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Philadelphia 2-0 Kansas City - September 23, 2018 / MLS 2018

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MLS 2018 - Journée 30 - Conférence Est

Talen Energy Stadium - Chester - United States

September 23, 2018 - 13:00

15 080

Philadelphia

2 - 0

Kansas City

Assist by Alejandro BedoyaJay Simpson

71'

Assist by Alejandro BedoyaJay Simpson

89'

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55' - Substitution Borek Dockalis substituted by Alejandro Bedoya55

63' - Substitution Fabian Herbersis substituted by Fabrice-Jean Picault63

65' - Yellow card Roger Espinoza

66' - Yellow card David Accam66

71' - Goal Jay Simpson71

72' - Substitution Johnny Russellis substituted by Yohan Croizet

75' - Yellow card Olivier Mbaizo75

80' - Substitution Gersois substituted by Daniel Sallói

85' - Substitution Olivier Mbaizois substituted by Keegan Rosenberry85

85' - Substitution Roger Espinozais substituted by Gianluca Busio

89' - Goal Jay Simpson89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Philadelphia

2 - 0

Kansas City

Philadelphia Kansas City

Team line-ups

Philadelphia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

27Simpson7189

Jay Simpson

England

B.date01/12/1988

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

7Accam66

David Accam

Ghana

B.date28/09/1990

Age27 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

10Dockal55

Borek Dockal

Czech Republic

B.date30/09/1988

Age29 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

14Herbers63

Fabian Herbers

Germany

B.date17/08/1993

Age25 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

8Jones

Derrick Jones

United States

B.date03/03/1997

Age21 years

H1m89

positionCentre Midfield

2Creavalle

Warren Creavalle

Guyana

B.date14/08/1990

Age28 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

33Fabinho

Fabinho

Brazil

B.date16/03/1985

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

26Trusty

Auston Trusty

United States

B.date12/08/1998

Age20 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

4McKenzie

Mark McKenzie

United States

B.date25/02/1999

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5Mbaizo8575

Olivier Mbaizo

Cameroon

B.date15/08/1997

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1McCarthy

John McCarthy

United States

B.date04/07/1992

Age26 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	John McCarthy		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Auston Trusty		20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mark McKenzie		19	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Olivier Mbaizo	8575	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Fabinho		33	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Warren Creavalle		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Fabian Herbers	63	25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Derrick Jones		21	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Borek Dockal	55	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Jay Simpson	7189	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	David Accam	66	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Kansas City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Németh

Krisztián Németh

Hungary

B.date05/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m79

positionStriker

12Gerso80

Gerso

Guinea-Bissau

B.date23/02/1991

Age27 years

H1m72

positionStriker

7Russell72

Johnny Russell

Scotland

B.date08/04/1990

Age28 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Forward

21Gutiérrez

Felipe Gutiérrez

Chile

B.date08/10/1990

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

17Espinoza8565

Roger Espinoza

Honduras

B.date25/10/1986

Age31 years

H1m81

positionRight central midfielder

6Ilie

Ilie

Spain

B.date21/11/1990

Age27 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Sinovic

Seth Sinovic

United States

B.date28/01/1987

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Besler

Matt Besler

United States

B.date11/02/1987

Age31 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

3Opara

Ike Opara

United States

B.date21/02/1989

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

8Zusi

Graham Zusi

United States

B.date18/08/1986

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

29Melia

Tim Melia

United States

B.date15/05/1986

Age32 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
29	G	Tim Melia		32	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ike Opara		29	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matt Besler		31	296	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Seth Sinovic		31	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Graham Zusi		32	286	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Ilie		27	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Roger Espinoza	8565	31	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Felipe Gutiérrez		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Gerso	80	27	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Johnny Russell	72	28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Krisztián Németh		29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

139

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
29	G	Jake McGuire		24
16	D	Richie Marquez		26
12	D	Keegan Rosenberry	85	24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Alejandro Bedoya	55	31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Haris Medunjanin		33
9	F	Fabrice-Jean Picault	63	27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Cory Burke		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Eric Dick		23
30	D	Andreu Fontàs		28
26	D	Jaylin Lindsey		18
13	M	Gianluca Busio	85	16	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
75	M	Wan Kuzain Kamal		20
10	M	Yohan Croizet	72	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Daniel Sallói	80	22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Borek Dockal

