Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps: result 2-1 and analysis
Major League SoccerRegular Season - 2Kick-off on March 13, 2016 at 01:30 AM (UTC)Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas
Full time
What was the result of Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps?
Sporting Kansas City won 2-1 on March 13, 2016.
Goalscorers
- 5′D. DwyerSporting Kansas City
- 41′D. DwyerSporting Kansas City
- 70′Pedro Andrés Morales FloresVancouver Whitecaps (pen.)
What is the recent form of both teams?
Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Sporting Kansas City have 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats; Vancouver Whitecaps have 0, 0 and 1.
The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2016 | Seattle Sounders(away) | 1-0 | Major League Soccer |
| Oct 30, 2015 | Portland Timbers(away) | 3-3 | Major League Soccer |
| Oct 25, 2015 | Los Angeles Galaxy(home) | 2-1 | Major League Soccer |
| Oct 22, 2015 | Colorado Rapids(home) | 0-2 | Major League Soccer |
| Oct 17, 2015 | San Jose Earthquakes(away) | 0-1 | Major League Soccer |
| Date | Opponent | Score | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2016 | CF Montreal(home) | 2-3 | Major League Soccer |
How many goals should we expect?
Sporting Kansas City score 1.1 and concede 1.7 goals per match over their last 15; Vancouver Whitecaps score 2.0 and concede 3.0.
| Club | Goals scored / match | Goals conceded / match | Clean sheets | Both teams scored | Over 2.5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Kansas City | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3 | 8/15 | 8/15 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.
Where do both teams sit in the table?
Sporting Kansas City sit 15th in Major League Soccer (15 points from 20 matches) and Vancouver Whitecaps sit 1st (40 points from 20 matches).
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 18 | 40 |
| 15 | Sporting Kansas City | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 49 | 15 |
How does Footlab compute this prediction?
The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy
Other matches in the same round
- Mar 12, 2016Orlando City SC1-1Chicago Fire
- Mar 12, 2016New England Revolution0-0DC United
- Mar 12, 2016Real Salt Lake2-1Seattle Sounders
- Mar 12, 2016CF Montreal3-0New York Red Bulls
- Mar 13, 2016Colorado Rapids1-0Los Angeles Galaxy
- Mar 13, 2016Columbus Crew1-2Philadelphia Union
- Mar 13, 2016Houston Dynamo5-0FC Dallas
- Mar 13, 2016New York City FC2-2Toronto FC