Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps

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🕒 Sun, 21 Sep 2025 01:30 Europe/London 📍 Children's Mercy Park 🧑‍⚖️ Chris Penso 🔁 Regular Season - 31 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 31

Regular Season Table

Sporting Kansas City 27 · Vancouver Whitecaps 4

Referee Stats

Chris Penso

23 matches · 4.30 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	4.30
Reds avg	0.17
Penalties avg	0.35
Over 4.5 cards	52%
Home wins	52%
Draws	22%
Away wins	26%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (10-12).
Possession was balanced (49%-51%).
Vancouver Whitecaps had the sharper finishing (1-4 shots on target).

Team Overview

Sporting Kansas City (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-5-8

Goals For / Against

25 / 32

Avg: 1.47 / 1.88

Points

Avg: 1.00

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Vancouver Whitecaps (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 9-6-5

Goals For / Against

29 / 23

Avg: 1.45 / 1.15

Points

Avg: 1.65

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this MLS fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.00

PPG

1.65

1.47

1.45

1.88

1.15

53%

O2.5

59%

65%

BTTS

47%

24%

Score 1st

41%

League-position context

Sporting Kansas City rank27th

Vancouver Whitecaps rank4th

Sporting Kansas City points28

Vancouver Whitecaps points63

Sporting Kansas City: #27 · 28 pts · GD -24

37 pts off the top 2. 30 pts off the play-off line. 2 pts from safety.

Vancouver Whitecaps: #4 · 63 pts · GD +28

2 pts off the top 2. 7 pts above the play-off edge. 35 pts clear of the relegation zone.

35-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 home

D L L W L

Points4/15

Weighted index24

Goals5-8

Record1-1-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Vancouver Whitecaps last 5 away

W D W L D

Points8/15

Weighted index64

Goals8-6

Record2-2-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.553%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.535%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 88% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Vancouver Whitecaps trend breakdown

Over 2.559%

BTTS47%

BTTS + O2.541%

1H Over 0.529%

Also: Over 0.5 82% · Over 1.5 71% · Over 3.5 24% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Sporting Kansas City score at home76%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet at home18%

Vancouver Whitecaps score away71%

Vancouver Whitecaps clean sheet away41%

First-goal patterns

Sporting Kansas City score first24%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first50%

Vancouver Whitecaps score first41%

Vancouver Whitecaps win after scoring first86%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Sporting Kansas City 54% · Vancouver Whitecaps 50%

Avg first goal minute: Sporting Kansas City 24.3' · Vancouver Whitecaps 30.1'

Vs league average

Sporting Kansas City score at home1.47 vs 1.64

Sporting Kansas City concede at home1.88 vs 1.36

Vancouver Whitecaps score away1.45 vs 1.36

Vancouver Whitecaps concede away1.15 vs 1.64

Sporting Kansas City score 10% below league average, while Vancouver Whitecaps score 7% above league average.

Defensive side: Sporting Kansas City are 38% above league average at home, and Vancouver Whitecaps are 30% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals2.80

BTTS40%

Over 2.580%

At this venue setup: 2.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (home)

1H scored: 31% 2H scored: 69% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

61-75 8

76-90+ 8

16-30 5

46-60 4

0-15 3

31-45 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 8

16-30 8

31-45 7

76-90+ 5

46-60 4

61-75 4

Vancouver Whitecaps goal timing (away)

1H scored: 44% 2H scored: 56% Danger: 46-60 Vulnerable: 46-60

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

46-60 6

16-30 5

61-75 4

76-90+ 4

0-15 3

31-45 3

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

46-60 7

0-15 5

16-30 4

76-90+ 4

61-75 2

31-45 1

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

533

571

Passes Accurate

449

502

Passes %

84%

88%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

2' ⚽

⚽

2' ⚽ Goal · 0-1

É. Ocampo

Normal Goal · Assist: E. Sabbi

10'

10' A. Cubas

43' ⚽

⚽

43' ⚽ Goal · 0-2

K. Cabrera

Normal Goal · Assist: A. Ahmed

44'

44' Z. Bassong

53'

53' É. Ocampo

56'

56' Belal Halbouni

65' ↑↓

↑↓

65' ⇄ E. Sabbi

1st substitution · For: J. Ngando

65' ↑↓

↑↓

65' ⇄ K. Cabrera

2nd substitution · For: J. Nelson

65' ↑↓

↑↓

65' ⇄ S. Muñóz

1st substitution · For: Manu García

65' ↑↓

↑↓

65' ⇄ M. Suleymanov

2nd substitution · For: M. Toye

66'

66' D. Ríos

80' ↑↓

↑↓

80' ⇄ A. Cubas

3rd substitution · For: J. Badwal

81' ↑↓

↑↓

81' ⇄ D. Ríos

4th substitution · For: R. Elloumi

82'

82' A. Montes

84' ↑↓

↑↓

84' ⇄ Z. Bassong

3rd substitution · For: J. Bartlett

84' ↑↓

↑↓

84' ⇄ A. Montes

4th substitution · For: Jansen Miller

90+2' ↑↓

↑↓

90+2' ⇄ A. Ahmed

5th substitution · For: R. Priso

90+2' ↑↓

↑↓

90+2' ⇄ T. Johnson

6th substitution · For: Giuseppe Bovalina

90+6'

90+6' S. Berhalter

Sporting Kansas City vs Vancouver Whitecaps 0-2: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Vancouver Whitecaps beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0 on Sunday, 21 September 2025 in MLS. The match was refereed by Chris Penso. It was played at Children's Mercy Park.

First half: Vancouver Whitecaps took an early lead at 2' when É. Ocampo scored, with the assist credited to E. Sabbi, making the score 0-1. A. Cubas received a yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps at 10'. Vancouver Whitecaps extended the lead at 43' when K. Cabrera scored, with the assist credited to A. Ahmed, making the score 0-2. Z. Bassong received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 44'.

Second half: No goals were scored in the second half. É. Ocampo received a yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps at 53'. Belal Halbouni received a yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps at 56'. Vancouver Whitecaps made their 1st substitution at 65', with E. Sabbi replacing J. Ngando. Vancouver Whitecaps made their 2nd substitution at 65', with K. Cabrera replacing J. Nelson. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 65', with S. Muñóz replacing Manu García. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 65', with M. Suleymanov replacing M. Toye. D. Ríos received a yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps at 66'. Vancouver Whitecaps made their 3rd substitution at 80', with A. Cubas replacing J. Badwal. Vancouver Whitecaps made their 4th substitution at 81', with D. Ríos replacing R. Elloumi. A. Montes received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 82'. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 84', with Z. Bassong replacing J. Bartlett. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 84', with A. Montes replacing Jansen Miller. Vancouver Whitecaps made their 5th substitution at 90+2', with A. Ahmed replacing R. Priso. Vancouver Whitecaps made their 6th substitution at 90+2', with T. Johnson replacing Giuseppe Bovalina. S. Berhalter received a yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps at 90+6'.

Sporting Kansas City used 4 substitutions while Vancouver Whitecaps used 6 substitutions. Sporting Kansas City got 2 yellow cards, while Vancouver Whitecaps got 5 yellow cards.