The home followers await a win in this fixture, and the home advantage could be decisive versus a stumbling visitor. Minnesota United are in 6th spot while the guesting Sporting KC lose sleep at 14th.
- Minnesota United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (18) in Major League Soccer
The visiting Sporting KC played their last game only four days ago, a Major League Soccer match. That game, against Montreal Impact, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sporting KC.
Minnesota United form and stats
Minnesota United have collected 14 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 4-2-3.
Happy days for Minnesota United in their previous game, a fixture away at Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 10th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Midfield player Fragapane got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Fragapane scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Real Salt Lake in a game that was won 3-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Minnesota United handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Minnesota, as the Major League Soccer home game vs DC United is only three days away.
The Minnesota United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
There's been little loot from Sporting KC's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Major League Soccer. Sporting KC only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws.
Two travels in a row for Sporting KC, whose coach Vermes could celebrate last time after the win against Montreal Impact. Walter got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Walter scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus New York RB.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 8 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
The schedule is very tough for Sporting KC now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at Real Salt Lake is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Sporting KC when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 11 league matches away. The Sporting KC manager Vermes has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Minnesota United five wins, one draw and Sporting KC four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Reynoso 7 goals |  R. Lod 6 goals |  L. Amarilla Lencina 5 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Minnesota United | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 24 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | 34 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 74% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 65% |
| 53% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 55% |
| 26% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 25% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 5% |
| 63% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 55% |
| 16% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 20% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 35% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12.6 | 14.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 10.1 |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.5 | 2.9 |
| 31% | 27% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | 32% |
| 14.6 | 12.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 12.9 | 11.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 4.2 |
- Minnesota United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (18) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most conceded goals (25) away in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-16) 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 | Los Angeles FC | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Austin | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 29 |
| 4 | Dallas | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 24 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 19 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 19 |
