It's advantage Minnesota United so far with their 4th position in the Major League Soccer table, welcoming Colorado Rapids who are placed 8th.
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!
It's quite the trip for Colorado Rapids when visiting Minnesota United as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Minnesota United form and stats
Minnesota United are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Allianz Field. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
A nice win for Minnesota last time playing, versus Dallas. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Emanuel Reynoso and Kevin Molino (2) scoring for the victors. In the match before that, Minnesota United hosted Chicago Fire and drew the game 2-2.
The Minnesota manager A. Heath has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. Minnesota's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. Colorado love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Colorado play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Houston Dynamo. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Portland Timbers at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Late drama in the previous game, when Diego Rubio scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Houston Dynamo.
The travelling fans enjoy Colorado Rapids's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Colorado have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Minnesota - Colorado Rapids 2-1. Minnesota United-Colorado Rapids H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Minnesota United three wins, Colorado Rapids three wins, two draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Lod 9 goals |  K. Molino 9 goals |   C. Bassett 5 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Minnesota United | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 42 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| 31 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 28 |
| 88% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 91% | 94% |
| 71% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 67% |
| 46% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 44% |
| 12% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 28% |
| 62% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 67% |
| 29% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 22% |
| 21% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 11% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 343 | 140 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 155 | 259 |
| 114 | 44 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 54 | 88 |
| 37% | 43% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | 36% |
- Colorado Rapids has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids has the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minnesota United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Dallas | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -16 | 30 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -17 | 27 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 22 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -10 | 21 |