Colorado Rapids SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 8 Aug 2021 · 01:00 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 10' Roberto Puncec

Collen Warner 28' Y

Steven Beitashour 63' Y

Y 81' Jaylin Lindsey

Overview

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

Colorado Rapids SC 18 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-08 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2020-10-25 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2020-08-30 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D
01 Aug	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
25 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
22 Jul	FC Dallas	H	2–0	W
18 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D
08 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	2–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D
05 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	4–1	W
01 Aug	FC Dallas	H	1–2	L
26 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–1	W
22 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D
05 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC		Sporting Kansas City
#26	Position	#30
22	Points	14
18	Played	18
7 / 1 / 10	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
27	Scored	18
25	Conceded	46
+2	GD	-28
1.22	PPG	0.78
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (22 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

3/2

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/4

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Rafael Navarro

7 G

3 A

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Colorado Rapids SC host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
5' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' Roberto Puncec catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 10.
15' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' Colorado Rapids SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Colorado Rapids SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
28' The referee shows Colorado Rapids SC player a Yellow card on 28.
33' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
38' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
43' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' Luis Martins has so much to prove this time. He replaces Amadou Dia on 46 minute.
51' Grayson Barber needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Roberto Puncec made 16 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
59' Alan Pulido gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Wilson Harris and will look to change the dynamic.
61' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin makes way for Kaveh Rad at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
63' Steven Beitashour was booked on 63.
67' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Lewis. He replaces Michael Barrios on 67 minute.
68' Time for substitution for Colorado Rapids SC. Braian Galvan is replaced by Diego Rubio.
72' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Graham Zusi on, Grayson Barber off on 72 minutes.
77' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Colorado Rapids SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
81' Jaylin Lindsey catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 81.
86' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
87' Andre Shinyashiki is replacing Steven Beitashour for the Colorado Rapids SC side.
celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Michael Barrios ↓ Diego Rubio 67'
5
Auston Trusty
2
Keegan Rosenberry
33
Steven Beitashour ↓ Andre Shinyashiki 87'
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye
19
Jack Price
26
Cole Bassett
6
Lalas Abubakar
32
Collen Warner ↓ Jonathan Lewis 67'
52
Braian Galvan ↓ Diego Rubio 68'
22
William Yarbrough

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

36
Luis Martins ↑ 46'
9
Alan Pulido ↑ 59'
7
Johnny Russell
8
Graham Zusi ↑ 72'
28
Cameron Duke ↑ 46'
1
John Pulskamp
48
Kaveh Rad ↑ 61'
25
Ozzie Cisneros

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	6
Diego Rubio	5
Alan Pulido	4
Johnny Russell	4
Erik Thommy	3
Dejan Joveljic	3
Rafael Navarro	3
Tommy Smith	2

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2021-08-08 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2021-08-01 Austin FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-07-25 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-07-22 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 FC Dallas W 2021-07-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-08 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Minnesota United FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-08-08 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2021-08-05 Los Angeles FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-08-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 FC Dallas L 2021-07-26 Seattle Sounders FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.78 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.23 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Colorado Rapids SC46% Draw27% Sporting Kansas City27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.01

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

72%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

54%

Colorado Rapids SC or Sporting Kansas City

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC36% Draw44% Sporting Kansas City20%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.7%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

2 – 0

7.7%

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

5.7%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

4.5%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	22%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

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