It's game two of the Major League Soccer season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Sporting KC-Orlando City!
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.
Orlando City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sporting KC form and stats
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 nine games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost three.
Last season, Sporting KC's league statistics were 10 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 67. Playing at home last season Sporting KC managed 7-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 30 conceded.
Orlando City form and stats
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against New England.
We have checked recent matches where Orlando City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were two victories, zero draws and three defeats.
Let's have a look at how Orlando City performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 10 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 18/23 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - one - three (Sporting KC wins - draws - Orlando City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kinda 1 goals | D. Salloi 1 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Orlando City missing players
| Sporting KC | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 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% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Sporting KC | Last season | Orlando City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 29 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 17 | 48 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 90% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 83% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 59% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 34% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 14% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 83% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 17% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 10% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 15.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sporting KC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Colorado Rapids | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dallas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Austin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | Minnesota United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |