Colorado Rapids favourites for feisty fight facing Sporting KC

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park (19680 seats)

League round two of the Major League Soccer season and the squads have had a few days to digest the first game. Here's the Colorado Rapids - Sporting KC match guide:

It's quite the trip for Sporting KC when visiting Colorado as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's aim for an energetic fixture!

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Colorado Rapids form and stats

Last season, Colorado Rapids's league stats were 11 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses, producing 9th position in the Major League Soccer. During these 34 matches they scored {46 goals} and let in 57. Performing as the home team in the former season Colorado Rapids delivered 10-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 15 conceded.

Colorado Rapids faced defeat in their previous match, away at Seattle Sounders (0-4). As you see from the result above, Colorado Rapids suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Ronan (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.21/10. Ronan hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).

1-1 away at Austin before that.

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 Colorado Rapids have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 6 and lost 2.

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Sporting KC form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sporting KC performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 10 with 17/37 goals scored/conceded. The visitors' first away game in the Major League Soccer ended in defeat. Last season Sporting KC had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 2, drew 5 and lost 10.

Sporting KC are travelling again after losing away to Portland Timbers in their previous match (0-1). Shelton, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Shelton hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Dallas's place.

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 4 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sporting KC has managed {0 goals} and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Colorado Rapids two wins, four draws and Sporting KC four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Colorado Rapids missing players

Sporting KC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Colorado Rapids Sporting KC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 11 11
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 14
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 7
9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Colorado Rapids Last season Sporting KC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 10   Won W   2 11
10 5   Drew D   5 7
13 2   Lost L   10 16
46 29   Scored S   17 42
57 15   Conceded C   37 54
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 71%
53% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 56%
32% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 29%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 15%
62% 53%   BTTS BTTS   65% 53%
26% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 24%
18% 6%   Failed to Score F T   35% 32%
 
5.3 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.1
4.1 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.8
2.7 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
6 3   Red cards R C   2 6
 
13.4 14.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 12.2
4.2 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 4
32% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 31%
 
12.9 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 11.6
4.6 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Seattle Sounders 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Saint Louis City 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Real Salt Lake 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Portland Timbers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Minnesota United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Austin 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Houston Dynamo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 SJ Earthquakes 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
10 Sporting KC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Dallas 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Colorado Rapids 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
13 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Los Angeles FC 34 21 4 9 66 38 17 13 2 2 39 15 17 8 2 7 27 23 28 67
2 Austin 34 16 8 10 65 49 17 8 6 3 42 23 17 8 2 7 23 26 16 56
3 Dallas 34 14 11 9 48 37 17 10 4 3 28 15 17 4 7 6 20 22 11 53
4 Nashville SC 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 6 6 5 30 21 17 7 5 5 22 20 11 50
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 8 12 58 51 17 8 4 5 35 25 17 6 4 7 23 26 7 50
6 Minnesota United 34 14 6 14 48 51 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 6 1 10 21 31 -3 48
7 Real Salt Lake 34 12 11 11 43 45 17 9 5 3 27 15 17 3 6 8 16 30 -2 47
8 Portland Timbers 34 11 13 10 53 53 17 8 6 3 28 19 17 3 7 7 25 34 0 46
9 Colorado Rapids 34 11 10 13 46 57 17 10 5 2 29 15 17 1 5 11 17 42 -11 43
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 7 15 40 57 17 10 3 4 25 20 17 2 4 11 15 37 -17 43
11 Seattle Sounders 34 12 5 17 47 46 17 9 3 5 29 19 17 3 2 12 18 27 1 41
12 Sporting KC 34 11 7 16 42 54 17 9 2 6 25 17 17 2 5 10 17 37 -12 40
13 Houston Dynamo 34 10 6 18 43 56 17 6 5 6 24 22 17 4 1 12 19 34 -13 36
14 SJ Earthquakes 34 8 11 15 52 69 17 7 6 4 31 27 17 1 5 11 21 42 -17 35

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Seattle Sounders 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Saint Louis City 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Real Salt Lake 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Portland Timbers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Minnesota United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Austin 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 Houston Dynamo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 SJ Earthquakes 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
10 Sporting KC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
11 Dallas 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Colorado Rapids 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
13 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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