Colorado Rapids SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 5 Mar 2023 · 02:30 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Lalas Abubakar 3' Y

Y 58' Roger Espinoza

Kevin Cabral 69' 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)

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

2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-03-13 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-08-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2021-08-08 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D
27 Feb	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–4	L
09 Oct	Austin FC	A	1–1	D
01 Oct	FC Dallas	H	1–0	W
18 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–4	L
15 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D
28 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
09 Oct	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
02 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
18 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–1	W
14 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	3–0	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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Colorado Rapids SC is hosting Sporting Kansas City for another epic battle.
3' Lalas Abubakar is having his name booked by the referee on 3.
8' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
13' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Darren Yapi makes it 1-0.
18' It’s high time Robin Fraser made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
23' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
28' Colorado Rapids SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
33' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
38' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
43' It looks surprising Colorado Rapids SC does not make any changes. Steven Beitashour has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
46' The whistle greets Ralph Priso-Mbongue as he departs to be replaced by Max Alves.
51' Colorado Rapids SC currently sit 29 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
56' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 280 games and scored 400 goals.
58' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Roger Espinoza gets a Yellow card.
63' The Colorado Rapids SC manager makes a substitution. Sam Nicholson departs to be replaced by Kevin Cabral.
68' 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.
69' Colorado Rapids SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
72' The whistle greets Roger Espinoza as he departs to be replaced by Felipe Hernandez.
77' Braian Galvan has so much to prove this time. He replaces Michael Barrios on 77 minute.
82' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Tim Leibold comes on to replace Ben Sweat.
87' With 0 assists to his name this season, Remi Walter is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
88' The whistle greets Erik Thommy as he departs to be replaced by Cameron Duke.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

54
Remi Walter
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Cameron Duke 88'
8
Graham Zusi
20
Daniel Salloi
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 72'
2
Ben Sweat ↓ Tim Leibold 82'
4
Robert Voloder
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada
77
Marinos Tzionis ↓ Khiry Shelton 72'
3
Andreu Fontas

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-02-27 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2022-10-09 Austin FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2022-10-01 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 FC Dallas W 2022-09-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2022-09-15 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-09 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-09-18 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W 2022-09-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 D.C. United SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.64 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.7 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Colorado Rapids SC54% Draw27% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes41% 0% No59%

Avg goals/match: 2.34

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

81%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

46%

Colorado Rapids SC or Sporting Kansas City

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC40% Draw48% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

14.9%

2 – 0

12.6%

1 – 1

11.8%

0 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.8%

3 – 0

6.7%

0 – 1

5.7%

3 – 1

4.9%

1 – 2

3.7%

2 – 2

3.1%

4 – 0

2.8%

0 – 2

2.2%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	18%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	26%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	10%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

50% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

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