A key match in Major League Soccer as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Sporting KC in 1st position and Minnesota United placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Sporting KC has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United is in the best form (4-2-0)
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!
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC have played 11 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Sporting KC drew their last game, also a home match. SJ Earthquakes (after extra-time, 3-0 on penalties) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. In the game before, an away victory match versus Real Salt Lake with a 2-0 scoreline.
A goal frenzy last time out for Sporting KC, with a total of 6 goals in the match against SJ Earthquakes (after extra-time, 3-0 on penalties). Fun stuff to watch!
The Sporting KC manager P. Vermes has got the team scoring with 22 from 11 home games in the league. Sporting KC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Minnesota United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Minnesota goalkeeper Dayne St Clair is eager to challenge this, with his 218 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Minnesota are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Major League Soccer against Colorado Rapids. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Dallas.
Goalkeeper Dayne St Clair was absolutely vital in the Minnesota victory against Colorado Rapids, making six saves.
Minnesota United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 17 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Minnesota in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sporting KC and Minnesota United have met before this season: Sporting KC - Minnesota United 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sporting KC victories, two draws and three Minnesota United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Molino 11 goals |  R. Lod 10 goals |   A. Pulido Izaguirre 7 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Minnesota United missing players
| Sporting KC | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 13 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 15 | 25 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 42 | 25 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 23 | 45 |
| 31 | 19 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 22 | 31 |
| 96% | 92% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 88% |
| 79% | 77% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 80% |
| 62% | 69% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 38% | 46% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 47% | 44% |
| 17% | 31% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 12% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 32% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 17.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.5 | 14.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 36% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 33% | 37% |
- Minnesota United is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Sporting KC has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Portland Timbers | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Dallas | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 32 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 51 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -16 | 30 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 24 | -17 | 27 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 22 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -10 | 21 |