Minnesota United FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Minnesota United FC

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Sporting Kansas City

Sat 21 Aug 2021 · 19:30 UTC Allianz Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Bakaye Dibassy 6' Y

Bakaye Dibassy 7' Y

R 21' Remi Walter

Y 25' Johnny Russell

Y 26' Johnny Russell

Romain Metanire 59' Y

Romain Metanire 60' Y

Y 70' Graham Zusi

Y 86' Daniel Salloi

Y 90' Tim Melia

Overview

Match Preview

Minnesota United FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Allianz Field.

Minnesota United FC 27 games · 29 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	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

2021-08-21 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2020-12-04 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Minnesota United FC 2020-09-14 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC 2020-08-21 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2020-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Minnesota United FC

Recent Form

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D
18 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
14 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–1	L
08 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	2–0	W
01 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–2	D
29 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	2–2	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	0–0	D
19 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
15 Aug	FC Dallas	A	2–0	W
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

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' And we are off! Minnesota United FC vs Sporting Kansas City — let the football do the talking.
5' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Manu Garcia scoring 1 goals.
6' The referee calls foul for Bakaye Dibassy. He receives a Yellow card.
7' A meaty challenge results in booking for Bakaye Dibassy on 7.
12' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
17' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Minnesota United FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
21' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Remi Walter gets a Red card.
25' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell will be fuming at that decision.
26' Johnny Russell picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
31' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
36' Cameron Duke has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
41' Roger Espinoza has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
46' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
51' A quiet spell here at Allianz Field. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
56' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
59' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Romain Metanire.
60' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Romain Metanire.
62' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Alan Pulido is replaced by Daniel Salloi.
63' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Alan Pulido has done his job and it is now time for Daniel Salloi to step up.
68' With 0 assists to his name this season, Tyler Miller is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Minnesota United FC.
70' Fresh legs for Minnesota United FC! Juan Agudelo comes on to replace Wil Trapp.
70' A meaty challenge results in booking for Graham Zusi on 70.
75' 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.
79' A change in the Minnesota United FC ranks — Ethan Finlay exits the field as Patrick Weah enters on 79.
84' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Ilie Sanchez suffering a number of foals already.
86' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Daniel Salloi gets a Yellow card.
86' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Khiry Shelton departs to be replaced by Grayson Barber.
87' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton is replaced by Grayson Barber.
90' Tim Melia is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
90' It is a substitution in Minnesota United FC team. Emanuel Reynoso is replaced by Justin McMaster on 90 minute.
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Bakaye Dibassy
23
Adrien Hunou
19
Romain Metanire
1
Tyler Miller
6
Osvaldo Alonso
20
Wil Trapp ↓ Juan Agudelo 70'
15
Michael Boxall
13
Ethan Finlay ↓ Patrick Weah 79'
10
Emanuel Reynoso ↓ Justin McMaster 90'
31
Hassani Dotson
77
Chase Gasper

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

2021-08-21 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2021-08-18 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2021-08-14 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-08-08 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo W 2021-08-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Minnesota United FC D 2021-07-29 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Minnesota United FC D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-08-21 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2021-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2021-08-15 FC Dallas 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.64 Minnesota United FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.06 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Minnesota United FC48% Draw27% Sporting Kansas City25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.7

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Minnesota United FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

52%

Minnesota United FC or Sporting Kansas City

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Minnesota United FC35% Draw46% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

1 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

8.9%

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

5.1%

2 – 2

4.9%

3 – 0

4.8%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Minnesota United FC

Handicap	Minnesota United FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	23%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

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