The guesting Dallas side are probably favourites at Sporting KC, as the visitors hold a 10 point supremacy from their 14 league games this season.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (10) in Major League Soccer
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.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC have collected 7 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 2-1-3. Sporting KC has recorded two wins in a row here at Children's Mercy Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Sporting KC supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Portland Timbers and win 4-1. Sallói (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.01/10. Sallói scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
Heartbreak before that as Sporting KC lost 0-4 at Saint Louis City's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sporting KC have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 20 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.
Sporting KC are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Vancouver Whitecaps awaits in three days.
Sporting KC has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Dallas form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Dallas has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to SJ Earthquakes for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player Velasco was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Velasco served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Houston Dynamo.We have checked recent matches where Dallas have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 4 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Dallas, the Major League Soccer home match versus Nashville SC. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dallas as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the squads met earlier this season; Dallas - Sporting KC 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Sporting KC wins - draws - Dallas wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Ferreira 8 goals |   D. Salloi 3 goals |  J. Russell 2 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Dallas missing players
| Sporting KC | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 22 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 80% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 13% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 27% |
| 53% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 15.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.3 | 10.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 17% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 30% |
| 11.3 | 9.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 14 | 11.7 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4 | 3.7 |
- Dallas have the most points from losing position (10) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Dallas | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 19 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Austin | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 16 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 16 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -14 | 9 |