Alejandro Bedoya

OUT

Fabian Herbers

C.J. Sapong

OUT

Fabinho

Raymon Gaddis

OUT

David Accam

Fabrice-Jean Picault

OUT

John McCarthy

Andre Blake

OUT

Olivier Mbaizo

Keegan Rosenberry

OUT

Jay Simpson

Cory Burke

OUT

Mark McKenzie

Jack Elliott

OUT

Warren Creavalle

Haris Medunjanin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Johnny Russell

Yohan Croizet

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jim Curtin

170

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Curtin vs Kansas City

3 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 2018

Curtin vs Vermes

3 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Vermes

366

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Vermes vs Philadelphia

6 victories

6 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2018

Vermes vs Curtin

1 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2018

Referee

Mark Geiger

3 victories	4 draws	9 losses	Philadelphia16 matches	General total	Kansas City33 matches	14 victories	4 draws	15 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Philadelphia1 match	Season total	Kansas City4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on September 23, 2018					Latest figure on November 29, 2018

4th official

Chris Penso

3 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Philadelphia5 matches	General total	Kansas City7 matches	2 victories	3 draws	2 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Philadelphia2 matches	Season total	Kansas City2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 20, 2023					Latest figure on November 11, 2018

Video referee

Jon Freemon

1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Philadelphia4 matches	General total	Kansas City11 matches	5 victories	2 draws	4 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Philadelphia2 matches	Season total	Kansas City3 matches	1 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 26, 2022					Latest figure on November 22, 2020

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Jay Simpson scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Sporting Kansas City in his professional career

Philadelphia keeps its 16 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 13/04/2018). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 12/08/2017 (10 matches)

Matt Besler played his game number 10 vs Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

3	New York City FC	50 pts	30 rd
4	Columbus Crew	47 pts	30 rd
5	Philadelphia Union	46 pts	30 rd
6	Impact de Montréal	40 pts	30 rd
7	D.C. United	35 pts	28 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPhiladelphia Union 1-0 Orlando City18/07/2018

LPhiladelphia Union 1-3 Los Angeles Galaxy21/07/2018

VPhiladelphia Union 3-0 Chicago Fire08/08/2018

VPhiladelphia Union 2-0 New York City FC18/08/2018

VPhiladelphia Union 1-0 New England Revolution25/08/2018

LPhiladelphia Union 1-4 CF Montréal15/09/2018

Overall

VPhiladelphia Union 2-0 New York City FC18/08/2018

VPhiladelphia Union 1-0 New England Revolution25/08/2018

VD.C. United 0-2 Philadelphia Union29/08/2018

DOrlando City 2-2 Philadelphia Union01/09/2018

LPhiladelphia Union 1-4 CF Montréal15/09/2018

VSeattle Sounders 0-1 Philadelphia Union19/09/2018

Current form

Away

LNew York Red Bulls 3-2 Sporting Kansas City14/07/2018

LHouston Dynamo 4-2 Sporting Kansas City18/07/2018

VHouston Dynamo 0-1 Sporting Kansas City04/08/2018

VLos Angeles FC 0-2 Sporting Kansas City11/08/2018

LSeattle Sounders 3-1 Sporting Kansas City01/09/2018

VSan Jose Earthquakes 1-5 Sporting Kansas City15/09/2018

Overall

VLos Angeles FC 0-2 Sporting Kansas City11/08/2018

VSporting Kansas City 3-0 Portland Timbers18/08/2018

VSporting Kansas City 2-0 Minnesota United25/08/2018

LSeattle Sounders 3-1 Sporting Kansas City01/09/2018

VSporting Kansas City 1-0 Orlando City08/09/2018

VSan Jose Earthquakes 1-5 Sporting Kansas City15/09/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	15	2
Scoring streak	6	8
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	8	10
Scoring streak	7	12
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

612	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	562
9	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	15
7	Victories (Home / Away)	6
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
12	Losses (Competition total)	7
5	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

41	Goals scored (Competition total)	54
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
45	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.41	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.93
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.71
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.21
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.43

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-2 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (3 times)

