Minnesota United FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Minnesota United FC

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Sporting Kansas City

Thu 26 Sep 2019 · 00:00 UTC HT 45+1' · FT 45+7'

Chase Gasper 79' Y

Y 90' Felipe Gutierrez

Chase Gasper 90' R

Y 90' Krisztian Nemeth

Overview

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Minnesota United FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Minnesota United FC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee David Gantar
Referee Kyle Atkins
Referee Felisha Mariscal

14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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	27	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	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
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

Minnesota United FC 23 games · Avg 2.9 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2019-09-26 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC 2018-08-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Minnesota United FC 2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC 2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
22 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	0–0	D
15 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	3–1	W
12 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	0–2	L
02 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–0	W
23 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
22 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–3	L
16 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–7	L
08 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
01 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
23 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Minnesota United FC		Sporting Kansas City
#29	Position	#30
29	Points	21
27	Played	26
7 / 8 / 12	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
40	Scored	31
49	Conceded	63
-9	GD	-32
1.07	PPG	0.81
26%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Minnesota United FC are 29th (29 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Minnesota United FC

0-15

4/7

16-30

4/9

31-45

6/2

46-60

4/5

61-75

7/4

76+

5/6

■ 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)

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah	14 G	2 A
Anthony Markanich	8 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Minnesota United FC and Sporting Kansas City has kicked off!
5' 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.
7' Botond Barath does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
12' It is a cagey affair so far. Minnesota United FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
17' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 17.
22' Osvaldo Alonso has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
27' Minnesota United FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
32' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
37' 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.
42' Mason Toye has been relatively quiet despite scoring 23 goals in his last 290 appearances.
47' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
52' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
57' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 290 games and scored 443 goals.
61' It is a substitution in Minnesota United FC team. Kevin Molino is replaced by Hassani Dotson on 61 minute.
66' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Manu Garcia scoring 1 goals.
70' The deadlock is broken! Osvaldo Alonso gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
71' Gerso Fernandes is replacing Johnny Russell for the Sporting Kansas City side.
76' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
79' Chase Gasper was booked on 79.
80' The Minnesota United FC manager makes a substitution. Robin Lod departs to be replaced by Ethan Finlay.
85' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
89' The crowd applauds Gianluca Busio as he leaves the pitch. Jimmy Medranda steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
90' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Felipe Gutierrez gets a Yellow card.
90' A stunning finish from Hassani Dotson — that came from absolutely nowhere!
90' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Gianluca Busio is replaced by Jimmy Medranda on 90 minute.
Another three points for Minnesota United FC.

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

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	6
Khiry Shelton	5
Daniel Salloi	4
Tani Oluwaseyi	4
Kevin Molino	3
Michael Boxall	3
Gadi Kinda	3
William Agada	3

Head to Head

Minnesota United FC Form

2019-09-26 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-09-22 Portland Timbers 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2019-09-15 Minnesota United FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake W 2019-09-12 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Minnesota United FC L 2019-09-02 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Minnesota United FC W 2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-09-26 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.4 Minnesota United FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Minnesota United FC57% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Minnesota United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.77

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Minnesota United FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

43%

Minnesota United FC or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Minnesota United FC44% Draw38% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

8.4%

3 – 1

2 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

3 – 0

5.2%

1 – 0

5.1%

1 – 2

5.1%

3 – 2

4.8%

4 – 1

4.2%

0 – 0

3.5%

4 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Minnesota United FC

Handicap	Minnesota United FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	17%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	20%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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