Sporting Kansas City vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 5/28/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

Sporting Kansas City hosts the Vancouver Whitecaps in a MLS Western Conference fixture between the last of two clubs in the table. Sporting Kansas City is 13th in the table at 3-4-7 on 13 points with a goal difference of -12. Sporting Kansas City defeated the Houston Dynamo 2-1 on Wednesday in the US Open Cup round of 16. Sporting KC battled to a 1-1 draw on the road against San Jose last Sunday in their most recent MLS fixture.

Sporting Kansas City has only one victory in its last nine matches in the MLS with four draws and four losses. Sporting Kansas City has just three victories this season which equals the fewest ever for the club following 14 matches. Johnny Russell and Daniel Salloi are the leading goal scorers for Sporting Kansas City with four each and Felipe Hernandez is the leader in assists with three.

The Vancouver Whitecaps are last or 14th in the table at 3-2-7 on 11 points with a goal difference of -10. Vancouver was defeated on the road last Sunday by Charlotte FC 2-1. Tosaint Ricketts opened the scoring in the match for Vancouver with a goal in the second minute. However, Vancouver gave up an equalizer six minutes later to Charlotte and went down to defeat when Charlotte scored the winner in the 85th minute.

Vancouver has lost seven consecutive matches on the road, including the first six this season on the road and a playoff match at Kansas City to end last season. Lucas Cavallini is the leading goal scorer for Vancouver with three and three others have scored two apiece. Cristian Dajome and Deiber Caicedo are the leaders in assists with two each.