Sporting Kansas City vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 26 Mar 2023 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

William Agada 5' 1–0

1–1 23' Jordan Morris

1–2 54' Jordan Morris

1–3 69' Jordan Morris

1–4 77' Jordan Morris

Ben Sweat 53' Y

Ben Sweat 63' YR

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 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 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-10-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-10-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2021-09-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–4	L
19 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
12 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D
05 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D
28 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
09 Oct	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	4–1	W
18 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	0–0	D
12 Mar	FC Cincinnati	A	0–1	L
05 Mar	Real Salt Lake	H	2–0	W
27 Feb	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–0	W
09 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Seattle Sounders FC
#30	Position	#23
26	Points	46
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
40	Scored	44
81	Conceded	46
-41	GD	-2
0.76	PPG	1.35
21%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC has kicked off!
5' Sporting Kansas City is taking the lead after the goal scored by William Agada on 5.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
23' Jordan Morris adds to his 3 season tally! Seattle Sounders FC lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
28' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
33' Seattle Sounders FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
38' 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.
43' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
46' Felipe Hernandez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Roger Espinoza on 46 minute.
51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Seattle Sounders FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
53' Ben Sweat picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
54' Jordan Morris makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Seattle Sounders FC are in front.
59' Daniel Salloi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 28 Yellow cards this season.
61' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Khiry Shelton trudges off to be replaced by Johnny Russell on 61 minutes.
63' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Red card in front of him.
68' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
69' The USA Jordan Morris breaks the deadlock on 69 minutes. 1-3!
70' The crowd applauds Erik Thommy as he leaves the pitch. Cameron Duke steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
75' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 305 games and scored 477 goals.
77' Goal! Jordan Morris scores his 65 goal in 305 matches.
78' Fredy Montero gets the nod from Seattle Sounders FC. He replaces Leo Chu and will look to change the dynamic.
83' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their 4-3-3 trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact 4-2-3-1.
84' Danny Leyva is replacing Joao Paulo for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
87' Sota Kitahara gets the nod from Seattle Sounders FC. He replaces Cristian Roldan and will look to change the dynamic.
Seattle Sounders FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

54
Remi Walter
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Cameron Duke 70'
8
Graham Zusi ↓ Jake Davis 84'
20
Daniel Salloi
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 46'
11
Khiry Shelton ↓ Johnny Russell 61'
2
Ben Sweat
4
Robert Voloder
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada
3
Andreu Fontas

Bench

9
Alan Pulido
7
Johnny Russell ↑ 61'
29
Tim Melia
21
Felipe Hernandez ↑ 46'
28
Cameron Duke ↑ 70'
19
Robert Castellanos
17
Jake Davis ↑ 84'
82
Chris Rindov

Coach Peter Vermes

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

12
Fredy Montero ↑ 78'
30
Stefan Cleveland
75
Danny Leyva ↑ 84'
45
Ethan Dobbelaere ↑ 84'
92
Abdoulaye Cissoko
99
Dylan Teves ↑ 84'
77
Sota Kitahara ↑ 87'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	9
Johnny Russell	8
Cristian Roldan	4
Raul Ruidiaz	3
Danny Musovski	3
Nicolas Lodeiro	2
Will Bruin	2
Graham Zusi	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-03-19 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-03-12 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-09 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2023-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-03-18 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Los Angeles FC D 2023-03-12 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-03-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake W 2023-02-27 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2022-10-09 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.02 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.05 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 58% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw25% Seattle Sounders FC53%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.07

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

46%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

78%

Sporting Kansas City or Seattle Sounders FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City15% Draw42% Seattle Sounders FC43%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.5%

0 – 2

9.7%

1 – 2

9.6%

0 – 1

1 – 3

6.5%

0 – 3

6.4%

0 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

4.9%

2 – 1

4.8%

1 – 0

1 – 4

Actual

2 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	11%	83%
-0.5	17%	—	83%
+0.5	40%	—	60%
+1	40%	23%	37%
+1.5	63%	—	37%
+2	63%	18%	19%
+2.5	81%	—	19%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

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