By The Numbers: Sporting KC vs. New England Revolution - May 20, 2015

Sporting Kansas City (3-2-5, 14 pts.) will play their 100th match at Sporting Park on Wednesday when they host 2014 MLS Cup finalists New England Revolution (5-2-4, 19 pts.) at 7 p.m. CT. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes with local radio broadcasts on Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM.

Sporting KC is 3-0-2 against Eastern Conference opposition this year and will seek redemption against a New England side that swept the three-game regular season series in 2014, including a 3-2 result at Sporting Park on Sept. 26. The Revolution enter Wednesday on a nine-game unbeaten run, three shy of a club record, after losing their opening two fixtures of the season.

While Dom Dwyer and Krisztian Nemeth lead Sporting KC with three goals each, scoring has been widespread for Peter Vermes’ side: seven different players have found the back of the net, tied for second most in MLS. Similarly, New England boasts perhaps the most balanced attack in MLS: the Revs have a different statistical leader for goals (Charlie Davies), assists (Scott Caldwell), shots (Lee Nguyen), shots on goal (Kelyn Rowe), and game-winning goals (Teal Bunbury). We take a closer look at the matchup in our By The Numbers preview...

Head-to-head

• Sporting KC lost all three regular season matches to New England in 2014 by an 8-3 aggregate scoreline.
• Sporting KC went nine home games unbeaten against New England in all competitions betewen 2008 and 2013, out-scoring the Revs 23-4 during that stretch, before suffering a 3-2 loss last year.
• Sporting KC and New England have met 50 times in the regular season with SKC leading the series 23-16-11.
• Paulo Nagamura recorded a goal and an assist in Sporting KC's 3-2 loss to New England on Sept. 26, 2014, at Sporting Park.
• Lee Nguyen has three goals in eight regular season matches against Sporting KC, including two in 2014 (April 26 and Sept. 3).
• New England forward Teal Bunbury scored twice against his former club in 2014 (April 26 and Sept. 3).
• Jermaine Jones recorded the first assist of his MLS career agaisnt SKC on 9/3/14 before scoring his first MLS goal against SKC on 9/26/14.

Sporting KC

• SKC leads MLS with 32 chances created from set plays, nine more than any other team.
• SKC has conceded 9.8 shots per game, fewest in MLS.
• SKC leads MLS with 25.1 interceptions per game and ranks 2nd with 60.4 duels won per game.
• SKC leads MLS with 23 goalkeeper sweepings (Luis Marin 16, Tim Melia 7).
• SKC ranks 19th in MLS in shooting accuracy at 35.1%.
• Seven different players have sored a goal for Sporting KC, tied for second most in MLS.
• Benny Feilhaber is tied for the MLS lead with five assists. He ranks 6th in MLS with 20 successful crosses/corners and 6th with 25 chances created.
• All three of Krisztian Nemeth's shots on target this season have resulted in goals.
• Jalil Anibaba is one of four MLS defenders with at least one goal and one assist (Omar Gonzalez, Aurelien Collin, Joevin Jones).

New England Revolution

• New England's nine-game regular season unbeaten streak (5-0-4) is three shy of a club record.
• New England leads MLS with 15 games won and 51 points accumulated since September 2014 (including postseason).
• New England is tied for the Eastern Conference lead with 15 goals despite scoring none in their first three games of 2015.
• New England leads MLS with 160 passes per game in the attacking third.
• New England has a different statisical leader for goals (Charlie Davies 4), assists (Scott Caldwell 3), shots (Lee Nguyen 26), shots on goal (Kelyn Rowe 9), and game-winning goals (Teal Bunbury 2).
• Since Jermaine Jones joined New England last August, the Revs are 14-2-5 when he plays (including postseason).
• New England is one of two teams (FC Dallas) to have three players with at least three goals scored (Davies 4, Rowe 3, Juan Agudelo 3).
• Chris Tierney is 3rd in MLS with 12 successful crosses from open play.

Milestones and miscellany

• Wednesday will be Sporting KC's 100th game played at Sporting Park (74 regular season, 6 postseason, 10 Open Cup, 5 CONCACAF Champions League, 5 friendlies).
• Sporting KC is two shy of 500 home goals in MLS regular season history.
• Dom Dwyer's 31 goals in all competitions are tied for 7th in KC history, one behind Mo Johnston (1996-2001) in 6th.
• Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 75th MLS appearance for Sporting KC (including postseason).

Team stats (2015 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis (stats as of May 19, 2015)

Recent MLS meetings

• All-time regular season record vs. New England: 23-16-11 (12-7-5 at home)
• At Sporting Park: 3-1-2 (including postseason)