Sporting Kansas City will face the Philadelphia Union for the eighth time in MLS (regular season) on Friday evening at Sporting Park. The two teams last met on March 2, 2013 at PPL Park with Sporting KC winning the match 3-1 on goals from Graham Zusi, Uri Rosell, and Claudio Bieler.
A few in-depth stats
- Zac MacMath is second in MLS (among goalkeepers with at least 15 starts this season) with a 92.5% save percentage on shots outside the 18 yard box
- Sporting KC leads MLS with 12 headed goals
- Jack McInerney has scored all of his 10 MLS goals from inside the 18 yard box
- Sporting KC is 16-0-2 when C.J. Sapong scores a goal
- Sebastien Le Toux is tied for the MLS lead with 12 assists
- Uri Rosell is second in MLS with 113 interceptions, Aurelien Collin is fourth with 108
Head To Head (MLS regular season)
Overall: 3-1-3
Home Matches: 2-0-1 (5 goals scored, 2 goals conceded)
Away Matches: 1-1-2 (4 goals scored, 6 goals conceded)
Team Leaders
<u>Sporting KC</u> |
<u>Stat</u> |
<u>Philadelphia Union</u> |
Claudio Bieler 10 |
<strong>GOALS</strong> |
Jack McInerney 10 |
Graham Zusi 7 |
<strong>ASSISTS</strong> |
Sebastien Le Toux 12 |
Claudio Bieler 69 |
<strong>SHOTS</strong> |
Jack McInerney 80 |
Oriol Rosell 57 |
<strong>FOULS</strong> |
Conor Casey 48 |
Jimmy Nielsen 58 |
<strong>SAVES</strong> |
Zac MacMath 83 |
Jimmy Nielsen 0.97 |
<strong>GAA</strong> |
Joe Bendik 1.34 |
Season Stats
<u>Sporting KC</u> |
<u>Philadelphia Union</u> |
|
Shots (on goal) |
441 (133) |
391 (131) |
Fouls Committed (Suffered) |
431 (381) |
368 (351) |
Duels Won (Avg) |
50.18% |
49.64% |
Passes (Avg) |
419 |
363 |
Passing Accuracy (Avg) |
78.16% |
76.76% |
Possession (Avg) |
56.42% |
47.81% |
MLS regular season matches
<u>Date</u> |
<u>Score</u> |
<u>Result</u> |
<u>Location</u> |
06/10/2010 |
2-0 |
W |
CommunityAmerica Ballpark |
09/04/2010 |
1-1 |
D |
PPL Park |
06/22/2011 |
0-0 |
D |
PPL Park |
09/23/2011 |
1-1 |
D |
Sporting Park |
06/23/2012 |
4-0 |
L |
PPL Park |
10/24/2012 |
2-1 |
W |
Sporting Park |
03/02/2013 |
3-1 |
W |
PPL Park |
