Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Thu 30 May 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 7' Bjorn Utvik

Khiry Shelton 42' Y

Robert Castellanos 75' Y

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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

2024-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-07-02 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
05 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–1	L
28 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–1	W
26 May	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–2	L
19 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D
16 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–1	L
12 May	Los Angeles FC	A	0–3	L
05 May	Austin FC	H	0–0	D

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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps FC has kicked off!
5' The travelling Vancouver Whitecaps FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
7' A moment of madness from Bjorn Utvik on 7 minutes earns him a card. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be frustrated.
12' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
17' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 17.
22' Bjorn Utvik is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
27' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
32' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
37' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
39' Ryan Gauld doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
42' Khiry Shelton catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 42.
46' Daniel Salloi gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Stephen Afrira and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
56' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
57' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Willy Agada by Alan Pulido on 57 minute.
62' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
67' The 22-year-old Alenis Vargas has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
70' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Fafa Picault is hanging Brian White on the field on 70 minute.
75' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Robert Castellanos.
77' Vancouver Whitecaps FC make a change. Luis Martins trudges off to be replaced by Mathias Laborda on 77 minutes.
79' Jake Davis makes way for Marinos Tzionis at the 79 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
82' What composure from Ryan Gauld! The Scotland international strokes it home. 0-2.
87' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Vancouver Whitecaps FC's compact .
90' Giuseppe Bovalina gets the nod from Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He replaces Alessandro Schopf and will look to change the dynamic.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Tim Leibold ↑ 57'
9
Alan Pulido ↑ 57'
7
Johnny Russell ↑ 57'
3
Fontas
29
Tim Melia
10
Daniel Salloi ↑ 46'
4
Robert Voloder
77
Marinos Tzionis ↑ 79'
28
Chris Rindov

Coach Peter Vermes

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

8
Alessandro Schopf ↓ Giuseppe Bovalina 90'
14
Luis Martins ↓ Mathias Laborda 77'
24
Brian White ↓ Fafa Picault 70'
1
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas
15
Bjorn Utvik
25
Ryan Gauld ↓ Levonte Johnson 90'
16
Sebastian Berhalter
4
Ranko Veselinovic
7
Ryan Raposo ↓ Ali Ahmed 70'
23
Javain Brown

Bench

19
Damir Kreilach
11
Fafa Picault ↑ 70'
6
Tristan Blackmon
32
Isaac Boehmer
45
Pedro Vite
22
Ali Ahmed ↑ 70'
2
Mathias Laborda ↑ 77'
28
Levonte Johnson ↑ 90'
27
Giuseppe Bovalina ↑ 90'

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

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 2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-28 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2024-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-05-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Internacional CF Miami L 2024-05-19 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2024-05-16 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-05-12 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-05-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Austin FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

0.94 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.37 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City18% Draw22% Vancouver Whitecaps FC60%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.31

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

40%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

82%

Sporting Kansas City or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City12% Draw38% Vancouver Whitecaps FC50%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

10.2%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

8.9%

0 – 1

8.3%

0 – 3

7.9%

1 – 3

7.3%

0 – 0

5.1%

0 – 4

4.7%

1 – 4

4.4%

2 – 2

4.3%

2 – 1

3.7%

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	8%	87%
-0.5	13%	—	87%
+0.5	32%	—	68%
+1	32%	22%	46%
+1.5	54%	—	46%
+2	54%	20%	26%
+2.5	74%	—	26%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

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