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Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Sun 10 Mar 2019 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Chris Penso
  • Referee Brian Poeschel
  • Referee Nick Uranga
  • Referee Hilario Grajeda
  • Referee R. Mendoza
7 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 10.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Head-to-Head

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Sporting Kansas City 6 games · Avg 2.8 goals Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Mar Philadelphia Union H 2–0 W
04 Mar Los Angeles FC A 1–2 L
30 Nov Portland Timbers H 2–3 L
26 Nov Portland Timbers A 0–0 D
11 Nov Real Salt Lake H 4–2 W
05 Nov Real Salt Lake A 1–1 D
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Mar Sporting Kansas City A 0–2 L
02 Mar Toronto FC H 1–3 L
31 Oct New York City FC A 1–3 L
28 Oct New York City FC A 1–3 L
21 Oct New York Red Bulls H 0–1 L
06 Oct Minnesota United FC H 5–1 W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union
#30 Position #6
21 Points 39
26 Played 27
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 11 / 6 / 10
31 Scored 54
63 Conceded 44
-32 GD +10
0.81 PPG 1.44
23% Win % 41%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
26% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (39 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
Philadelphia Union
0-15
4/6
16-30
4/7
31-45
6/4
46-60
9/1
61-75
14/3
76+
6/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Philadelphia Union
Milan Iloski 16 G 2 A
Bruno Damiani 8 G 1 A
Cavan Sullivan 7 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with Philadelphia Union.
  • 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 11' A stunning finish from Ilie Sanchez — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 16' 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.
  • 21' Auston Trusty needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 22' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 22.
  • 27' Philadelphia Union fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 31' That is a Yellow card for Philadelphia Union. Marco Fabian will be fuming at that decision.
  • 36' Philadelphia Union are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 37' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Gianluca Busio.
  • 42' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 47' Johnny Russell has been relatively quiet despite scoring 73 goals in his last 289 appearances.
  • 52' Philadelphia Union have won 491 goals from 293 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 57' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 57.
  • 60' It’s a booking for Philadelphia Union player. Marco Fabian gets a Red card.
  • 65' Sergio Santos has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 70' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 73' Another change for Philadelphia Union made on 73 minute. Fafa Picault leaves to be changed by Sergio Santos.
  • 78' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Gianluca Busio exits the field as Kelyn Rowe enters on 78.
  • 79' The Philadelphia Union manager makes a substitution. Cory Burke departs to be replaced by Ilsinho.
  • 80' Jack Elliott doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 80' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 80 minute. Johnny Russell leaves to be changed by Daniel Salloi.
  • 84' The whistle greets Ilie Sanchez as he departs to be replaced by Yohan Croizet.
  • 89' It’s high time Jim Curtin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sporting Kansas City 2-0 Philadelphia Union.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.7 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.97 Philadelphia Union xG
I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Philadelphia Union 77% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City40% Draw23% Philadelphia Union37%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.67
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 49%
51%
± 4.5 31%
69%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
63%
Draw or Philadelphia Union
60%
Sporting Kansas City or Philadelphia Union
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City27% Draw40% Philadelphia Union33%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–0 not predicted
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
9.4%
1 – 2
8.1%
2 – 1
7%
2 – 2
6.8%
1 – 3
5.3%
0 – 2
5%
2 – 3
4.5%
0 – 1
4.5%
3 – 1
4%
3 – 2
3.9%
0 – 0
3.8%
1 – 0
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Philadelphia Union 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% 25%
+1.5 75% — 25%
+2 75% 13% 12%
+2.5 88% — 12%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
15% ✗
Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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