Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

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Thu 18 Oct 2018 · 02:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

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

Match Details

Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee Ian Anderson
Referee Joe Dickerson
Referee Chris Wattam
Referee Timothy Ford

17 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.9 goals/game

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2018-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City 2018-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–4	L
06 Oct	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W
30 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–3	L
23 Sep	FC Dallas	H	1–2	L
16 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
02 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	4–1	W
07 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
30 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	D
23 Sep	Philadelphia Union	A	0–2	L
16 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	5–1	W
09 Sep	Orlando City SC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

39% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

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' Vancouver Whitecaps FC have kicked off against Sporting Kansas City. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
15' 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.
20' Gerso Fernandes has been relatively quiet despite scoring 17 goals in his last 289 appearances.
25' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
30' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is showing some good football. However, Vancouver Whitecaps FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
35' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
45' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
50' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
55' Kei Kamara is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
60' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
65' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
70' Supporters expect more eagerness from Daniel Salloi, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
75' Graham Zusi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
80' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
85' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
90' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 90.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-4 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Craig Dalrymple

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.46 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.26 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 84% + Both teams to score 81%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC40% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City38%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes81% 0% No19%

Avg goals/match: 4.72

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	95%	5%
± 2.5	84%	16%
± 3.5	68%	32%
± 4.5	50%	50%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

62%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

60%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC35% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City30%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted

1 – 4

Actual

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 1

6.1%

1 – 1

5.7%

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 2

5.4%

2 – 3

4.9%

3 – 1

4.9%

1 – 3

4.1%

3 – 3

4 – 2

3.3%

4 – 1

2 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	13%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	17%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	16%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	11%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

Sporting Kansas City Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Clean Sheet