Vancouver Whitecaps vs Sporting Kansas City match stats & report

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Major League Soccer · USA · Regular Season - 24 · BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia · Ref L. Szpala

Vancouver Whitecaps stats & fixtures · Sporting Kansas City stats & fixtures

Vancouver Whitecaps drew with Sporting Kansas City 1–1 in Major League Soccer on 4 June 2023. Expected goals finished 1.23–0.87. Vancouver Whitecaps had 55% of the ball.

Vancouver Whitecaps vs Sporting Kansas City match statistics

Vancouver WhitecapsSporting Kansas City

55% Ball possession 45%
1.23 Expected goals (xG) 0.87
11 Total shots 12
3 Shots on target 2
3 Shots off target 5
5 Blocked shots 5
5 Shots inside the box 7
4 Corners 5
11 Fouls 7
6 Offsides 0
4 Yellow cards 3
563 Passes 452
85% Pass accuracy 82%
1 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

7' Yellow card R. Castellanos Sporting Kansas City
20' Goal Alan Pulido (assist E. Thommy) Sporting Kansas City
39' Yellow card B. White Vancouver Whitecaps
63' Yellow card T. Blackmon Vancouver Whitecaps
69' Yellow card A. Cubas Vancouver Whitecaps
78' Yellow card R. Gauld Vancouver Whitecaps
79' Yellow card G. Kinda Sporting Kansas City
88' Penalty scored R. Gauld Vancouver Whitecaps
90+5' Yellow card K. McIntosh Sporting Kansas City

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps

Confirmed 4-4-2 V. Sartini

18 Y. Takaoka

14 Luís Martins 6 T. Blackmon 4 R. Veselinovic 2 M. Laborda

45 P. Vite 20 A. Cubas 19 J. Gressel 25 R. Gauld

24 B. White 9 S. Cordova

Bench A. Schöpf , D. Caicedo , S. Becher , S. Berhalter , R. Raposo , R. Teibert , M. Campagna , J. Brown , I. Boehmer

Sporting Kansas City

Confirmed 4-3-3 P. Vermes

22 K. McIntosh

18 L. Ndenbe 3 Andreu Fontàs 19 R. Castellanos 17 J. Davis

54 R. Walter 6 N. Radoja 26 E. Thommy

20 D. Sallói 9 Alan Pulido 77 M. Tzionis

Bench T. Leibold , R. Voloder , G. Kinda , K. Shelton , R. Espinoza , J. Pulskamp , S. Afrifa , C. Duke , F. Hernández

Form guide

Vancouver Whitecaps at home

5–2–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.2 per game
Conceded: 1.1 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 7.9 per game
Shots on target: 6.7 per game

18% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sporting Kansas City away

2–0–8 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.1 per game
Conceded: 2.8 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 4.6 per game
Shots on target: 4.5 per game

36% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Vancouver Whitecaps vs Sporting Kansas City head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
29 May 22	Sporting Kansas City v Vancouver Whitecaps	0–1
3 Apr 22	Vancouver Whitecaps v Sporting Kansas City	1–0

Only 2 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Vancouver Whitecaps vs Sporting Kansas City head-to-head record