Sporting KC are leaning on their home crowd to aid them to win this fixture versus Minnesota United. Who wins at Children's Mercy Park?
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (5) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sporting KC have scored home.
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
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Sporting KC, who have the fewest scored goals (5) in Major League Soccer, at their home stadium (Children's Mercy Park) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Children's Mercy Park is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
The club members hope that Sporting KC will strike back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away defeat in the US Open Cup fixture against Houston Dynamo.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Seattle Sounders and winning 2-1.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 18 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 3 and lost 6.
There will be little rest for Sporting KC after this match as they are travelling to Los Angeles FC for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
The lack of attacking qualities in Sporting KC means that they have only scored {1 goals} in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sporting KC defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Minnesota United form and stats
3-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Minnesota United in their Major League Soccer matches away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Minnesota's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Minnesota United delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Philadelphia Union in their previous match; a US Open Cup fixture.
A 2-3 defeat away at Vancouver Whitecaps before that.Minnesota United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 8 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 21 matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Houston Dynamo in just four days.
Minnesota find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Minnesota United have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Sporting KC wins - draws - Minnesota United wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Hlongwane 2 goals |  L. Amarilla Lencina 2 goals |  M. García Torres 2 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Minnesota United missing players
| Sporting KC | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 73% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 45% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 9% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 9% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 10% |
| 36% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 27% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 30% |
| 64% | 75% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 20% |
| 6.1 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.5 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.8 | 11.2 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 9% | 5% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 29% |
| 11.4 | 9.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.2 | 14.2 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minnesota United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Sporting KC have scored home.
- Minnesota United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sporting KC have the fewest points (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (5) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 18 |
| 5 | Dallas | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
