Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sporting KC & Dallas face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Sporting KC shared the glory with New York City in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Melia, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.64 out of 10 in that game. Melia topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Sporting KC drew at home versus Dallas.There will be little rest for Sporting KC after this match as they are travelling to Portland Timbers for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
Sporting KC have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 0 victories, 2 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Sporting KC have scored 4 goals and conceded 5 times.
Dallas form and stats
Dallas's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Dallas had fun at their own home (Children's Mercy Park) last time out, beating Seattle Sounders 2-0. Ferreira and Arriola scored. The attacker Arriola got a match rating of 8.21 in that game. Arriola scored one goal and hit four key passes.
Ahead of that match was the Major League Soccer away draw versus Sporting KC that ended 2-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Dallas in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Dallas, four draws and six defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Dallas now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at LA Galaxy is waiting in only four days.
Dallas played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these four matches Dallas scored 9 and conceded 1 goal.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these teams: Sporting KC won three, Dallas were winners in five and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Ferreira 7 goals |   R. Walter 2 goals |  J. Russell 2 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Dallas missing players
| Sporting KC | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Scored | S | 10 | 41 | ||
| 36 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 44% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
