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

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Minnesota United FC

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 31 Oct 2021 · 17:00 UTC Allianz Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 48' Cameron Duke

Osvaldo Alonso 73' Y

Y 79' Gadi Kinda

Franco Fragapane 84' Y

Y 86' Amadou Dia

Overview

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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

2021-10-31 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-09-16 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Minnesota United FC 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

Recent Form

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
28 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
24 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
21 Oct	Philadelphia Union	H	3–2	W
17 Oct	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
10 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–3	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
28 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–0	W
23 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–1	W
18 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
03 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	4–2	W
30 Sep	FC Dallas	A	3–1	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' In just a few seconds Allianz Field will turn into a battlefield for Minnesota United FC and Sporting Kansas City.
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Minnesota United FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
8' Khiry Shelton puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
13' Minnesota United FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
18' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
20' GOAL! Franco Fragapane scores on 20.
25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sporting Kansas City winning 100% of all matches.
30' Bakaye Dibassy has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
35' Minnesota United FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
39' The deadlock is broken! Emanuel Reynoso gets on the scoresheet on 39 minutes.
44' Supporters expect more eagerness from Romain Metanire, as he is very good at scoring at Allianz Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
48' The referee calls foul for Cameron Duke. He receives a Yellow card.
53' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Minnesota United FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
54' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Cameron Duke exits the field as Daniel Salloi enters on 54.
59' The home supporters are growing impatient. Minnesota United FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
64' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Ilie Sanchez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
69' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
70' Minnesota United FC make a change. Adrien Hunou trudges off to be replaced by Ethan Finlay on 70 minutes.
73' Osvaldo Alonso picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
78' It’s high time Adrian Heath made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
79' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Gadi Kinda on 79 minutes.
82' Grayson Barber is ready to make an impact after coming on for Khiry Shelton at the 82 minute mark.
84' That is a Yellow card for Minnesota United FC. Franco Fragapane will be fuming at that decision.
86' Controversy at the stadium! Amadou Dia argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
90' The whistle greets Emanuel Reynoso as he departs to be replaced by Hassani Dotson.
It finishes all square. Minnesota United FC and Sporting Kansas City share the spoils 2-1.

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
Gadi Kinda	3
William Agada	3
Kevin Molino	3
Michael Boxall	3

Head to Head

Minnesota United FC Form

2021-10-31 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-10-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Minnesota United FC L 2021-10-24 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2021-10-21 Minnesota United FC 3–2 Philadelphia Union W 2021-10-17 Austin FC 0–1 Minnesota United FC W 2021-10-10 Minnesota United FC 1–3 Colorado Rapids SC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-10-31 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-10-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-10-03 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Houston Dynamo W 2021-09-30 FC Dallas 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.02 Minnesota United FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.39 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Minnesota United FC51% Draw24% Sporting Kansas City25%

Actual: Minnesota United FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.41

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Minnesota United FC or Draw

74%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

49%

Minnesota United FC or Sporting Kansas City

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Minnesota United FC38% Draw41% Sporting Kansas City21%

Actual: Minnesota United FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

6.8%

1 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 0

6.1%

3 – 1

6.1%

0 – 0

4.7%

3 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 1

3.9%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Minnesota United FC

Handicap	Minnesota United FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	21%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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