Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 4 Jun 2023 · 02:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 20' Alan Pulido

Ryan Gauld pen 88' 1–1

Y 7' Robert Castellanos

Brian White 39' Y

Andres Cubas 63' Y

Y 69' Daniel Salloi

Ryan Gauld 78' Y

Y 80' Gadi Kinda

Y 90' Kendall McIntosh

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

2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 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

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
01 Jun	Houston Dynamo	H	6–2	W
28 May	St. Louis City	A	1–3	L
21 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–0	W
18 May	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
14 May	Portland Timbers	A	1–3	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
01 Jun	FC Dallas	H	2–1	W
28 May	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
21 May	St. Louis City	A	0–4	L
18 May	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
14 May	Minnesota United FC	H	3–0	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' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
7' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 7.
12' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 12.
17' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
20' What a strike from Alan Pulido! The score is 0-1.
25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
35' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked 25 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
39' It’s a booking for Vancouver Whitecaps FC player. Brian White gets a Yellow card.
42' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Logan Ndenbe exits the field as Tim Leibold enters on 42.
47' With 0 assists to his name this season, Julian Gressel is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
52' 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.
57' Roger Espinoza has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 285 appearances.
62' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
63' The referee calls foul for Andres Cubas. He receives a Yellow card.
66' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Mathias Laborda is withdrawn and Alessandro Schopf gets his opportunity.
69' A moment of madness from Daniel Salloi on 69 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
71' Marinos Tzionis makes way for Khiry Shelton at the 71 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
72' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Alan Pulido is replaced by Gadi Kinda on 72 minute.
76' Another change for Vancouver Whitecaps FC made on 76 minute. Andres Cubas leaves to be changed by Deiber Caicedo.
78' Ryan Gauld is having his name booked by the referee on 78.
80' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Gadi Kinda.
85' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
88' GOAL! Ryan Gauld scores on 88.
90' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Erik Thommy exits the field as Roger Espinoza enters on 90.
90' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Yellow card on 90.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

9
Sergio Cordova ↓ Simon Becher 76'
14
Luis Martins
24
Brian White
18
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas ↓ Deiber Caicedo 76'
19
Julian Gressel
6
Tristan Blackmon
25
Ryan Gauld
4
Ranko Veselinovic
45
Pedro Vite ↓ Sebastian Berhalter 90'
2
Mathias Laborda ↓ Alessandro Schopf 66'

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

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

2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6–2 Houston Dynamo W 2023-05-28 St. Louis City 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-05-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-05-18 FC Dallas 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-05-14 Portland Timbers 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 FC Dallas W 2023-05-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2023-05-21 St. Louis City 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-05-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Minnesota United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

3.02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.79 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 70%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC70% Draw17% Sporting Kansas City13%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes52% 0% No48%

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	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

87%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

30%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC61% Draw32% Sporting Kansas City7%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.4%

3 – 0

10.1%

2 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

7.8%

4 – 0

7.5%

1 – 0

6.8%

1 – 1

Actual

4 – 1

5.9%

5 – 0

4.5%

5 – 1

3.6%

0 – 0

3.3%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	41%	—	59%
-2	41%	21%	38%
-1.5	62%	—	38%
-1	62%	18%	20%
-0.5	80%	—	20%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	5%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

46% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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