Minnesota United have achieved 3 home wins so far, Sporting KC have won 1 away. Which team improves their results after this one?
- Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Major League Soccer
Both sides have had time to rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an animated fixture!
Minnesota United form and stats
The complete Major League Soccer results playing at home this season for Minnesota United are 3-8-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Minnesota United drew their last game, also a home match. New England was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Fragapane was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against New England after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Dotson got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Dotson hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 55 successful passes (of 61 total).
Before that, Minnesota played out a draw 1-1 when visiting SJ Earthquakes.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Minnesota United handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
There will be little rest for Minnesota United after this match as they are travelling to LA Galaxy for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
Minnesota has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-6-7 (14 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Sporting KC have lost on their last two travels.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Sporting KC, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Inter Miami. Sallói, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.41. Sallói scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Saint Louis City.Sporting KC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
Take note that 10 of this team's 11 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
After this away game Sporting KC return home for a Major League Soccer game against Nashville SC. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Sporting KC have conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; Sporting KC - Minnesota 3-0. Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Minnesota United won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Sporting KC got five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 13 goals |  D. Salloi 7 goals |   E. Reynoso 6 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
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| Minnesota United | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 34 | 17 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 38 |
| 33 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 40 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 78% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 79% |
| 44% | 31% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 68% |
| 19% | 15% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 29% |
| 11% | 15% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 59% | 77% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 57% |
| 30% | 23% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | 32% |
| 5.8 | 7.7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.8 | 16.7 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.8 | 13.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 21% | 28% |
| 14.1 | 11.5 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.4 | 11.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 48 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 41 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 40 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -4 | 37 |
| 9 | Dallas | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 34 |
| 10 | Austin | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -5 | 33 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 44 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -10 | 33 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -2 | 32 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 30 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -23 | 19 |
