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 34 games · 43 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#27	Position	#30
43	Points	26
34	Played	34
12 / 7 / 15	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
47	Scored	40
50	Conceded	81
-3	GD	-41
1.26	PPG	0.76
35%	Win %	21%

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

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 27th (43 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/3

16-30

8/5

31-45

4/5

46-60

8/4

61-75

5/9

76+

6/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

8 G

8 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Dick's Sporting Goods Park as Colorado Rapids SC face off against Sporting Kansas City in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 100% of all matches.
10' Roberto Puncec picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
15' Israel international Gadi Kinda has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
20' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
25' Grayson Barber has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
28' It’s a booking for Colorado Rapids SC player. Collen Warner gets a Yellow card.
33' Colorado Rapids SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
38' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 286 games and scored 412 goals.
46' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Amadou Dia is replaced by Luis Martins on 46 minute.
51' Luis Martins has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
56' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
59' The crowd applauds Wilson Harris as he leaves the pitch. Alan Pulido steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
61' Kaveh Rad has so much to prove this time. He replaces Nicolas Isimat-Mirin on 61 minute.
63' Colorado Rapids SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 63.
67' The whistle greets Michael Barrios as he departs to be replaced by Jonathan Lewis.
68' The Colorado Rapids SC bench stirs into life. Braian Galvan is withdrawn and Diego Rubio gets his opportunity.
72' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Grayson Barber is replaced by Graham Zusi.
77' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
81' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jaylin Lindsey.
86' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
87' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Andre Shinyashiki comes on to replace Steven Beitashour.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
Gerso Fernandes	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

1.58 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.32 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Colorado Rapids SC or Sporting Kansas City 72% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Colorado Rapids SC41% Draw28% Sporting Kansas City31%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

69%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

59%

Colorado Rapids SC or Sporting Kansas City

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC31% Draw45% Sporting Kansas City24%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 0

7.8%

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 0

6.7%

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

5.8%

0 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.6%

3 – 0

3.5%

1 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	20%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	17%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

22% ✗

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