The Major League Soccer league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Houston Dynamo and Sporting KC are placed 11th and 5th respectively.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Major League Soccer
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sporting KC have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Houston Dynamo's two home games in the Major League Soccer so far this season, having collected 4 points here at BBVA Stadium.
Houston travelled for their previous game, a trip to Dallas that ended 1-1. In the match before that, Houston hosted Los Angeles FC and drew the game 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Houston Dynamo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Houston Dynamo as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Houston has won five of these, drawn one and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Houston Dynamo as they are travelling to their away game against Colorado Rapids in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
At BBVA Stadium, Houston Dynamo has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Sporting KC form and stats
Things could have gone better for Sporting KC in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
Impressive finishing from Gadi Kinda and Ilie Sánchez secured the home win 2-1 against Austin in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Real Salt Lake's place.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager P. Vermes when Gadi Kinda scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 54th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Gadi Kinda scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Austin.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sporting KC playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Sporting KC wins, four draws and six defeats.
A new game in only four days for Sporting KC, the Major League Soccer home match versus Vancouver Whitecaps. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Sporting KC has scored 3 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Houston Dynamo-Sporting KC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Houston four wins, Sporting KC five wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Kinda 2 goals |  J. Rodríguez 1 goals |  M. Urruti 1 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.2 | 15.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 75% | 40% |
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | São Paulo | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Ferroviária | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Ponte Preta | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Sao Bento | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 5 |