A key match in Major League Soccer as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Sporting KC in 2nd position and Houston Dynamo placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Sporting KC have the most points from losing position (9) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Major League Soccer
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It's quite the trip for Houston Dynamo when visiting Sporting KC as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC have collected seven points from their first three Major League Soccer games here at Children's Mercy Park, a promising start. Two home wins in a row for Sporting KC bring valid hopes of a third.
It's back home for Sporting KC, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SJ Earthquakes away with the result 3-1. Alan Pulido, Jaylin Lindsey and Dániel Sallói found the net in that victory. Attacking player Alan Pulido bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.34 out of 10. Pulido scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that, Sporting KC had a home game versus Vancouver Whitecaps which ended with a victory 3-0.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 six wins, zero draws and three defeats (from nine games).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Sporting KC's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Sporting KC have conceded only 2 goals.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
The Major League Soccer season is young and Houston Dynamo have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Houston go into this game after a win, the home game against Vancouver Whitecaps that ended 2-1. Attacker Memo Rodríguez got a player rating of 8.01 in the game. "Man of the match" Rodríguez scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Colorado Rapids's place.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Houston playing away, we found four games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and four home wins.
Houston have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. For Houston, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Houston Dynamo - Sporting KC 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting KC five wins, one draw and Houston Dynamo four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 4 goals |  D. Salloi 3 goals |   M. Urruti 3 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Sporting KC | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 19.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.3 | 12.3 |
| 5 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 34% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 36% |
- All of Houston Dynamo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sporting KC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Houston Dynamo have scored in all their matches so far.
- Houston Dynamo have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have yet to win a game away.
- Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting KC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sporting KC have the most points from losing position (9) in Major League Soccer
- 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Colorado Rapids | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 11 | Dallas | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Austin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 13 | Minnesota United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 6 |