Sporting KC have not been spoiled with points this league season. Will they get some when Houston Dynamo visit Children's Mercy Park?
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Houston Dynamo, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
It's no vacation for neither Sporting KC nor Houston Dynamo as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sporting KC form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Sporting KC at their home stadium (Children's Mercy Park) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
The Sporting KC followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Children's Mercy Park: A 0-3 defeat against Nashville SC. Midfield player Walter got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Walter hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 45 successful passes (of 48 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Minnesota United.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sporting KC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 21 games) they have won 12 times, drawn 2 and lost 7.
Lots of goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 13 latest league games with this side has seen three or more goals.
A decent goal production from Sporting KC in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. On the other hand, Sporting KC have conceded 19 goals. When Sporting KC hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United, LA Galaxy and Austin), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Houston Dynamo so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-8 (win-draw-lose).
Houston Dynamo had fun at their own home (Children's Mercy Park) last time out, beating Vancouver Whitecaps 4-1. Aliyu, Herrera, Dorsey and Franco scored. Attacker Herrera got a player rating of 7.7 in the game. "Man of the match" Herrera scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs St. Louis City.Houston Dynamo 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 14 defeats. From a total of 21 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Houston now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A US Open Cup game at Inter Miami is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Houston Dynamo when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Houston Dynamo have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last head to head meeting ended Houston Dynamo - Sporting KC 2-2, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Sporting KC wins - draws - Houston Dynamo wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 13 goals |   A. Bassi 9 goals |  D. Salloi 7 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Sporting KC | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 39 | 25 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 41 |
| 43 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 33 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 90% |
| 77% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 64% | 69% |
| 67% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 52% |
| 27% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 13% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 53% | 47% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 34% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 41% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 34% |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 14.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 28% | 32% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | 34% |
| 11.2 | 9.9 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 12.3 | 11.6 |
| 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Houston Dynamo have the most clean sheets (12) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting KC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Houston Dynamo have scored 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 | St. Louis City | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 45 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 44 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 43 |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 41 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -4 | 40 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 40 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -8 | 39 |
| 9 | Dallas | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 12 | Austin | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -9 | 33 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -23 | 22 |
