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

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Seattle Sounders FC

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 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 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 16 games · Avg 3.7 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	#24
21	Points	35
26	Played	26
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	9 / 8 / 9
31	Scored	33
63	Conceded	34
-32	GD	-1
0.81	PPG	1.35
23%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

81% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

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 Seattle Sounders FC for another epic battle.
5' Brilliant from the ! William Agada makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 5.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 289 games and scored 442 goals.
15' Yeimar Gomez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 169 appearances.
20' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
23' What a strike from Jordan Morris! The score is 1-1.
28' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
33' Seattle Sounders FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Paul Rothrock scoring 1 goals.
38' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
43' Robert Voloder, a Germany , has 7 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
46' The whistle greets Roger Espinoza as he departs to be replaced by Felipe Hernandez.
51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
53' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
54' Jordan Morris with the second goal in the match!
59' Seattle Sounders FC 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.
61' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Johnny Russell on, Khiry Shelton off on 61 minutes.
63' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Red card in front of him.
68' Seattle Sounders FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
69' Jordan Morris adds to his 1 season tally! Seattle Sounders FC lead 1-3 — and this changes everything.
70' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Cameron Duke is hanging Erik Thommy on the field on 70 minute.
75' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
77' Jordan Morris adds to his 1 season tally! Seattle Sounders FC lead 1-4 — and this changes everything.
78' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Leo Chu has done his job and it is now time for Fredy Montero to step up.
83' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
84' A tactical swap from Seattle Sounders FC — Danny Leyva on, Joao Paulo off on 84 minutes.
87' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Cristian Roldan exits the field as Sota Kitahara enters on 87.
The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 1-4 Seattle Sounders FC. Honours even.

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
Raul Ruidiaz	3
Cristian Roldan	3
Danny Musovski	3
Will Bruin	2
Graham Zusi	2
William Agada	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

1.01 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: 3.06

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

6.5%

0 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

4.8%

2 – 1

4.7%

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%	4%	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.