With the tense opening fixture finished it’s time for the second Major League Soccer battle of the season. Sporting KC look forward to welcoming Houston Dynamo in front of their home following.
Houston Dynamo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Sporting KC form and stats
The season before, Sporting KC's league results were 17 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, resulting in 3rd place in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 58 goals and let in 40. Appearing as the host team in the former season Sporting KC produced 9-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 17 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager Vermes led his Sporting KC to a defeat away at Atlanta United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Children's Mercy Park. The forward Sallói won the honour of being "man of the match" for Sporting KC with the rating of 7.42/10. Sallói scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Let's have a look at how Houston Dynamo performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 12 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 6 and lost 11 with 15/32 goals scored/conceded.
Cascante (own goal) was the last player to score for the away team. Houston haven't scored a league goal in the last 270 minutes.
Houston Dynamo played 0-0 against Real Salt Lake in their previous match. Goalkeeper Clark got the top player rating of the team with 7.42/10. Clark topped it up with a clean sheet.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these teams: Sporting KC won six, Houston Dynamo were winners in three and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  D. Salloi 1 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Sporting KC | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sporting KC | Last season | Houston Dynamo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 19 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 62 | 36 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 43 | 20 | Conceded | C | 32 | 54 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 89% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 85% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 50% | ||
| 33% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 69% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 65% | ||
| 22% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 15% | ||
| 14% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 29% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 13 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| 11.6 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Austin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
