KANSAS CITY. Sporting KC and Columbus Crew didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Sporting KC was truly superior in terms of ball possession (64%)​.

The match was played at the Children’s Mercy Park stadium in Kansas City on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 18,483 spectators.​ The referee was Rosendo Mendoza with the support of Chris Wattam and Kevin Klinger. The 4th official was Natalie Simon. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.2 degrees Celsius or 63.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting KC was in firm control of the ball 64% while Columbus Crew was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting KC had a more offensive attitude with 49 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Sporting KC to win the match​.

Sporting KC shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, Columbus Crew shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Sporting KC received 1 yellow card (O. Rosell). Regarding the opposition, Columbus Crew received 2 yellow cards (P. Santos and J. Mensah).

Standings

After playing this match, Sporting KC will have 7 points like Seattle Sounders, New England and Cincinnati to sit in the 24th place. On the other side, Columbus Crew will have 9 points like Colorado Rapids and DC United to remain in the 21st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Sporting KC will play away with Dallas on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head in favor of Dallas (9 draws).

Columbus Crew will play away agasint Orlando City on the 8th of October with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Orlando City (3 draws).

Sporting KC – Formation

Sporting KC adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Peter Vermes decided to play with the following team: .

Sporting KC could not rely on the presence of R. Voloder (injured) and F. Hernandez (injured).

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 3 changes: N. Isimat-Mirin for R. Voloder (5′), O. Rosell for M. Tzionis (56′) and R. Espinoza for F. Hernandez (84′).

Columbus Crew – Formation

Also Columbus Crew adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Caleb Porter played with: .

Columbus Crew could not rely on the presence of J. Williams (injured).

Substitutions

Columbus Crew made 2 changes: Y. Yeboah for D. Etienne (61′) and M. Degenek for J. Williams (87′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Orlando City – New York RB – 0-3
• Portland Timbers – Real Salt Lake – 0-0
• Sporting KC – Columbus Crew – 0-0
• New York City – Toronto – 5-4
• LA Galaxy – Nashville SC – 1-0
• Colorado Rapids – Charlotte – 0-0
• Inter Miami – Atlanta United – 2-1
• Austin – Vancouver Whitecaps – 3-0
• Cincinnati – Los Angeles FC – 1-2
• SJ Earthquakes – Seattle Sounders – 4-3