Only a win will satisfy the Sporting KC supporters in this Children's Mercy Park clash with Dallas, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Major League Soccer table.
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (28) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have the fewest points (0) away in Major League Soccer
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Children's Mercy Park. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
A strong away win for Sporting KC against Seattle Sounders the last match, as Johnny Russell, Cameron Duke and Dániel Sallói were on target. Midfield player Gadi Kinda got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Kinda served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 30 successful passes (of 33 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus SJ Earthquakes.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting KC as they are travelling to their away game against Los Angeles FC in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
The Sporting KC manager P. Vermes has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. On the other hand, Sporting KC have conceded 8 goals.
Dallas form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dallas so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-7 (win-draw-lose). Dallas have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 7 away matches played so far in the Major League Soccer. Bitter travels for Dallas as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the SJ Earthquakes match.
Dallas go into this game after a win, the home game against LA Galaxy that ended 4-0. Ricardo Pepi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.42. Pepi scored three goals. As mentioned above, Dallas was the only team on the pitch versus LA Galaxy in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Ricardo Pepi's lethal finishing against LA Galaxy. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
A 0-2 defeat away at Colorado Rapids before that.The schedule is very tough for Dallas now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at Seattle Sounders is waiting in only four days.
Goals are few and far between in Dallas's away league games. Only 2 goals from 7 travels. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Dallas manager L. Gonzalez has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Sporting KC, one draw and five wins for Dallas. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Salloi 9 goals |  R. Pepi 8 goals |  A. Pulido Izaguirre 6 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Dallas missing players
| Sporting KC | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 28 | 16 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 17 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 80% |
| 67% | 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 53% |
| 33% | 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 40% |
| 7% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 80% | 88% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 29% | 53% |
| 13% | 12% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 71% | 40% |
| 6.9 | 8.1 | 10.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 19.6 | 23.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 11.6 | 13.5 |
| 5.4 | 6.6 | 7.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| 35% | 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 8% | 11% | 29% |
- All of Sporting KC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Dallas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dallas have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dallas have lost all their away matches so far.
- Dallas have the fewest points (0) away in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have the the worst goal difference (-13) away in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dallas haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sporting KC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sporting KC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dallas have scored away.
- Sporting KC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting KC have the most points from losing position (17) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (28) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Dallas | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Austin | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 13 |