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By The Numbers: Sporting KC at Montreal Impact - May 10, 2014

Sporting Kansas City faces the Montreal Impact for the second time in three weeks on Saturday afternoon at Stade Saputo. The all-time head-to-head series is very even betwen the two sides with three wins each and one draw in seven matches. Following their 4-0 loss at Sporting Park on April 19, Montreal earned their first win of the season on April 26, a 1-0 result at home against Philadelphia. Defensively, these two teams are on the opposite ends of the spectrum as Montreal has conceded 14 goals and Sporting KC has conceded six goals.


Below is a closer look at the two teams in this match's By The Numbers preview.


A few notable stats


  • Sporting KC is tied for second in MLS with 53.21% of possession in away matches
  • Montreal defender Hassoun Camara leads MLS with 42 interceptions
  • Sporting KC leads MLS with 23 chances created from set pieces, Montreal is 18th with six
  • Of Montreal's seven goals scored this season, five have been right-footed, two have been headers, and three have been scored in the first 15 minutes of matches
  • Sporting KC has scored five of their 11 goals this season in the final 15 minutes of matches
  • Montreal forward Marco Di Vaio has two goals in his last 10 regular season matches (overall has 26 goals in 55 matches)


Head To Head (MLS regular season)


Overall: 3-3-1

  • Home Matches: 2-2-0 (7 goals scored, 4 goals conceded)
  • Away Matches: 1-1-1 (3 goals scored, 2 goals conceded)


Team Leaders (MLS regular season)

<u>Sporting KC</u>
<u>Stat</u>
<u>Montreal Impact</u>
Dom Dwyer 4
<strong>GOALS</strong>
Felipe Martins 2
Graham Zusi 4
<strong>ASSISTS</strong>
Justin Mapp 3
Dom Dwyer 30
<strong>SHOTS</strong>
Marco Di Vaio 25
Dom Dwyer 18
<strong>FOULS</strong>
Hassoun Camara 19
Eric Kronberg 16
<strong>SAVES</strong>
Troy Perkins 27
Eric Kronberg 0.75
<strong>GAA</strong>
Troy Perkins 1.75

Team Stats (MLS regular season)

<u>Sporting KC</u>
<u>Montreal Impact</u>
Goals Scored (Conceded)
11 (6)
7 (14)
Shots (on goal)
118 (42)
107 (42)
Fouls Committed (Suffered)
130 (112)
118 (86)
Duels Success (Avg)
49.67%
51.35%
Passes (Avg)
416
350
Passing Accuracy (Avg)
80.11%
73.82%
Possession (Avg)
56.14%
45.97%

Recent regular season meetings

<u>Date</u>
<u>Score</u>
<u>Result</u>
<u>Location</u>
03/30/2013
2-0
W
Sporting Park
06/01/2013
2-1
L
Sporting Park
07/27/2013
1-0
L
Stade Saputo
04/19/2014
4-0
W
Sporting Park