15 rounds of fixtures have been played and both Seattle Sounders and Sporting KC are up there with the best. Let's go!
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (25) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Sounders nor Sporting KC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Sporting KC have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Seattle Sounders have performed here this season with 5 wins from 8 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.
Sounders enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Austin's place. The match ended 1-0 with Raúl Ruidíaz scoring. Defender Yeimar Gómez Andrade got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Andrade won 4 of 4 duels. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of B. Schmetzer when Raúl Ruidíaz scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 54th minute.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Minnesota United (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Seattle Sounders perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Seattle Sounders as a small favourite), we find three games. Seattle Sounders has won three of these, drawn zero and lost zero.
Seattle Sounders can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. As for guarding their own goal, Sounders have only let in 4 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (25) in Major League Soccer, on their Major League Soccer travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Sporting KC's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus SJ Earthquakes that finished 1-1. The attacker Dániel Sallói got a match rating of 8.14 in that game. Sallói scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against LA Galaxy with the score of 2-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Sporting KC in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Sporting KC, four draws and seven defeats.
Sporting KC are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sporting KC have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sounders three wins, two draws and Sporting KC five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 11 goals |   D. Salloi 8 goals |  A. Pulido Izaguirre 6 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Seattle Sounders | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 64% |
| 13% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 47% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 79% |
| 47% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 17% | 14% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 4.1 | 5.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 6 | 7.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 14.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.3 | 16.1 |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 38% | 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 32% |
- Seattle Sounders have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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.
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) 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 (7) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the the best goal difference (+15) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the most points from losing position (17) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (25) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting KC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sporting KC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Austin | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Dallas | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -9 | 11 |