D.C. United SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
D.C. United SC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Audi Field.
- D.C. United SC 15 games · 18 pts (2026/26)
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Mar Sporting Kansas City H 2–1 W 02 Mar Chicago Fire FC A 2–2 D 23 Feb Toronto FC H 2–2 D 19 Oct Charlotte FC H 0–3 L 05 Oct New England Revolution A 2–1 W 03 Oct Nashville SC A 4–3 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Mar D.C. United SC A 1–2 L 02 Mar San Jose Earthquakes H 1–2 L 23 Feb Austin FC A 0–1 L 20 Oct FC Dallas A 1–2 L 06 Oct Los Angeles FC H 0–3 L 29 Sep St. Louis City A 1–3 L Season Stats
D.C. United SC Sporting Kansas City #9 Position #30 18 Points 11 15 Played 14 4 / 6 / 5 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9 21 Scored 14 25 Conceded 36 -4 GD -22 1.20 PPG 0.79 27% Win % 21% Key Stats
25% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history40% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this seasonD.C. United SC are 9th (18 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
D.C. United SC0-152/116-303/231-451/246-602/361-751/276+4/4■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between D.C. United SC and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
- 5' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Jansen Miller needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 20' The referee calls foul for Dany Rosero. He receives a card.
- 25' 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.
- 30' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 31' Boris Enow Takang was booked on 31.
- 36' D.C. United SC 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.
- 38' The referee calls foul for Peglow. He receives a card.
- 40' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
- 45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 46' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Dany Rosero by Jansen Miller on 46 minute.
- 51' It’s high time Troy Lesesne made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 52' Jansen Miller is having his name booked by the referee on 52.
- 53' Sporting Kansas City is taking the lead after the goal scored by Erik Thommy on 53.
- 58' D.C. United SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 60' What an equalizer from Christian Benteke!
- 65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. D.C. United SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 68' Hosei Kijima puts D.C. United SC on the lead.
- 70' It is a substitution in D.C. United SC team. Jared Stroud is replaced by Jacob Murrell on 70 minute.
- 75' It looks like no one’s ball. D.C. United SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 76' It’s a booking for D.C. United SC player. Christian Benteke gets a card.
- 77' Willy Agada is replacing Magomed Suleymanov for the Sporting Kansas City side.
- 81' D.C. United SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Brandon Servania is hanging Peglow on the field on 81 minute.
- 82' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 82.
- 82' Time for substitution for D.C. United SC. Gabriel Pirani is replaced by Lukas MacNaughton.
- 87' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 88' Daniel Salloi has so much to prove this time. He replaces Erik Thommy on 88 minute.
- 90' Jun-hong Kim is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for D.C. United SC players.
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Lineups
D.C. United SC Lineups
Starting XI
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20
Christian Benteke ↓ Dom Badji 81'
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- 22
- 28
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8
Jared Stroud ↓ Jacob Murrell 70'
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Peglow ↓ Brandon Servania 81'
- 10
- 3
- 77
- 6
- 1
Bench
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23
Brandon Servania ↑ 81'
- 13
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4
Matti Peltola ↑ 70'
- 44
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5
Lukas MacNaughton ↑ 82'
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14
Dom Badji ↑ 81'
- 18
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Jacob Murrell ↑ 70'
- 99
Coach Troy LesesneSporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
- 21
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26
Erik Thommy ↓ Daniel Salloi 88'
- 6
- 24
- 9
- 18
- 22
- 1
- 17
- 93
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5
Dany Rosero ↓ Jansen Miller 46'
Bench
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10
Daniel Salloi ↑ 88'
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- 13
- 4
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23
Willy Agada ↑ 77'
- 36
- 16
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Jansen Miller ↑ 46'
Coach Peter Vermes -
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Felipe Gutierrez 1 Felipe Gutierrez 1 Paul Arriola 1 Daniel Salloi 1 Khiry Shelton 1 Robert Voloder 1 Christian Benteke 1 Hosei Kijima 1 Head to Head
D.C. United SC Form
Sporting Kansas City Form
2025-03-09 D.C. United SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-02-23 Austin FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-10-20 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-10-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Los Angeles FC L 2024-09-29 St. Louis City 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.94 D.C. United SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.15 Sporting Kansas City xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + Both teams to score 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: D.C. United SC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.09Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 59% 41% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
D.C. United SC or Draw 80%Draw or Sporting Kansas City 43%D.C. United SC or Sporting Kansas City 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8.5%1 – 0 8.1%0 – 0 6.2%3 – 1 6.1%1 – 2 5.6%2 – 2 5.4%3 – 0 5.4%0 – 1 4.4%3 – 2 3.6%4 – 1 3%Asian Handicap — D.C. United SC
Handicap D.C. United SC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 17% 68% -1.5 32% — 68% -1 32% 22% 46% -0.5 54% — 46% +0.5 79% — 21% +1 79% 13% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet 32% ✓Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.