By The Numbers presented by KDOT: #SKCvVAN

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Familiar foes will meet again Saturday as Sporting Kansas City (10-11-5, 35 points) hosts Vancouver Whitecaps FC (8-11-6, 30 points) at Children's Mercy Park. The third meeting between the clubs this year will kick off at 9 p.m. CT, with three hours of live television coverage on 38 The Spot and SKCTV beginning at 8:30 p.m. CT. A limited number of tickets for the match are still available at Ticketmaster.com, and supporters are encouraged to arrive well before kickoff for the All For the Summer Celebration.

• Sporting KC to host All For the Summer Celebration on Saturday

Currently fifth in the Western Conference standings, Sporting KC will look to extend their lead over eighth-place Vancouver as the playoff picture continues to take shape. History in the matchup favors the hosts, who will look to continue an impressive winning streak in the friendly confines of Children's Mercy Park. We take a statistical look at the matchup in our By The Numbers preview.

Head-to-head

• Sporting KC is 5-1-3 all-time against Vancouver, including a 3-0-1 record at Children's Mercy Park.
• Saturday is the third regular season meeting between the clubs this season. Sporting KC won 2-1 on March 12 in Kansas City before the sides fought to a 1-1 draw on April 27 at BC Place.
• Vancouver's lone win in the series came on Aug. 10, 2014, a 2-0 result at BC Place.
• Dom Dwyer has three goals in his last three regular season appearances vs. Vancouver, including a brace when the clubs last met at Childen's Mercy Park on March 12.
• Brad Davis has five assists in seven career regular season appearances vs. Vancouver.
• Diego Rubio and Christian Bolanos both opened their MLS scoring accounts with first-half goals when the clubs met on April 27 at BC Place.
• Pedro Morales has scored or assisted in three of his four appearances against Sporting KC, including goals in each of his two visits to Children's Mercy Park (August 2015 and March 2016).

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

• 2016 MLS record: 8-11-6, 30 points (8th in West)
• 2016 MLS road record: 3-8-1 (14 GF, 26 GA)
• Last five games: 0-3-2, 2 points (T-T-L-L-L)
• Last MLS match: Lost 2-1 vs. San Jose Earthquakes on Aug. 12
• Vancouver is winless in five straight regular season matches, including three straight losses.
• Vancouver is scoreless in a club-record four straight road games, a run of 366 scoreless minutes since June 25.
• Vancouver leads MLS with 5.4 shots on goal per game and 52.9% shooting accuracy.
• Vancouver leads MLS with six penalty kick goals and ranks third with six assists from set plays.
• Midfielder Pedro Morales leads Vancouver with six goals and six assists, while midfielder Christian Bolanos leads the team with 31 chances created.
• Midfielder Matias Laba leads MLS with 62 tackles won, while defender Tim Parker is second in MLS with 119 clearances.
• Goalkeeper David Ousted leads MLS with 90 saves.

Sporting Kansas City

• 2016 MLS record: 10-11-5, 35 points (5th in West)
• 2016 MLS home record: 8-4-1 (21 GF, 14 GA)
• Last five games: 2-2-1, 7 points (L-W-W-L-T)
• Last MLS match: Tied 2-2 at FC Dallas on Aug. 13
• SKC has won five straight regular season home games in the same year for the first time since 2015 and just the third time during the non-shootout era (2000-present).
• SKC has outscored opponents 12-3 durings its five-game home winning run, including three shutouts and a current 256-minute shutout streak.
• SKC leads MLS with 10.3 chances created per game and 56.1 percent average possession.
• SKC is last in MLS in shot accuracy (40.0%) and 19th in shot conversion rate (10.3%).
• Forward Dom Dwyer is fifth in MLS with 12 goals, tied for second with four multi-goal games and third with 84 shots. He also leads the league with four headed goals and 55 fouls suffered.
• Defender Jimmy Medranda is third in MLS with 61 tackles won and second with 19 successful crosses from open play.
• Midfielder Roger Espinoza is second in MLS with 168 duels won, while Saad Abdul-Salaam leads MLS defenders with five assists.

Milestones and Miscellany

• Ike Opara is one shy of his 50th MLS appearance for Sporting KC (including playoffs).
• Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 100th career substitute appearance in the MLS regular season.
• Brad Davis has 40 game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston for the all-time MLS record.

Team stats (2016 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis (source: Opta)

Recent #SKCvVAN meetings (regular season)

• Regular season record vs. Vancouver: 5-1-3 (17 GF, 13 GA)
• Regular season home record vs. Vancouver: 3-0-1 (9 GF, 6 GA)