Major League Soccer: Sporting KC are 5 points after Nashville SC, but fully intend to go all in. Bring it on!
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Major League Soccer
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (18) away in Major League Soccer
Sporting KC have less rest than Nashville SC in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Major League Soccer game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Minnesota United.
Sporting KC form and stats
7 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Sporting KC have to build on here at Children's Mercy Park in the Major League Soccer. Two home wins in a row for Sporting KC bring valid hopes of a third.
Sporting KC are returning here after visiting Minnesota United and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Kinda scored the goal(s). Manager Vermes felt very clever after Kinda scored the winning goal against Minnesota United, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 70th minute. The goalie Melia was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.81 out of ten. Melia topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Inter Miami (2-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting KC handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Goal fest? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 10 of the 12 most recent league games with this side has contained at least three goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sporting KC as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Houston Dynamo are visiting.
Sporting KC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Children's Mercy Park with 25 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Sporting KC have conceded 16 goals.
Nashville SC form and stats
There's been little loot from Nashville SC's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 14 away games in the Major League Soccer. Nashville SC only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.
There were no winners in Nashville SC's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Charlotte. MacNaughton was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.51. The defender MacNaughton hit one key pass and won 8 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Inter Miami.Nashville 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, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nashville SC manager Smith as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against SJ Earthquakes.
The attacking power of Nashville SC when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Nashville in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior three meetings between these two squads are: two wins for Sporting KC, zero draws and one win for Nashville SC. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Top Goalscorers
  H. Mukhtar 14 goals |   A. Pulido Izaguirre 13 goals |  D. Salloi 7 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
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| Sporting KC | Nashville SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 14 | 27 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 39 | 25 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 32 |
| 40 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 18 | 27 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 89% |
| 76% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 74% |
| 66% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 36% | 37% |
| 28% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 14% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 44% |
| 24% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 30% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 37% |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12.9 | 14.5 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.7 | 11.6 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | 3.7 |
| 28% | 33% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 28% | 32% |
| 11.3 | 10 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.3 | 12.7 |
| 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
- Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (18) away 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 Nashville SC 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 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 49 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 43 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 42 |
| 4 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 40 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -3 | 40 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -9 | 36 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Dallas | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Austin | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -6 | 33 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -10 | 30 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -22 | 22 |
