Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Thu 18 Jul 2024 · 02:30 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 87' Robert Voloder

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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

2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2024-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-07-02 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2022-05-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
14 Jul	St. Louis City	A	4–1	W
06 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	1–1	D
04 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	3–1	W
30 Jun	St. Louis City	H	4–3	W
23 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	0–2	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
14 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	W
08 Jul	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
05 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
30 Jun	Austin FC	H	2–0	W
22 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–4	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' The ball is rolling at BC Place. Vancouver Whitecaps FC are looking to make home advantage count against Sporting Kansas City.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' A quiet spell here at BC Place. Vancouver Whitecaps FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' Vancouver Whitecaps FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
30' 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.
34' The deadlock is broken! Robert Voloder gets on the scoresheet on 34 minutes.
39' It is a cagey affair so far. Vancouver Whitecaps FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
44' 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.
46' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Alenis Vargas is replaced by Stephen Afrira.
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yohei Takaoka, as he is very good at scoring at BC Place with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
56' Vancouver Whitecaps FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
61' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
66' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
67' Fafa Picault is replacing Ali Ahmed for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC side.
68' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Ryan Raposo is replaced by Sebastian Berhalter on 68 minute.
69' Willy Agada doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
72' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Alessandro Schopf is withdrawn and Luis Martins gets his opportunity.
76' The deadlock is broken! Fafa Picault gets on the scoresheet on 76 minutes.
81' 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.
86' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Remi Walter made 442 appearances and scored 11 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
87' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
88' Brian White makes way for Levonte Johnson at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Vancouver Whitecaps FC take all three points.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

26
Erik Thommy ↑ 46'
14
Tim Leibold
3
Fontas
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 46'
30
Stephen Afrira ↑ 46'
36
Ryan Schewe

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

2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-07-14 St. Louis City 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-07-06 Montreal Impact FC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2024-07-04 Minnesota United FC 1–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-06-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–3 St. Louis City W 2024-06-23 Portland Timbers 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin FC W 2024-06-22 Columbus Crew SC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.99 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Vancouver Whitecaps FC to win 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC72% Draw16% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 4.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

88%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

28%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Sporting Kansas City

84%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC58% Draw32% Sporting Kansas City10%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

8.4%

3 – 0

8.2%

2 – 1

Actual

3 – 1

4 – 0

6.2%

1 – 1

6.1%

4 – 1

6.1%

1 – 0

5.4%

3 – 2

2 – 2

3.9%

5 – 0

3.8%

5 – 1

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	38%	—	62%
-2	38%	20%	42%
-1.5	58%	—	42%
-1	58%	19%	23%
-0.5	77%	—	23%
+0.5	91%	—	9%
+1	91%	6%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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