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 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

20 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
64	Points	26
34	Played	34
19 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
74	Scored	40
34	Conceded	81
+40	GD	-41
1.88	PPG	0.76
56%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

39% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

10/4

16-30

11/4

31-45

9/9

46-60

7/7

61-75

10/2

76+

13/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	20 G	2 A
Thomas Muller	9 G	6 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: sporting kansas city gets underway.
5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
10' Matt Besler is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for sporting kansas city so far.
15' It looks surprising vancouver whitecaps fc does not make any changes. Jordon Mutch has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
30' It looks like no one’s ball. vancouver whitecaps fc is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
35' sporting kansas city are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
40' vancouver whitecaps fc have won 464 goals from 296 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
45' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
50' Erik Hurtado needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
55' Graham Zusi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
60' vancouver whitecaps fc has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
65' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
70' sporting kansas city started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 70.
75' vancouver whitecaps fc are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
80' The travelling sporting kansas city supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
90' 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.
The referee brings this contest to a close. sporting kansas city take all three points.

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

2.33 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.25 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 80%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC38% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City39%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes80% 0% No20%

Avg goals/match: 4.58

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	66%	34%
± 4.5	48%	52%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

61%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

62%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC33% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City32%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted

1 – 4

Actual

2 – 2

6.8%

2 – 1

6.2%

1 – 1

6.1%

1 – 2

3 – 2

5.2%

2 – 3

3 – 1

4.7%

1 – 3

4.4%

3 – 3

3.9%

4 – 2

3.1%

2 – 0

2.9%

2 – 4

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	12%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	17%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	16%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	11%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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