Bookings

45	Yellow cards (Competition total)	36
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
4	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Fabrice-Jean Picault	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Johnny Russell
Ilsinho	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Felipe Gutiérrez
Fabrice-Jean Picault	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Ilie
Ilsinho	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ilie
Borek Dockal	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Daniel Sallói
Borek Dockal	7 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Gerso
Fabrice-Jean Picault	8 goals, 2 assists during the last 19 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 3 assists during the last 8 matches	Gerso

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

3 v

3 d

3 l

12 gf

10 ga

Away

8 matches

2 v

3 d

3 l

9 gf

11 ga

Total

17 matches

5 v

6 d

6 l

21 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

3 v

3 d

2 l

11 gf

9 ga

Away

9 matches

3 v

3 d

3 l

10 gf

12 ga

Total

17 matches

6 v

6 d

5 l

21 gf

21 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 23, 2012
Home	4 - 0	June 23, 2012

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	March 02, 2013
Away	3 - 1	March 02, 2013

Latest head to head

July 06, 2017 - MLS 2017

Kansas City

1 - 1

Philadelphia

August 27, 2016 - MLS 2016

Philadelphia

2 - 0

Kansas City

September 30, 2015 - US Open Cup 2015

Philadelphia

1 - 1

Kansas City

April 05, 2015 - MLS 2015

Kansas City

3 - 2

Philadelphia

October 18, 2014 - MLS 2014

Philadelphia

2 - 1

Kansas City

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Sébastien Le Toux	4 goals	2010 - 2015
Jack McInerney	3 goals	2012 - 2013
Antoine Hoppenot	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Roland Alberg	2 goals	2016 - 2017
Brian Brown	2 goals	2014 - 2014
Tranquillo Barnetta	1 goal	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/06/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Philadelphia

Graham Zusi	5 goals	2010 - 2014
Dom Dwyer	3 goals	2014 - 2015
Krisztián Németh	2 goals	2015 - 2015
Jacob Peterson	2 goals	2012 - 2012
C.J. Sapong	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Claudio Bieler	1 goal	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/06/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

Amobi Okugo	13 matches	2010 - 2014
Raymon Gaddis	11 matches	2012 - 2017
Sébastien Le Toux	11 matches	2010 - 2015
Brian Carroll	10 matches	2011 - 2015
Zac MacMath	10 matches	2011 - 2014
Jack McInerney	9 matches	2010 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/06/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Philadelphia

Seth Sinovic	13 matches	2011 - 2017
Graham Zusi	12 matches	2010 - 2016
Matt Besler	11 matches	2010 - 2016
Jacob Peterson	11 matches	2012 - 2016
Chance Myers	10 matches	2010 - 2015
Aurélien Collin	10 matches	2011 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/06/2010. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

C.J. Sapong

129 matches

142 matches

2011 - 2018

Amobi Okugo

126 matches

3 matches

2010 - 2015

Justin Mapp

46 matches

6 matches

2010 - 2016

Shavar Thomas

1 match

101 matches

2004 - 2011

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/04/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

C.J. Sapong

129 matches

142 matches

2011 - 2018

Shavar Thomas

1 match

101 matches

2004 - 2011

Justin Mapp

46 matches

6 matches

2010 - 2016

Amobi Okugo

126 matches

3 matches

2010 - 2015

Total : 4 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/04/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Atlanta United	63	30	19	6	5	65	36	+29
2	New York Red Bulls	59	30	18	5	7	55	32	+23
3	New York City FC	50	30	14	8	8	52	39	+13
4	Columbus Crew	47	30	13	8	9	39	38	+1
5	Philadelphia Union	46	30	14	4	12	43	45	-2
6	Impact de Montréal	40	30	12	4	14	42	47	-5
7	D.C. United	35	28	9	8	11	48	48	0
8	New England Revolution	35	29	8	11	10	43	45	-2
9	Toronto FC	30	29	8	6	15	50	57	-7
10	Chicago Fire	28	29	7	7	15	43	54	-11
11	Orlando City	25	29	7	4	18	40	66	-26

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Philadelphia 2-0 Kansas City - September 23, 2018 / MLS 2018

Philadelphia

2 - 0

Kansas City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Curtin vs Kansas City

Curtin vs Vermes

Manager

Vermes vs Philadelphia

Vermes vs Curtin

Referee

4th official

Video referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Best historical scorers against Philadelphia

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

Players with most games played vs Philadelphia

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking