Seattle Sounders are expected winners of this home fixture versus Sporting KC, if the league standings are to be trusted. Or are we eyeing a possible shock?
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (3) in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for Sporting KC when visiting Seattle Sounders as the cities are 2800 kilometers apart.
This could be an absorbing fixture with lots of action and energy as both teams are well refreshed since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!
Seattle Sounders form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Seattle Sounders have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Sounders has recorded two wins in a row here at CenturyLink Field, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Seattle Sounders, as their goalkeeper Stefan Frei has completely shut out the opponents for 181 minutes in the Major League Soccer.
Sounders shared the glory with Real Salt Lake in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Midfielder Paulo was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Paulo hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 55 successful passes (of 60 total).
Before that result, a home victory hosting San Diego Loyal (after extra-time) in the US Open Cup. The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Seattle Sounders matches with similar probabilities have ended with 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats (from 14 games).
There will be little rest for Sounders after this match as they are travelling to LA Galaxy for a US Open Cup game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Seattle Sounders's 5 home games: {10 goals}, 0 conceded.
Sporting KC form and stats
There's been little loot from Sporting KC's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 6 away games in the Major League Soccer. Sporting KC only have 0 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. With the Sporting KC losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Sporting KC might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Montreal Impact proved too strong as Sporting KC slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Children's Mercy Park. Sallói, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Sallói hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
Before that, the victory at home hosting Tulsa Athletics in the US Open Cup (3-0). As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sporting KC playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.
Sporting KC have another match away in just three nights, a US Open Cup match versus Houston Dynamo. A rough diary for them!
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Sporting KC's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Sporting KC in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides faced each other earlier on this season: Sporting KC - Seattle Sounders 1-4. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sounders victories, one draw and five Sporting KC wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. One of the stars has been Morris with 7 goals scored against Sporting KC in these 10 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Morris 8 goals |  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 2 goals |  H. Araujo dos Santos 2 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Seattle Sounders | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 70% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 30% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 30% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 70% |
| 5.1 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 12.2 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.5 | 13.7 |
| 4.3 | 5.2 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 5 |
| 40% | 38% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 7% | 6% |
| 11.1 | 7 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.5 | 11.4 |
| 3.4 | 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 4.5 |
- Seattle Sounders have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
- Seattle Sounders have not yet lost a game at home.
- Seattle Sounders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Seattle Sounders have scored more than double the goals of Sporting KC.
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (6) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (3) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have yet to win a game.
- Sporting KC is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Dallas | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | Real Salt Lake | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 10 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Austin | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 3 |
