The Sporting KC & Orlando City managers P. Vermes and Ó. Pareja Gómez are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Major League Soccer league table.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
It's quite the trip for Orlando City when visiting Sporting KC as the cities are 1900 kilometers apart.
Sporting KC form and stats
Overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Sporting KC are 3-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).
A nice win for Sporting KC last time playing, versus Minnesota United. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Johnny Russell scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as Sporting KC lost 1-2 at Houston Dynamo's place.
Goals decide football matches and Sporting KC are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sporting KC defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Orlando City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Mauricio Pereyra scored in Orlando's previous match, the home game against Inter Miami that ended 2-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Atlanta United.
Orlando has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Orlando City have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings between the teams: Sporting KC won two, Orlando City won two and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Mueller 6 goals |   A. Pulido Izaguirre 4 goals | K. Shelton 4 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Orlando City missing players
| Sporting KC | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 25 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 17 |
| 92% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 93% |
| 85% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 87% |
| 62% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 60% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 33% |
| 15% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 69% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 87% |
| 31% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 208 | 138 | 56 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 78 | 172 |
| 62 | 40 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 34 | 66 |
| 35% | 30% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 38% |
- All of Orlando City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Orlando City has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orlando City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 14 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 11 |