Dallas vs Sporting KC Major League Soccer preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 15.August
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)

Both Dallas and Sporting KC are hungry for points in this one, despite the away team holding a 13 point advantage so far.

Insights:
  • Dallas have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the most scored goals (33) in Major League Soccer

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Dallas form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Dallas, who have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Major League Soccer, have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 9 games. Two home wins in a row for Dallas bring valid hopes of a third.

Dallas's last game was hosting Austin (placed 12th) and winning 2-0. Midfielder Jesús Ferreira was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Ferreira scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Seattle Sounders the opponent.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Seattle Sounders are coming to town in four days.

Goals decide football matches and Dallas are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Dallas have conceded only 8 goals.

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Sporting KC form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (33) in Major League Soccer, on their Major League Soccer travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Sporting KC has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Colorado Rapids for a Major League Soccer game that ended a draw (0-0). Goalkeeper Timothy Melia got the top player rating of the team with 7.45/10. Melia stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Los Angeles FC at their stadium, the result 4-1.

A new game in only four days for Sporting KC, the Major League Soccer home match versus Portland Timbers. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Sporting KC's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. Sporting KC have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Sporting KC - Dallas 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Dallas-Sporting KC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dallas six wins, Sporting KC three wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Sporting KCD. Salloi
D. Salloi
10 goals
DallasR. Pepi
R. Pepi
8 goals
Sporting KCA. Pulido Izaguirre
A. Pulido Izaguirre
7 goals

Dallas missing players

Sporting KC missing players

Dallas Sporting KC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
5 4 1 Won W 1 5 10
6 5 1 Drew D 0 1 4
7 0 0 Lost L 1 3 4
23 18 4 Scored S 3 16 33
25 8 0 Conceded C 2 10 20
94% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
83% 89% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 89%
50% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 67%
33% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 33%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
56% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 78%
17% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 17%
33% 11% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 11%
 
4.7 5.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 6.6
4.2 4.3 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.4 3.7
2.3 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.1 14.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 15 10.2 15.1
4.2 5.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.6 5.1
31% 37% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 50% 36%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Dallas have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Dallas have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Dallas have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sporting KC have the most points (16) away in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the most points from losing position (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the most scored goals (16) away in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the most scored goals (33) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the the best goal difference (+13) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sporting KC 18 10 4 4 33 20 9 5 3 1 17 10 9 5 1 3 16 10 13 34
2 Seattle Sounders 18 9 6 3 26 14 11 5 4 2 18 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 12 33
3 LA Galaxy 17 10 1 6 28 27 9 7 0 2 17 9 8 3 1 4 11 18 1 31
4 Colorado Rapids 16 8 4 4 22 16 9 5 3 1 16 8 7 3 1 3 6 8 6 28
5 Minnesota United 17 7 5 5 21 21 9 6 1 2 12 6 8 1 4 3 9 15 0 26
6 Los Angeles FC 17 6 5 6 23 23 10 4 4 2 16 14 7 2 1 4 7 9 0 23
7 Portland Timbers 17 7 2 8 23 29 9 6 1 2 15 9 8 1 1 6 8 20 -6 23
8 Real Salt Lake 17 5 6 6 26 20 9 3 4 2 14 9 8 2 2 4 12 11 6 21
9 Dallas 18 5 6 7 23 25 9 4 5 0 18 8 9 1 1 7 5 17 -2 21
10 Houston Dynamo 18 3 9 6 19 25 7 3 4 0 9 6 11 0 5 6 10 19 -6 18
11 SJ Earthquakes 17 4 6 7 19 26 7 2 1 4 10 12 10 2 5 3 9 14 -7 18
12 Austin 17 4 4 9 13 20 7 2 2 3 7 7 10 2 2 6 6 13 -7 16
13 Vancouver Whitecaps 16 3 6 7 18 27 8 3 2 3 8 10 8 0 4 4 10 17 -9 15

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.