It's still early in the Major League Soccer season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Minnesota United - Sporting KC preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Minnesota United form and stats
Minnesota lost their last game at Orlando City after a 1-3 scoreline. In the preceding match a 4-1 victory visiting SJ Earthquakes.
This is expected to be a close game, with Minnesota United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Minnesota as a small favourite), we find seven games. Minnesota United has won six of these, drawn zero and lost one.
Sporting KC form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Sporting KC lost away at Philadelphia Union (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Vancouver Whitecaps (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Sporting KC in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Sporting KC, four draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Houston Dynamo in just four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sporting KC has managed 3 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Sporting KC - Minnesota United 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Minnesota wins - draws - Sporting KC wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 4 goals |   R. Lod 3 goals |  K. Molino 3 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Minnesota United | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 88% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 88% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 62% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 88% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5.8 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 6.3 |
| 4.9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 1.6 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 106 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 32 | 113 |
| 43 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 38 |
| 42% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 46% | 37% |
- All of Minnesota United's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- All of Sporting KC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Minnesota United have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Minnesota United have lost all their home matches so far.
- Minnesota United have won all their matches at home so far.
- Minnesota United have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Sporting KC have scored in all their away matches so far.
- 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8 |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Dallas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 |