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By The Numbers: Sporting KC at D.C. United

By The Numbers: Sporting KC at D.C. United -

Sporting Kansas City will face D.C. United for the 47th time MLS (regular season) on Sunday afternoon. It's the second of three meetings between the two sides in the 2013 regular season. The first match of 2013 was on April 5th at Sporting Park in which Sporting KC won 1-0 on an 89th minute winner from Claudio Bieler.


Sporting KC have won the last five consecutive matches in the head-to-head series including handing D.C. United their only regular season home loss in 2012.


MLS regular season Head To Head


Overall: 19-18-9


Home Matches: 13-6-5 (46 goals scored, 28 goals conceded)


Away Matches: 6-12-4 (25 goals scored, 33 goals conceded)


Team Leaders

<u>Sporting KC</u>
<u>Stat</u>
<u>D.C. United</u>
Claudio Bieler 6
<strong>GOALS</strong>
Lionard Pajoy 2
Graham Zusi 4
<strong>ASSISTS</strong>
&nbsp;Six players tied 1
Claudio Bieler 32
<strong>SHOTS</strong>
Dwayne De Rosario 21
Aurelien Collin 26
<strong>FOULS</strong>
Lionard Pajoy 16
&nbsp;Jimmy Nielsen 22
<strong>SAVES</strong>
Bill Hamid 25
Jimmy Nielsen 0.75
<strong>GAA</strong>
Bill Hamid 1.89

Season Stats

<u>Sporting KC</u>
<u>D.C. United</u>
Shots (on goal)
168 (49)
106 (34)
Fouls Committed (Suffered)
186 (172)
108 (137)
Duels Won (Avg)
51.5%
50.3%
Completed Passes (Avg)
428
399
Passing Accuracy (Avg)
76.1%
75.7%
Possession (Avg)
55.9%
51.2%

Last 10 MLS regular season matches

<u>Date</u>
<u>Score</u>
<u>Result</u>
<u>Location</u>
09/07/2008
1-1
T
CommunityAmerica Ballpark
07/04/2009
1-0
L
RFK Stadium
10/04/2009
2-2
T
CommunityAmerica Ballpark
03/27/2010
4-0
W
CommunityAmerica Ballpark
05/05/2010
2-1
L
RFK Stadium
08/21/2011
1-0
W
Sporting Park
10/22/2011
1-0
W
RFK Stadium
03/10/2012
1-0
W
RFK Stadium
08/11/2012
2-1
W
Sporting Park
04/05/2013
1-0
W
Sporting Park