Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 29 May 2022 · 01:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Kortne Ford 13' Y

Y 27' Sebastian Berhalter

Andreu Fontas 44' Y

Y 53' Cristian Gutierrez

Johnny Russell 58' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 games · 50 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 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-05-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2020-07-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–1	L
22 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
19 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–1	W
15 May	Portland Timbers	A	2–7	L
07 May	New York City FC	A	0–0	D
01 May	FC Dallas	H	2–2	D

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–0	W
22 May	Charlotte FC	A	1–2	L
19 May	FC Dallas	H	2–1	W
14 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–3	D
08 May	Toronto FC	H	1–0	W
24 Apr	Austin FC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#30	Position	#16
21	Points	50
26	Played	26
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	15 / 5 / 6
31	Scored	59
63	Conceded	26
-32	GD	+33
0.81	PPG	1.92
23%	Win %	58%

Key Stats

39% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/3

16-30

10/4

31-45

6/8

46-60

4/5

61-75

6/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Children's Mercy Park that hosts another battle between Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
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 440 goals.
13' Controversy at the stadium! Kortne Ford argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
18' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
23' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Vancouver Whitecaps FC backline.
24' Goal! Lucas Cavallini scores his 21 goal in 283 matches.
27' A moment of madness from Sebastian Berhalter on 27 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be frustrated.
27' Vancouver Whitecaps FC ring the changes. Cristian Dajome has done his job and it is now time for Deiber Caicedo to step up.
32' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have won 438 goals from 283 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
37' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
42' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Vancouver Whitecaps FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
44' Controversy at the stadium! Andreu Fontas argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
46' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Marinos Tzionis is hanging Oriol Rosell on the field on 46 minute.
51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
53' Cristian Gutierrez is having his name booked by the referee on 53.
58' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Johnny Russell.
60' Cristian Gutierrez makes way for Erik Godoy at the 60 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
65' 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.
69' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Andreu Fontas by Nicolas Isimat-Mirin on 69 minute.
74' Supporters expect more eagerness from Felipe Hernandez, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
79' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Sebastian Berhalter by Ryan Raposo on 79 minute.
84' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
89' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Vancouver Whitecaps FC's compact .
That’s it! Another goalless match for Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

54
Remi Walter
7
Johnny Russell
29
Tim Melia
15
Roger Espinoza
21
Felipe Hernandez
12
Kortne Ford
2
Ben Sweat ↓ Kayden Pierre 46'
18
Logan Ndenbe
6
Oriol Rosell ↓ Marinos Tzionis 46'
28
Cameron Duke
3
Andreu Fontas ↓ Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 69'

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

26
Florian Jungwirth
55
Cody Cropper
2
Marcus Godinho ↓ Luis Martins 79'
16
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Ryan Raposo 79'
3
Cristian Gutierrez ↓ Erik Godoy 60'
17
Leonard Owusu ↓ Michael Baldisimo 46'
11
Cristian Dajome ↓ Deiber Caicedo 27'
9
Lucas Cavallini
4
Ranko Veselinovic
28
Jakob Nerwinski
23
Javain Brown

Bench

14
Luis Martins ↑ 79'
87
Tosaint Ricketts
33
Michael Baldisimo ↑ 46'
22
Erik Godoy ↑ 60'
8
Caio Alexandre
27
Ryan Raposo ↑ 79'
60
Isaac Boehmer
7
Deiber Caicedo ↑ 27'
45
Pedro Vite

Coach Vanni Sartini

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Pulido	6
Ryan Gauld	4
Johnny Russell	4
Daniel Salloi	3
Johnny Russell	3
Russell Teibert	2
Yohan Croizet	2
Thomas Muller	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-05-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2022-05-15 Portland Timbers 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 FC Dallas D

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2022-05-22 Charlotte FC 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-05-19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 FC Dallas W 2022-05-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2022-05-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Toronto FC W 2022-04-24 Austin FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.98 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City21% Draw24% Vancouver Whitecaps FC55%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.1

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

45%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

79%

Sporting Kansas City or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City14% Draw41% Vancouver Whitecaps FC45%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.2%

0 – 2

10.1%

1 – 2

9.6%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 3

6.9%

1 – 3

6.7%

0 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

4.7%

2 – 1

4.4%

1 – 0

3.7%

0 – 4

3.7%

1 – 4

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	10%	84%
-0.5	16%	—	84%
+0.5	38%	—	62%
+1	38%	23%	39%
+1.5	61%	—	39%
+2	61%	19%	20%
+2.5	80%	—	20%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

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