Sporting Kansas City heads to the road this weekend to face Eastern Conference opponents New England Revolution on Saturday evening. The two teams met in the Eastern Conference Semifinals last November with Sporting KC advancing 4-3 on aggregate following a 3-1 second leg victory at Sporting Park. Historically, Sporting KC has had the clear advantage between the two sides including an active six match unbeaten streak in regular season matches. During this unbeaten streak, Sporting KC has held the Revolution scoreless for over 510 minutes.
Below is a closer look at the two teams in this match's By The Numbers preview.
A few notable stats
- Sporting KC leads MLS with an average of 57.95% of possession
- Lee Nguyen leads New England with 140 pases in the final third (69% passing accuracy)
- Sporting KC has hit the woodwork four times, New England has hit it twice
- New England is the lone MLS team to not concede a goal at home
- Sporting KC has won 54% of aerial duels, New England has won 44%
- New England has faced 17 shots and conceded 24 fouls at home, both second in MLS
Head To Head (MLS regular season)
Overall: 23-13-11
- Home Matches: 12-6-5 (35 goals scored, 23 goals conceded)
- Away Matches: 11-7-6 (39 goals scored, 31 goals conceded)
Team Leaders (MLS regular season)
<u>Sporting KC</u> |
<u>Stat</u> |
<u>NE Revolution</u> |
Dom Dwyer 4 |
<strong>GOALS</strong> |
Lee Nguyen 2 |
Graham Zusi 3 |
<strong>ASSISTS</strong> |
four players tied 1 |
Dom Dwyer 22 |
<strong>SHOTS</strong> |
Diego Fagundez 19 |
Benny Feilhaber 13 |
<strong>FOULS</strong> |
Lee Nguyen 16 |
Eric Kronberg 10 |
<strong>SAVES</strong> |
Bobby Shuttleworth 18 |
Eric Kronberg 0.67 |
<strong>GAA</strong> |
Bobby Shuttleworth 1.29 |
Team Stats (MLS regular season)
<u>Sporting KC</u> |
<u>NE Revolution</u> |
|
Shots (on goal) |
90 (35) |
79 (22) |
Fouls Committed (Suffered) |
97 (92) |
98 (83) |
Duels Success (Avg) |
50.83% |
45.58% |
Passes (Avg) |
427 |
362 |
Passing Accuracy (Avg) |
80.20% |
75.37% |
Possession (Avg) |
57.95% |
48.35% |
Recent regular season meetings
<u>Date</u> |
<u>Score</u> |
<u>Result</u> |
<u>Location</u> |
07/21/2012 |
0-0 |
D |
Sporting Park |
08/04/2012 |
1-0 |
W |
Gillette Stadium |
03/23/2013 |
0-0 |
D |
Gillette Stadium |
08/10/2013 |
3-0 |
W |
Sporting Park |
