By The Numbers presented by KDOT: #SKCvTOR - March 20, 2016

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A pair of unbeaten teams square off on Sunday as Sporting KC (2-0-0, 6 points) hosts Toronto FC (1-0-1, 4 points) in a marquee interconference matchup on FS1 and FOX Deportes. The match is set to kick off at 6 p.m. CT with local radio broadcasts on 99.3 FM, 1510 AM and 1340 AM. A limited number of tickets are still available at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 888-4KC-GOAL.

Children's Mercy Park has been a house of horrors for the visiting Reds, who have just one point in six regular season trips to the state-of-the-art venue since 2011. We take a statistical look at the game in our By The Numbers preview…

Head-to-head

• Sporting KC holds a distinct upper hand in the series, going 13-4-5 overall, 8-1-2 in Kansas City and 5-0-1 at Children's Mercy Park.
• Sporting KC's .705 winning percentage against Toronto FC is its bet against any MLS opponent (min. 10 games), and the club is 10-1-3 in its last 14 meetings with the Reds.
• Conversely, Toronto's 13 losses to Sporting KC are their most against any MLS foe in club history.
• Toronto is winless in the last six regular season meetings, going 0-5-1.
• The clubs last met on Aug. 8, 2015, when Sporting KC traveled to BMO Field and beat Toronto 3-1 with goals from Benny Feilhaber, Krisztian Nemeth and Jacob Peterson.
• Canadian teams are 2-11-2 all-time at Children's Mercy Park. Both wins came from Montreal, most recently in June 2013.
• Dom Dwyer has tallied four goals and one assist in his last three appearances against Toronto.
• Brad Davis has tallied three goals and six assists in 15 appearances against Toronto, all as a member of the Houston Dynamo.
• Michael Bradley is the only player on Toronto's current roster to score against Sporting KC, doing so in the most recent meeting on Aug. 8, 2015.

Toronto FC

• 2016 MLS record: 1-0-1, 4 points (t-2nd in East)
• 2016 MLS road record: 1-0-1 (4 GF, 2 GA)
• Toronto FC has scored three of its four goals this season after the 75th minute.
• Dating back to 2015, Toronto has won five straight games when tied at halftime.
• Since the start of 2015, Toronto is unbeaten (15-0-2) when allowing one goal or fewer.
• Entering Week 3, Toronto is last in MLS with 63.3 percent passing accuracy and second-to-last with 42.6 percent average possession.
• Entering Week 3, Sebastian Giovinco is one of four MLS players with multiple goals (2) and assists (2). He has played a part in each of Toronto's four goals this season.
• The reigning league MVP, Giovinco set an MLS record in 2015 with 38 combined goals (22) and assists (16), becoming the first player to record 20 goals and 10 assists in a season.

Sporting Kansas City

• 2016 MLS record: 2-0-0, 6 points (t-1st in West)
• 2016 MLS home record: 1-0-0 (2 GF, 1 GA)
• SKC is 24-8-8 in the regular season against Canadian opponents. Their 24 combined wins against Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver are the most among American MLS teams.
• SKC enters Week 3 as one of three MLS clubs with a perfect 2-0-0 record (Montreal and San Jose).
• SKC has conceded one goal through Week 2, tied with San Jose and Colorado for fewest in MLS. The club has yet to allow a goal from the run of play.
• SKC leads MLS with 60 percent average possession and 85 percent passing accuracy.
• Dom Dwyer is one of 12 MLS players with multiple goals (2) in 2016. He ranks sixth with nine shot attempts.
• Matt Besler (83.5) and Nuno Andre Coelho (82) rank first and second in MLS in passes per game.
• Roger Espinoza (91.1%) and Soni Mustivar (91.0%) rank third and fifth in MLS in passing accuracy, respectively (min. 120 minutes).

Milestones and miscellany

• Brad Davis is one shy of his 41st career game-winning assist, which would tie the MLS regular season record with Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston.
• Dom Dwyer is one shy of tying Chris Klein for fourth place in club history with 39 regular season goals.
• Graham Zusi is one assist shy of passing Chris Klein for second in club history with 46 regular season assists.
• Roger Espinoza is 86 minutes shy of reaching 10,000 minutes played in his MLS regular season career.
• Sporting KC has conceded 999 goals all-time in all competitions.

Team stats (2016 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis (source: Opta)

Recent #SKCvTOR meetings

• Regular season record vs. Toronto FC: 13-4-5
• Regular season home record vs. Toronto FC: 8-1-2 (26 GF, 10 GA)