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 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 17 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
14	Points	34
18	Played	17
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 3
18	Scored	38
46	Conceded	17
-28	GD	+21
0.78	PPG	2.00
22%	Win %	59%

Key Stats

41% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Vancouver Whitecaps FC for this crunch clash at Children's Mercy Park.
5' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Vancouver Whitecaps FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
13' Kortne Ford picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
18' Florian Jungwirth has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
23' Oriol Rosell is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
24' Lucas Cavallini puts Vancouver Whitecaps FC on the lead.
27' Sebastian Berhalter picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
27' The whistle greets Cristian Dajome as he departs to be replaced by Deiber Caicedo.
32' Vancouver Whitecaps FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
37' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
42' Over 42 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
44' The referee calls foul for Andreu Fontas. He receives a Yellow card.
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' Supporters expect more eagerness from Luis Martins, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
53' The referee calls foul for Cristian Gutierrez. He receives a Yellow card.
58' Poor challenge from Johnny Russell. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
60' The whistle greets Cristian Gutierrez as he departs to be replaced by Erik Godoy.
65' 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.
69' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 69 minute. Andreu Fontas leaves to be changed by Nicolas Isimat-Mirin.
74' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
79' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Sebastian Berhalter by Ryan Raposo on 79 minute.
84' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
89' The travelling Vancouver Whitecaps FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
Another three points for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.

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
Johnny Russell	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Emmanuel Sabbi	2
Gerso Fernandes	2
Russell Teibert	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

0.91 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.19 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City19% Draw24% Vancouver Whitecaps FC57%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

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

43%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

81%

Sporting Kansas City or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City13% Draw40% Vancouver Whitecaps FC47%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

10.7%

1 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 3

7.6%

1 – 3

6.9%

0 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 4

4.2%

2 – 1

3.9%

1 – 4

3.8%

1 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	9%	86%
-0.5	14%	—	86%
+0.5	35%	—	65%
+1	35%	23%	42%
+1.5	58%	—	42%
+2	58%	20%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

41% ✗

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