Sporting Kansas City vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 9 Jun 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Jake Davis 45' Y

Y 61' Reed Baker-Whiting

Y 71' Yeimar Gomez

Johnny Russell 71' Y

YR 73' Reed Baker-Whiting

Khiry Shelton 90' Y

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

2024-06-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-05-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
02 Jun	Minnesota United FC	A	1–3	L
30 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–2	L
26 May	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
19 May	Austin FC	A	2–3	L
12 May	Houston Dynamo	H	1–2	L

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
30 May	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	D
26 May	St. Louis City	A	2–1	W
19 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D
16 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
12 May	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W

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' That's the starting whistle at Children's Mercy Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC.
5' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Seattle Sounders FC backline.
10' 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.
12' Jordan Morris makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Seattle Sounders FC are in front.
17' Seattle Sounders FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
19' What a moment for Johnny Russell! That strike on 19 puts his side firmly in control.
24' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
29' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
34' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
39' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
44' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Seattle Sounders FC winning 0% of all matches.
45' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Jake Davis on 45 minutes.
50' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Seattle Sounders FC's shape.
55' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Khiry Shelton has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
60' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
61' Reed Baker-Whiting catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 61.
66' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
71' That is a card for Seattle Sounders FC. Yeimar Gomez will be fuming at that decision.
72' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Daniel Salloi has done his job and it is now time for Alenis Vargas to step up.
73' It’s a booking for Seattle Sounders FC player. Reed Baker-Whiting gets a card.
74' The Seattle Sounders FC manager makes a substitution. Raul Ruidiaz departs to be replaced by Cody Baker.
79' USA international Jake Davis has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
81' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Joao Paulo trudges off to be replaced by Joshua Atencio on 81 minutes.
85' Alenis Vargas makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
85' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Tim Leibold exits the field as Danny Musovski enters on 85.
88' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Alan Pulido trudges off to be replaced by Zorhan Bassong on 88 minutes.
90' Khiry Shelton catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-06-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-06-02 Minnesota United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-05-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-05-19 Austin FC 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-05-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dynamo L

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2024-06-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2024-05-26 St. Louis City 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-05-19 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2024-05-16 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-05-12 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.28 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.72 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Seattle Sounders FC 74% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City34% Draw26% Seattle Sounders FC40%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

59%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

66%

Sporting Kansas City or Seattle Sounders FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw44% Seattle Sounders FC34%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 1

7.8%

0 – 2

7.3%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

5.8%

1 – 0

5.5%

1 – 3

5.2%

0 – 3

4.1%

2 – 0

2 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	15%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	21%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	14%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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