Robin Jansson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' The referee shows Orlando City SC player a card on 90.
Orlando City SC will have plenty to reflect on. Sporting Kansas City were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

54
Remi Walter ↑ 77'
9
Alan Pulido ↑ 62'
7
Johnny Russell ↑ 62'
18
Logan Ndenbe ↑ 77'
1
John Pulskamp
28
Chris Rindov
5
Dany Rosero ↑ 46'
31
Danny Flores
20
Alenis Vargas

Coach Peter Vermes

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Martin Ojeda ↓ Duncan McGuire 59'
1
Pedro Gallese
16
Wilder Cartagena
6
Robin Jansson
24
Kyle Smith ↓ Rafael Santos 46'
77
Ivan Angulo ↓ Luis Muriel 59'
10
Facundo Torres Perez ↓ Yutaro Tsukada 82'
7
Ramiro Enrique
5
Cesar Araujo ↓ Nicolas Lodeiro 73'
4
David Brekalo
17
Dagur THorhallsson

Bench

Coach Óscar Pareja

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Nani	2
Tesho Akindele	2
Benji Michel	1
Nicolas Rodriguez	1
Johnny Russell	1
Dejan Joveljic	1
Andres Perea	1
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin	1

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-08-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Orlando City SC W 2024-07-21 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 St. Louis City D 2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Orlando City SC Form

2024-08-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Orlando City SC L 2024-07-20 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2024-07-18 Nashville SC 0–3 Orlando City SC W 2024-07-13 New England Revolution 1–3 Orlando City SC W 2024-07-06 Orlando City SC 5–0 D.C. United SC W 2024-07-03 Toronto FC 1–2 Orlando City SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.85 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.86 Orlando City SC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Orlando City SC 76% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City41% Draw24% Orlando City SC35%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.71

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

65%

Draw or Orlando City SC

59%

Sporting Kansas City or Orlando City SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City30% Draw40% Orlando City SC30%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–0 not predicted

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

9.3%

1 – 2

7.6%

2 – 1

7.6%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 3

4.7%

3 – 1

4.6%

0 – 2

4.3%

2 – 3

4.3%

3 – 2

4.3%

2 – 0

4.3%

0 – 1

1 – 0

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Orlando City SC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	17%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	18%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	12%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✗

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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