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

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

Sporting Kansas City will face D.C. United for the 48th time in MLS (regular season) on Friday evening at Sporting Park. The two teams last met on May 19, 2013 at RFK Stadium with the match ending in a 1-1 draw.


A few in-depth stats


  • Sporting KC leads MLS with 1915 duels won and 742 interceptions
  • D.C. United's Dwayne De Rosario has hit the woodwork four times
  • Sporting KC and D.C. United both have three 0-0 draws this season
  • D.C. United's Perry Kitchen has won 84% of his tackles (42/50)
  • Sporting KC has faced the fewest shots this season (283) while D.C. has faced the fourth most in MLS (441)
  • Graham Zusi leads MLS With 50 chances created from set pieces
  • Bill Hamid has a 100% save percentage on shots outside the 18 yard box in away matches


Head To Head (MLS regular season)


Overall: 19-18-10


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


Away Matches: 6-12-5 (26 goals scored, 34 goals conceded)


Team Leaders

<u>Sporting KC</u>
<u>Stat</u>
<u>D.C. United</u>
Claudio Bieler 10
<strong>GOALS</strong>
De Rosario/Silva 3
Graham Zusi 8
<strong>ASSISTS</strong>
Perry Kitchen 4
Claudio Bieler 70
<strong>SHOTS</strong>
Dwayne De Rosario 53
Oriol Rosell 61
<strong>FOULS</strong>
Perry Kitchen 39
&nbsp;Jimmy Nielsen 66
<strong>SAVES</strong>
Bill Hamid 73
Jimmy Nielsen 0.91
<strong>GAA</strong>
Bill Hamid 1.57

Season Stats

<u>Sporting KC</u>
<u>D.C. United</u>
Shots (on goal)
477 (144)
382 (122)
Fouls Committed (Suffered)
482 (416)
360 (388)
Duels Success (Avg)
50.29%
48.49%
Passes (Avg)
409
415
Passing Accuracy (Avg)
77.83%
78.65%
Possession (Avg)
55.52%
53.36%

Last 10 MLS regular season matches

<u>Date</u>
<u>Score</u>
<u>Result</u>
<u>Location</u>
09/09/2009
1-0
L
RFK Stadium
10/24/2009
2-2
D
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
05/19/2013
1-1
D
RFK Stadium