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Minnesota United FC vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

MLS · 2018
Minnesota United FC
1 – 1
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Sun 20 May 2018 · 18:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Minnesota United FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Jair Marrufo
  • Referee Corey Rockwell
  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee M. de Oliveira
  • Referee Jose Da Silva
8 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 4.6 goals/game

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

9
4
11
Minnesota United FC 24 games · Avg 2.9 goals Sporting Kansas City
Last 5 meetings
2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Minnesota United FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 May Sporting Kansas City H 1–1 D
12 May San Jose Earthquakes H 1–3 L
10 May Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L
05 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–0 W
29 Apr Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W
22 Apr Seattle Sounders FC A 1–3 L
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 May Minnesota United FC A 1–1 D
09 May Atlanta United FC A 2–0 W
06 May Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W
28 Apr New England Revolution A 0–1 L
21 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 6–0 W
15 Apr Seattle Sounders FC H 2–2 D

Season Stats

Minnesota United FC Sporting Kansas City
#25 Position #30
44 Points 26
34 Played 34
11 / 11 / 12 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 22
56 Scored 40
58 Conceded 81
-2 GD -41
1.29 PPG 0.76
32% Win % 21%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
21% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season
6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Minnesota United FC are 25th (44 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Minnesota United FC
0-15
4/9
16-30
5/10
31-45
7/5
46-60
8/5
61-75
9/5
76+
11/8
■ 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)

Minnesota United FC
Kelvin Yeboah 18 G 4 A
Anthony Markanich 9 G 2 A
Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 7 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Minnesota United FC is hosting Sporting Kansas City for another epic battle.
  • 5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Minnesota United FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jimmy Medranda is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Minnesota United FC.
  • 15' 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.
  • 20' Minnesota United FC have won 438 goals from 296 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 25' Jerome Thiesson is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 40' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 45' The 39-year-old Roger Espinoza has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 50' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Eric Miller made 296 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 60' Miguel Ibarra has been relatively quiet despite scoring 16 goals in his last 296 appearances.
  • 65' Minnesota United FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 65.
  • 70' It looks surprising Minnesota United FC does not make any changes. Darwin Quintero has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 75' Minnesota United FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 80' Minnesota United FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 85' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 90' 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.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Adrian Heath

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Johnny Russell 6
Khiry Shelton 5
Tani Oluwaseyi 4
Daniel Salloi 4
Michael Boxall 3
Gadi Kinda 3
William Agada 3
Anthony Markanich 3

Head to Head

2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

Minnesota United FC Form

2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-05-12 Minnesota United FC 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2018-05-10 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Minnesota United FC L 2018-05-05 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2018-04-29 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2018-04-22 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Minnesota United FC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2018-04-28 New England Revolution 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2018-04-15 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.88 Minnesota United FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.18 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Minnesota United FC49% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City25%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.06
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 58%
42%
± 3.5 37%
63%
± 4.5 20%
80%

Double Chance

Minnesota United FC or Draw
74%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
51%
Minnesota United FC or Sporting Kansas City
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Minnesota United FC38% Draw43% Sporting Kansas City19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
9.4%
2 – 0
8.2%
1 – 0
8%
0 – 0
6.3%
1 – 2
5.9%
3 – 1
5.9%
2 – 2
5.6%
3 – 0
5%
0 – 1
4.7%
3 – 2
3.6%
0 – 2
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Minnesota United FC

Handicap Minnesota United FC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 16% 69%
-1.5 31% — 69%
-1 31% 22% 48%
-0.5 52% — 48%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 13% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet
31% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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