The Seattle Sounders & Minnesota United managers B. Schmetzer and A. Heath are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Major League Soccer league table.
- Seattle Sounders has the fewest conceded goals (23) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United is in the best form (5-1-0)
The visiting Minnesota United played their last game only four days ago, a Major League Soccer match. That game, against Sporting KC, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Minnesota United.
It's quite the trip for Minnesota United when visiting Sounders as the cities are 3300 kilometers apart.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as Seattle Sounders, who have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Major League Soccer, have scored 30 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.
Sounders's last game was hosting Dallas and winning 1-0. Ahead of that match, Sounders won a home game hosting Los Angeles FC (3-1).
Sounders are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (30 goals in 12 games). Sounders have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Minnesota United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Major League Soccer, on their Major League Soccer travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Minnesota who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Columbus Crew. Momentum is building for Minnesota in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
308 minutes! That's how long the Minnesota goalkeeper Dayne St Clair and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for Minnesota, whose manager A. Heath could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Sporting KC. Before that, Minnesota secured a home win against Colorado Rapids with the score 3-0.
It was a convincing performance from Minnesota when Sporting KC were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Bakaye Dibassy and Kevin Molino (2) scored their goals.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Minnesota United have scored 17 goals in 12 league games away. As opposed to that, Minnesota United have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Seattle Sounders won seven games, one match ended with a draw and Minnesota United has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 13 goals |   K. Molino 13 goals |  R. Lod 10 goals |
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| Seattle Sounders | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 26 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 49 | 35 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 26 | 48 |
| 28 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 22 | 31 |
| 92% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 84% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 81% |
| 68% | 73% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 69% | 73% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 44% | 42% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 68% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 58% |
| 28% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 35% |
| 12% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 13.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 13.4 | 14.3 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 42% | 45% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 33% | 37% |
- Minnesota United has the most clean sheets (4) away in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United has the most clean sheets (9) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Seattle Sounders has the fewest conceded goals (23) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders has the the best goal difference (+20) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders has the the best goal difference (+21) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Seattle Sounders 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 |