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

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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

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
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' Three points are at stake. Vancouver Whitecaps FC host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
5' 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.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' Khiry Shelton has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
30' Both keepers have barely been tested. Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
35' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
37' Vancouver Whitecaps FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
38' A meaty challenge results in booking for Russell Teibert on 38.
43' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
45' Controversy at the stadium! Sebastian Berhalter argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
46' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Oriol Rosell by Roger Espinoza on 46 minute.
51' Sebastian Berhalter has been relatively quiet despite scoring 14 goals in his last 287 appearances.
56' The 30-year-old Daniel Salloi has been sensational this season — 2 goals and 2 assists is a remarkable return.
58' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Brian White departs to be replaced by Lucas Cavallini.
60' A moment of madness from Ryan Gauld on 60 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be frustrated.
65' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
69' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Sebastian Berhalter exits the field as Michael Baldisimo enters on 69.
71' The supporters are chanting for Michael Baldisimo. He replaces Sebastian Berhalter on 71 minute.
73' Ryan Raposo doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
77' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Johnny Russell trudges off to be replaced by Cameron Duke on 77 minutes.
79' The whistle greets Ryan Raposo as he departs to be replaced by Marcus Godinho.
80' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Khiry Shelton departs to be replaced by Nikola Vujnovic.
81' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton is replaced by Nikola Vujnovic.
86' 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.
90' A moment of madness from Marcus Godinho on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Vancouver Whitecaps FC will be frustrated.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Vancouver Whitecaps FC take all three points.

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
Daniel Salloi	3
Johnny Russell	3
Russell Teibert	2
Yohan Croizet	2
Emmanuel Sabbi	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

2.65 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.68 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 70% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC70% Draw18% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 3.33

Actual: No — clean sheet

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

88%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

30%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC57% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City8%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

12.6%

3 – 0

10.8%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.3%

3 – 1

7.3%

1 – 1

7.1%

4 – 0

4 – 1

4.9%

0 – 0

4.9%

5 – 0

3.8%

2 – 2

2.8%

5 – 1

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	35%	—	65%
-2	35%	22%	43%
-1.5	57%	—	43%
-1	57%	21%	22%
-0.5	78%	—	22%
+0.5	93%	—	7%
+1	93%	5%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

51% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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