This might well be yet another interesting encounter at Children's Mercy Park in the Major League Soccer. Sporting KC is in 13th place and host Seattle Sounders in 3rd position. Read all about the game here!
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Major League Soccer
Seattle Sounders have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sporting KC and Seattle Sounders should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
A Major League Soccer draw at home so far for Sporting KC. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 17 matches.
Sporting KC faced defeat in their previous match, away at Dallas (after extra-time) (1-2). The penalty miss from Thommy in the defeat against Dallas was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. Zusi, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Zusi served one assist, hit three key passes and won 7 of 8 duels.
In the match before that, Sporting KC hosted LA Galaxy (after extra-time) and drew the game 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting KC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting KC as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Sporting KC has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Sporting KC at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Major League Soccer ended in defeat. Last season Seattle Sounders had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 3, drew 2 and lost 12.
Seattle Sounders are looking to quickly end their 212 minutes long goal drought in the Major League Soccer.
Seattle Sounders's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Los Angeles FC (after extra-time) that finished 0-0. Goalkeeper Frei got the top player rating of the team with 7.65/10. Frei topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, the Sounders manager Schmetzer faced defeat when travelling to Cincinnati (after extra-time) and losing 0-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Seattle Sounders playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 7 Seattle Sounders wins, 0 draws and 6 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Seattle Sounders has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Sporting KC wins - draws - Seattle Sounders wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Morris 3 goals |  H. Araujo dos Santos 2 goals |   D. Salloi 1 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Seattle Sounders missing players
| Sporting KC | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 7.8 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 3.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 0.8 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17.2 | 30 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 11.5 |
| 7.2 | 11 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9 | 6.5 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 1.5 |
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (0) at home in Major League Soccer
| Sporting KC | Last season | Seattle Sounders | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Lost | L | 12 | 17 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 54 | 17 | Conceded | C | 27 | 46 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 71% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 74% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 59% | ||
| 29% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 21% | ||
| 15% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 53% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 18% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 26% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Austin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 28 | 67 |
| 2 | Austin | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 56 |
| 3 | Dallas | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 48 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 53 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 58 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 50 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 51 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 31 | -3 | 48 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -2 | 47 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 34 | 0 | 46 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 42 | -11 | 43 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 57 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 37 | -17 | 43 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 1 | 41 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 37 | -12 | 40 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 56 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 34 | -13 | 36 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 69 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 42 | -17 | 35 |
