Colorado Rapids SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 30 Aug 2020 · 01:00 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Jack Price 47' Y

Kellyn Acosta 52' Y

Y 63' Graham Smith

Y 65' Gadi Kinda

R 78' Gadi Kinda

Diego Rubio 82' Y

Overview

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Colorado Rapids SC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Corey Parker
Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee Alejandro Mariscal
Referee Jeremy Kieso

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Colorado Rapids SC 20 games · Avg 3.0 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-30 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-03-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
23 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	1–4	L
23 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	2–2	D
18 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–3	L
13 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
08 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
26 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	2–5	L
21 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	2–1	W
31 Jul	Philadelphia Union	A	1–3	L
27 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–0	D
22 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC		Sporting Kansas City
#22	Position	#30
36	Points	21
27	Played	26
11 / 3 / 13	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
38	Scored	31
38	Conceded	63
+0	GD	-32
1.33	PPG	0.81
41%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

3/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/7

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Dick's Sporting Goods Park that hosts another battle between Colorado Rapids SC and Sporting Kansas City.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Robin Fraser will be considering his options from the bench.
10' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
15' Cole Bassett is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Colorado Rapids SC so far.
16' The whistle greets Roger Espinoza as he departs to be replaced by Felipe Hernandez.
21' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
26' Johnny Russell is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
31' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
36' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
40' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Winston Reid trudges off to be replaced by Roberto Puncec on 40 minutes.
45' Colorado Rapids SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
47' Jack Price is having his name booked by the referee on 47.
52' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kellyn Acosta.
57' Cole Bassett puts Colorado Rapids SC on the lead.
59' The supporters are chanting for Nicolas Mezquida. He replaces Kellyn Acosta on 59 minute.
63' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Graham Smith.
64' Johnny Russell has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gerso Fernandes on 64 minute.
65' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Gadi Kinda.
67' The USA Gianluca Busio breaks the deadlock on 67 minutes. 1-1!
68' Colorado Rapids SC make a change. Cole Bassett trudges off to be replaced by Kei Kamara on 68 minutes.
73' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
78' That looks like a foul for a Red card for Gadi Kinda.
82' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Diego Rubio.
87' Colorado Rapids SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
89' Younes Namli makes way for Braian Galvan at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Colorado Rapids SC.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

5
Auston Trusty
1
Clint Irwin
3
Drew Moor
32
Collen Warner
20
Nicolas Mezquida ↑ 59'
23
Kei Kamara ↑ 68'
52
Braian Galvan ↑ 89'
7
Jon Lewis ↑ 59'
18
Jeremy Kelly

Coach Robin Fraser

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

22
Winston Reid ↓ Roberto Puncec 40'
9
Alan Pulido C
8
Graham Zusi
29
Tim Melia
12
Gerso Fernandes ↓ Johnny Russell 64'
27
Gianluca Busio
26
Jaylin Lindsey
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 16'
11
Khiry Shelton
16
Graham Smith
17
Gadi Kinda

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	6
Diego Rubio	5
Johnny Russell	4
Alan Pulido	4
Rafael Navarro	3
Erik Thommy	3
Dejan Joveljic	3
Mark-Anthony Kaye	2

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2020-08-30 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2020-08-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–4 Real Salt Lake L 2020-07-23 Colorado Rapids SC 2–2 Minnesota United FC D 2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-03-08 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Orlando City SC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2020-08-30 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2020-08-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–5 Houston Dynamo L 2020-08-21 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2020-07-31 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-07-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.93 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.38 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Colorado Rapids SC46% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City28%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.31

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

72%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

54%

Colorado Rapids SC or Sporting Kansas City

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC36% Draw42% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

5.8%

0 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 0

4.3%

3 – 2

0 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	15%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	21%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.