Faithful supporters at Children's Mercy Park haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with Sporting KC languishing in the 11th spot. The opposing Vancouver Whitecaps will hope to protect their higher league place in this match.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest points (3) away in Major League Soccer
5 - 10 - 12 with 33-45. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Vancouver Whitecaps when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Vancouver Whitecaps play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sporting KC form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Sporting KC have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Sporting KC, their manager Vermes and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Sporting KC crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Chicago Fire here at Children's Mercy Park. Midfielder Walter was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Walter hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 65 successful passes (of 70 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at LA Galaxy that finished 2-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting KC handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
A decent goal production from Sporting KC in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Sporting KC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vancouver Whitecaps form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Vancouver Whitecaps so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Vancouver Whitecaps play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Los Angeles FC (placed 1st). Goalkeeper Takaoka was absolutely vital in the Vancouver Whitecaps victory against Los Angeles FC, making seven saves. Gauld got a match rating of 9.31 in that game, top player of the team. Gauld scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Cincinnati.Vancouver are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 8 of this club's last 10 league matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Vancouver Whitecaps rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other already this season, with the final score Vancouver Whitecaps - Sporting KC 1-1 written in the official records. Sporting KC-Vancouver Whitecaps H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sporting KC four wins, Vancouver Whitecaps three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 7 goals |   B. White 7 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Vancouver Whitecaps missing players
| Sporting KC | Vancouver Whitecaps | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 23 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 30 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 23 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 71% | 70% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 57% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 50% |
| 24% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 33% |
| 14% | 30% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 22% |
| 52% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 72% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 28% |
| 43% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 6.1 | 6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.7 | 15.1 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 12.2 | 14.5 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| 22% | 27% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | 33% |
| 11.1 | 9.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 15.9 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.9 | 4.2 |
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Vancouver Whitecaps have the fewest points (3) away in Major League Soccer
- Vancouver Whitecaps have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 | St. Louis City | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -2 | 27 |
| 6 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Austin | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 21 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 14 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
