Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 3 Apr 2022 · 00:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Russell Teibert 37' Y

Russell Teibert 38' Y

Sebastian Berhalter 45' Y

Ryan Gauld 60' Y

Marcus Godinho 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

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 2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–0	W
21 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
12 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
05 Mar	New York City FC	H	0–0	D
26 Feb	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–4	L
07 Nov	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–1	L
26 Mar	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W
19 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–3	L
13 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
05 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
27 Feb	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Sporting Kansas City
#16	Position	#30
32	Points	11
14	Played	14
10 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
34	Scored	14
12	Conceded	36
+22	GD	-22
2.29	PPG	0.79
71%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

41% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

6/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

–/3

61-75

3/–

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Vancouver Whitecaps FC kicks off things out of here…
5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
10' 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.
15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
20' Marinos Tzionis has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 23 appearances.
25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC winning 100% of all matches.
30' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
35' Thomas Hasal has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
37' Russell Teibert was booked on 37.
38' The referee calls foul for Russell Teibert. He receives a Yellow card.
43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 276 games and scored 424 goals.
45' Sebastian Berhalter picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
46' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Roger Espinoza on, Oriol Rosell off on 46 minutes.
51' Vancouver Whitecaps FC 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.
56' Over 56 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
58' Another change for Vancouver Whitecaps FC made on 58 minute. Brian White leaves to be changed by Lucas Cavallini.
60' Poor challenge from Ryan Gauld. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
65' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
69' The whistle greets Sebastian Berhalter as he departs to be replaced by Michael Baldisimo.
71' Time for substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Sebastian Berhalter is replaced by Michael Baldisimo.
73' Ryan Raposo does the damage! The net is bulging and Vancouver Whitecaps FC surge ahead!
77' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Johnny Russell has done his job and it is now time for Cameron Duke to step up.
79' Marcus Godinho is replacing Ryan Raposo for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
80' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton is replaced by Nikola Vujnovic.
81' Nikola Vujnovic is replacing Khiry Shelton for the Sporting Kansas City side.
86' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Vancouver Whitecaps FC tonight.
90' That is a Yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Marcus Godinho will be fuming at that decision.
With this win, Vancouver Whitecaps FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

24
Brian White ↓ Lucas Cavallini 58'
31
Russell Teibert
6
Tristan Blackmon
25
Ryan Gauld ↓ Pedro Vite 69'
1
Thomas Hasal
16
Sebastian Berhalter ↓ Michael Baldisimo 69'
4
Ranko Veselinovic
27
Ryan Raposo ↓ Marcus Godinho 79'
7
Deiber Caicedo ↓ Tosaint Ricketts 79'
28
Jakob Nerwinski
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
Johnny Russell	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Emmanuel Sabbi	2
Gerso Fernandes	2
Russell Teibert	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2022-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-03-21 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-03-12 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-03-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 New York City FC D 2022-02-26 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2021-11-07 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2022-03-19 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-03-13 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2022-02-27 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.78 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.63 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 72% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC72% Draw17% Sporting Kansas City11%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 3.41

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

89%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

28%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC60% Draw34% Sporting Kansas City6%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

12.8%

3 – 0

11.5%

1 – 0

Actual

4 – 0

7.9%

2 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

7.2%

1 – 1

6.4%

4 – 1

5.1%

0 – 0

4.5%

5 – 0

4.4%

5 – 1

2.9%

2 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	39%	—	61%
-2	39%	22%	39%
-1.5	61%	—	39%
-1	61%	20%	19%
-0.5	81%	—	19%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	4%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

53% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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