Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Mon 18 Oct 2021 · 02:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Ilie Sanchez

Brian White 50' Y

Brian White 51' Y

Y 70' Remi Walter

Y 70' Gadi Kinda

Jakob Nerwinski 85' Y

Overview

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at BC Place.

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

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 2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City 2019-07-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
10 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–4	L
03 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–0	W
30 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	0–0	D
26 Sep	FC Dallas	H	1–0	W
20 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
03 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	4–2	W
30 Sep	FC Dallas	A	3–1	W
26 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
16 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–0	W
12 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Sporting Kansas City
#16	Position	#30
34	Points	14
17	Played	18
10 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
38	Scored	18
17	Conceded	46
+21	GD	-28
2.00	PPG	0.78
59%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

41% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Vancouver Whitecaps FC welcome Sporting Kansas City for this crunch clash at BC Place.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Cristian Dajome is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
23' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ryan Gauld makes no mistake. 1-0!
28' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
33' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Remi Walter suffering a number of foals already.
36' GOAL! Russell Teibert fires home to make it 2-0!
37' Russell Teibert does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
42' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
43' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Johnny Russell makes it 3-1.
45' Poor challenge from Ilie Sanchez. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
46' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 46 minute. Jose Mauri leaves to be changed by Roger Espinoza.
50' The referee shows Vancouver Whitecaps FC player a Yellow card on 50.
51' Brian White is having his name booked by the referee on 51.
56' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
61' Vancouver Whitecaps FC ring the changes. Bruno Gaspar has done his job and it is now time for Marcus Godinho to step up.
66' Sporting Kansas City have won 439 goals from 285 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
70' A moment of madness from Remi Walter on 70 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
73' Tosaint Ricketts has so much to prove this time. He replaces Brian White on 73 minute.
78' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
79' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Jakob Nerwinski comes on to replace Ranko Veselinovic.
84' 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.
85' Jakob Nerwinski was booked on 85.
90' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
It finishes all square. Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Bruno Gaspar ↓ Marcus Godinho 61'
26
Florian Jungwirth
24
Brian White ↓ Tosaint Ricketts 73'
31
Russell Teibert
22
Erik Godoy
25
Ryan Gauld
16
Maxime Crepeau
17
Leonard Owusu ↓ Janio Bikel 46'
11
Cristian Dajome ↓ Deiber Caicedo 73'
4
Ranko Veselinovic ↓ Jakob Nerwinski 79'
23
Javain Brown

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

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
Emmanuel Sabbi	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2021-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-10-10 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2021-10-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-09-30 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-09-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 FC Dallas W 2021-09-20 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-10-03 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Houston Dynamo W 2021-09-30 FC Dallas 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-09-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-09-16 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Minnesota United FC W 2021-09-12 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.75 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.06 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC64% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City17%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

84%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

36%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC53% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

8.5%

3 – 1

7.8%

3 – 0

7.5%

1 – 1

7.2%

1 – 0

5.9%

4 – 1

5.4%

4 – 0

5.1%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 2

4.2%

1 – 2

3.4%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	31%	—	69%
-2	31%	20%	49%
-1.5	51%	—	49%
-1	51%	20%	29%
-0.5	71%	—	29%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	8%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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