Sporting Kansas City vs Toronto FC, 2018
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs Toronto FC — MLS .
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- Toronto FC 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Adam Wienckowski
- Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
- Referee David Gantar
- Referee Edvin Jurisevic
- Referee Richard Gamache
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Jul Toronto FC H 2–2 D 05 Jul Real Salt Lake A 2–4 L 30 Jun Montreal Impact FC A 0–2 L 24 Jun Houston Dynamo H 3–2 W 10 Jun Portland Timbers A 0–0 D 04 Jun Minnesota United FC H 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 2–2 D 04 Jul Minnesota United FC A 3–4 L 01 Jul New York Red Bulls H 0–1 L 24 Jun New York City FC A 1–2 L 14 Jun D.C. United SC H 4–4 D 09 Jun Philadelphia Union A 2–0 W Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City Toronto FC #30 Position #11 11 Points 14 14 Played 14 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 3 / 5 / 6 14 Scored 22 36 Conceded 29 -22 GD -7 0.79 PPG 1.00 21% Win % 21% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season7% Clean Sheets
Toronto FC this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Toronto FC are 11th (14 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededToronto FC0-151/116-301/331-451/346-602/561-754/476+5/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sporting Kansas City to score. At the same time, Toronto FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 10' 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.
- 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Toronto FC that had 260 games and scored 346 goals.
- 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Diego Rubio, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 25' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Johnny Russell has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 35' It’s high time Greg Vanney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 40' Ike Opara needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 45' Toronto FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
- 50' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Michael Bradley made 260 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 65' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tosaint Ricketts suffering a number of foals already.
- 70' Alex Bono has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 75' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 75 minutes.
- 80' 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.
- 85' The travelling Toronto FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 90' 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.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
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- 10
- 5
- 8
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3
Ike Opara ↓ Emiliano Amor 73'
- 29
- 6
- 12
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11
Diego Rubio ↓ Khiry Shelton 71'
- 75
- 26
Bench
- 15
- 90
- 1
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14
Khiry Shelton ↑ 71'
- 23
- 16
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22
Emiliano Amor ↑ 73'
Coach Peter VermesToronto FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 9
- 25
- 2
- 6
- 15
- 4
- 21
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18
Marky Delgado ↓ Nicolas Hasler 67'
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27
Liam Fraser ↓ Tosaint Ricketts 67'
- 10
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22
Jordan Hamilton ↓ Ayo Akinola 88'
Bench
- 1
- 5
- 14
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87
Tosaint Ricketts ↑ 67'
- 54
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Ayo Akinola ↑ 88'
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Nicolas Hasler ↑ 67'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Felipe Gutierrez 2 Jonathan Osorio 2 Jordan Hamilton 2 Ilie Sanchez 1 Jonathan Osorio 1 Jordan Hamilton 1 Nick DeLeon 1 Remi Walter 1 Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2018-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Toronto FC D 2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-30 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.92 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.19 Toronto FC xGI would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Toronto FC 77% + Over 2.5 goals 77%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.11Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 91% 9% ± 2.5 77% 23% ± 3.5 58% 42% ± 4.5 39% 61% Double Chance
Sporting Kansas City or Draw 61%Draw or Toronto FC 62%Sporting Kansas City or Toronto FC 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Toronto FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 7.7%1 – 2 7.4%2 – 2 Actual2 – 1 6.5%1 – 3 5.3%2 – 3 5%3 – 2 4.4%3 – 1 4.1%0 – 2 4%3 – 3 3.3%0 – 1 3.2%2 – 0 3.1%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Toronto FC covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 10% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 16% 66% -0.5 34% — 66% +0.5 56% — 44% +1 56% 18% 26% +1.5 74% — 26% +2 74% 13% 13% +2.5 87% — 13% Clean Sheet
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Toronto FC keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.