Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Sporting KC - Colorado Rapids!
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (17) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids is in the best form (5-0-1)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Colorado Rapids have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC, who have the most scored goals (17) in Major League Soccer, have played 5 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Sporting KC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Portland Timbers (1-2). Gianluca Busio (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Busio hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 79 successful passes (of 87 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Austin that ended 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sporting KC matches with similar probabilities have ended with seven wins, zero draws and three defeats (from ten games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Los Angeles FC in only three days. This game is also played here at Children's Mercy Park.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Sporting KC's attacking play is working. Sporting KC have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Colorado Rapids, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far.
237 minutes! That's how long the Colorado goalkeeper William Paul Yarbrough Story and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Colorado Rapids, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Cincinnati in the Major League Soccer last time out. William Yarbrough (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.55. Yarbrough stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. Colorado Rapids goalie William Yarbrough was high and low in the Cincinnati game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Dallas.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Colorado Rapids when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
Colorado have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Colorado's manager R. Fraser has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Sporting KC won four, Colorado Rapids won three and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 5 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals | G. Kinda 3 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Sporting KC | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 70% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 62% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 80% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 8.2 | 9.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
| 1.4 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 21.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.8 | 13.4 |
| 5.5 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 31% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 35% |
- All of Sporting KC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the most scored goals in the first half (8) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Sporting KC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sporting KC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Colorado Rapids have scored away.
- Sporting KC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting KC have the most points from losing position (13) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (17) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Austin | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 12 | Dallas | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 7 |