Comeback Win
Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 3–4
Major League Soccer · Matchday 26
Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 5', 10'
W. Meyer 16'
3 – 4
FT
HT 3–0
Philadelphia Union
B. Damiani 64'
C. Sullivan 66'
M. Iloski 68'
Z. Bassong 73'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 26Sporting Kansas City3–4Philadelphia Union
1.01
Expected goals
0.65
5′10′16′64′66′68′73′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SKC 1.01, PU 0.65.
Match report
Sporting Kansas City 3-4 Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union edged out Sporting Kansas City 4-3 at Children's Mercy Park in Major League Soccer. Luiz opened the scoring for Sporting Kansas City on 5', Luiz added his second on 10', Meyer made it 3-0 to Sporting Kansas City on 16', Damiani pulled one back for Philadelphia Union on 64', Sullivan pulled one back for Philadelphia Union on 66', Iloski levelled for Philadelphia Union on 68' and Bassong turned into his own net on 73' to make it 4-3.
Expected goals finished Sporting Kansas City 1.01, Philadelphia Union 0.65. Philadelphia Union held 55.0% of the ball.
Philadelphia Union had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Philadelphia Union graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 0.65 expected goals. Sporting Kansas City graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.01 expected goals.
André Luiz came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.2 for Sporting Kansas City from 2 goals, 3 shots and 2 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 7 yellow cards, with Philadelphia Union conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
10Shots11
1.01xG0.65
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 0.65 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 0.65
- Overperformance
- +3.35
Clinical Edge
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.01 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.01
- Overperformance
- +1.99
Shooting From Range
Philadelphia Union
Philadelphia Union could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 73% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 8 of 11
- Share
- 73%
- xG per shot
- 0.06
Timeline
🟨-5'
Jesus Bueno
Argument
Andre Luiz — assist: L. Johnsen
⚽5'
Andre Luiz — assist: C. Harris
⚽10'
W. Meyer — assist: E. Karic
⚽16'
Kwaku Agyabeng
Foul
🟨45'
Half-time
J. Bartlett ↑ K. Agyabeng ↓
🔄46'
🔄46'
Q. Sullivan ↑ I. Vassilev ↓
Lasse Berg Johnsen
Foul
🟨53'
⚽64'
B. Damiani — assist: F. Westfield
⚽66'
C. Sullivan — assist: D. Jean Jacques
J. Reid ↑ T. Calheira ↓
🔄67'
⚽68'
M. Iloski — assist: Q. Sullivan
🟨70'
Cavan Sullivan
Foul
O. Wolff ↑ S. Afrifa ↓
🔄70'
Z. Bassong ↑ L. Johnsen ↓
🔄71'
🔴73'
Z. Bassong
🟨79'
Kai Wagner
Foul
R. Ramos ↑ C. Harris ↓
🔄82'
🔄82'
A. Bedoya ↑ C. Sullivan ↓
🔄82'
J. Bueno ↑ J. Lukic ↓
🔄82'
E. Alladoh ↑ M. Iloski ↓
🔄89'
A. Anello ↑ B. Damiani ↓
🟨90+6'
Danley Jean Jacques
Foul
Zorhan Bassong
Off the ball foul
🟨90+7'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueChildren's Mercy Park, Kansas City
RefereeE. Koroleva
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 26
StatusMatch Finished