Sporting Kansas City will face the Columbus Crew for the 49th time in MLS (regular season) on Saturday evening at Sporting Park. The two teams last met on September 7, 2013 at Sporting Park with Sporting KC winning the match 3-0 on goals from Claudio Bieler, Soony Saad, and C.J. Sapong.
A few in-depth stats
- Federico Higuain leads MLS with 73 chances created from open play
- Sporting KC leads MLS with 12 headed goals
- Graham Zusi leads MLS with 49 chances created from set plays
- Columbus is second in MLS with a 51.54% duel success rate
- Uri Rosell is second in MLS with 115 interceptions, Aurelien Collin is third with 112
Head To Head (MLS regular season)
Overall: 21-21-6
Home Matches: 12-9-2 (39 goals scored, 38 goals conceded)
Away Matches: 9-12-4 (35 goals scored, 39 goals conceded)
Team Leaders
<u>Sporting KC</u> |
<u>Stat</u> |
<u>Columbus Crew</u> |
Claudio Bieler 10 |
<strong>GOALS</strong> |
Dominic Oduro 12 |
Graham Zusi 7 |
<strong>ASSISTS</strong> |
Federico Higuain 9 |
Claudio Bieler 70 |
<strong>SHOTS</strong> |
Federico Higuain 83 |
Oriol Rosell 59 |
<strong>FOULS</strong> |
Danny O'Rourke 45 |
Jimmy Nielsen 61 |
<strong>SAVES</strong> |
Andy Gruenebaum 70 |
Jimmy Nielsen 0.97 |
<strong>GAA</strong> |
Matt Lampson 1.27 |
Season Stats
<u>Sporting KC</u> |
<u>Columbus Crew</u> |
|
Shots (on goal) |
460 (138) |
440 (140) |
Fouls Committed (Suffered) |
442 (398) |
425 (377) |
Duels Success (Avg) |
50.31% |
51.54% |
Passes (Avg) |
420 |
376 |
Passing Accuracy (Avg) |
78.24% |
75.74% |
Possession (Avg) |
56.60% |
48.01% |
Last 10 MLS regular season matches
<u>Date</u> |
<u>Score</u> |
<u>Result</u> |
<u>Location</u> |
06/06/2009 |
2-0 |
L |
CommunityAmerica Ballpark |
05/23/2010 |
1-0 |
L |
CommunityAmerica Ballpark |
07/14/2010 |
1-0 |
W |
Columbus Crew Stadium |
04/16/2011 |
1-0 |
L |
Columbus Crew Stadium |
09/28/2011 |
2-1 |
W |
Sporting Park |
07/14/2012 |
2-0 |
W |
Columbus Crew Stadium |
07/28/2012 |
2-1 |
L |
Sporting Park |
10/07/2012 |
1-1 |
T |
Columbus Crew Stadium |
06/29/2013 |
3-2 |
W |
Sporting Park |
09/07/2013 |
3-0 |
W |
Sporting Park |