Sporting KC and Columbus Crew will face on Saturday the 23rd of April at 7:30 pm in the th week of the Major League Soccer. The match is going to take place in Kansas City at the Children’s Mercy Park.
Sporting KC is in the 12th place in the table with 6 points. It comes from a 3-1 loss against Los Angeles FC in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Up to now, it has won twice and lost 6 times.
Columbus Crew sits in the 9th place in the standings with 8 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Orlando City in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Up to now, it has won twice, drawn twice, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sporting KC
Sporting KC has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (6 times), 4-2-3-1 (once) and 5-4-1 (once).
Peter Vermes is expected to play against Columbus Crew with the following players: T. Melia, L. Ndenbe, N. Isimat-Mirin, A. Fontàs Prat, G. Zusi, R. Espinoza Ramírez, R. Walter, M. Tzionis, D. Salloi and K. Shelton.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Sporting KC would be 29.70.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Russell.
Peter Vermes will probably not be able to employ O. Rosell Argerich because of injury.
G. Kinda and A. Pulido Izaguirre will definitely miss the match.
Columbus Crew
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times).
Caleb Porter is expected to play against Sporting KC with the following players: E. Room, P. Martins Santos, J. Mensah, S. Moreira, D. Etienne Jr., J. de Lima Junior, D. Nagbe, Y. Yeboah and Miguel Berry.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Columbus Crew would be 29.00.
There are doubts about the presence of L. Zelarayán.
L. Díaz Espinoza and K. Molino will definitely miss the match.