Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 3 Mar 2024 · 01:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 48' Alejandro Bedoya

Y 58' Damion Lowe

Johnny Russell 90' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 34 games · 50 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 6 games · Avg 2.8 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2024-03-03 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Philadelphia Union 2023-04-01 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2020-07-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2019-03-10 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Philadelphia Union 2018-09-23 Philadelphia Union 2–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	1–1	D
25 Feb	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
22 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	3–1	W
08 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	3–2	W
01 Oct	St. Louis City	A	1–4	L
24 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
25 Feb	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–2	D
21 Oct	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
07 Oct	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
04 Oct	Atlanta United FC	H	3–2	W
30 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Philadelphia Union
#30	Position	#6
26	Points	50
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	14 / 8 / 12
40	Scored	66
81	Conceded	52
-41	GD	+14
0.76	PPG	1.47
21%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

24% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Philadelphia Union are 6th (50 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

4/6

16-30

6/7

31-45

8/7

46-60

12/2

61-75

17/5

76+

8/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Philadelphia Union

Milan Iloski	19 G	2 A
Bruno Damiani	13 G	3 A
Cavan Sullivan	9 G	6 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host Philadelphia Union — let the battle begin!
5' Philadelphia Union have won 521 goals from 305 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' Philadelphia Union is showing some good football. However, Philadelphia Union are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
19' Magnificent from Remi Walter! That is 11 goals in 452 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
24' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
29' Over 29 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
34' Philadelphia Union come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
39' Oliver Semmle needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
44' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Philadelphia Union seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
46' A change in the Philadelphia Union ranks — Jeremy Rafanello exits the field as Daniel Gazdag enters on 46.
48' Alejandro Bedoya is having his name booked by the referee on 48.
53' Mikkel Uhre is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
57' The Philadelphia Union manager makes a substitution. Chris Donovan departs to be replaced by Mikkel Uhre.
58' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Damion Lowe on 58 minutes.
63' Philadelphia Union fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
68' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
73' Philadelphia Union started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
78' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
80' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Erik Thommy trudges off to be replaced by Memo Rodriguez on 80 minutes.
83' The Philadelphia Union bench stirs into life. Jack McGlynn is withdrawn and Markus Anderson gets his opportunity.
87' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Daniel Salloi departs to be replaced by Stephen Afrira.
90' Controversy at the stadium! Johnny Russell argues furiously but the card stands.
The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Philadelphia Union. Honours even.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

27
Kai Wagner ↑ 46'
11
Alejandro Bedoya ↑ 46'
2
Matt Real
10
Daniel Gazdag ↑ 46'
5
Jacob Glesnes
7
Mikkel Uhre ↑ 57'
28
Tai Baribo
35
Markus Anderson ↑ 83'

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Andre Luiz	2
Jay Simpson	2
Jay Simpson	2
Sergio Santos	2
Cavan Sullivan	1
Wyatt Meyer	1
Alejandro Bedoya	1
Jack Elliott	1

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-03-03 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2024-02-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-10-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Minnesota United FC W 2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-10-01 St. Louis City 4–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-09-24 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Houston Dynamo W

Philadelphia Union Form

2024-03-03 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2024-02-25 Philadelphia Union 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2023-10-21 New England Revolution 2–1 Philadelphia Union L 2023-10-07 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Nashville SC D 2023-10-04 Philadelphia Union 3–2 Atlanta United FC W 2023-09-30 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.31 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.93 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Philadelphia Union 75% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw25% Philadelphia Union43%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.24

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

57%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

68%

Sporting Kansas City or Philadelphia Union

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City21% Draw42% Philadelphia Union37%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 2

7.2%

0 – 1

6.9%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

1 – 3

5.9%

0 – 0

5.5%

0 – 3

4.5%

1 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

3.9%

2 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	75%
-0.5	25%	—	75%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	21%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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