Seattle Sounders FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Fri 2 Oct 2026 · 01:30 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 44' Andre Luiz

Sebastian Gomez 51' 1–1

Cristian Roldan 90+1' 2–1

Nouhou Tolo 61' Y

Y 90' Jacob Bartlett

Overview

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Seattle Sounders FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Lumen Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 30 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 30 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	30	67
2	Internacional CF Miami	30	55
3	New England Revolution	30	52
4	Chicago Fire FC	30	48
5	Charlotte FC	30	47
6	Philadelphia Union	30	46
7	Orlando City SC	30	41
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	Toronto FC	30	36
10	New York Red Bulls	30	36
11	New York City FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	29	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	30	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	30	25
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	30	55
17	St. Louis City	30	51
18	FC Dallas	30	51
19	San Jose Earthquakes	30	48
20	Houston Dynamo	30	47
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	30	42
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	31	40
24	Colorado Rapids SC	30	39
25	Real Salt Lake	30	36
26	San Diego FC	30	34
27	Portland Timbers	30	34
28	Minnesota United FC	30	34
29	Austin FC	30	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	30	22

Head-to-Head

Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · Avg 3.6 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2026-10-02 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2025-08-25 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Sporting Kansas City 2025-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-09-15 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
27 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	3–1	W
24 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	2–0	W
20 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	3–3	D
13 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D
06 Sep	New York Red Bulls	H	0–0	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L
27 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	2–0	W
20 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	3–4	L
13 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	3–1	W
06 Sep	FC Dallas	A	3–4	L
29 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–3	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Sporting Kansas City
#22	Position	#30
42	Points	22
30	Played	30
11 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	6 / 4 / 20
38	Scored	36
36	Conceded	75
+2	GD	-39
1.40	PPG	0.73
37%	Win %	20%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

28% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

3% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 22nd (42 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/6

46-60

6/4

61-75

2/4

76+

13/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/10

16-30

7/9

31-45

7/9

46-60

2/7

61-75

6/12

76+

4/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	12 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Lumen Field as Seattle Sounders FC face off against Sporting Kansas City in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 4-4-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
20' 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.
25' Andrew Thomas has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
30' Seattle Sounders FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
35' 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.
40' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Cristian Roldan has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
44' Andre Luiz does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
46' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Danny Musovski by Sebastian Gomez on 46 minute.
51' A goal from the USA international Sebastian Gomez! He fires home on 51 to make it 1-1!
52' Assisted by Jordan Morris with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sebastian Gomez makes no mistake. 2-1!
57' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
61' Poor challenge from Nouhou Tolo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
63' Kalani Kossa-Rienzi gets the nod from Seattle Sounders FC. He replaces Stuart Hawkins and will look to change the dynamic.
68' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Raphaël Wicky will be considering his options from the bench.
73' 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.
76' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Stephen Afrira trudges off to be replaced by Seymour Reid on 76 minutes.
79' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Lasse Berg Johnsen is replaced by Jacob Bartlett.
84' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Magomed Suleymanov made 39 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
89' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Peter Kingston by Mark Bronnik on 89 minute.
90' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Albert Rusnak is replaced by Yeimar Gomez on 90 minute.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Jacob Bartlett is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 90.
With this win, Seattle Sounders FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

11
Albert Rusnak ↓ Yeimar Gomez 90'
7
Cristian Roldan
5
Nouhou Tolo
16
Alex Roldan
13
Jordan Morris
17
Paul Arriola ↓ Caden Clark 63'
26
Andrew Thomas
19
Danny Musovski ↓ Sebastian Gomez 46'
25
Jackson Ragen
39
Stuart Hawkins ↓ Kalani Kossa-Rienzi 63'
45
Peter Kingston ↓ Mark Bronnik 89'

Bench

24
Stefan Frei
28
Yeimar Gomez ↑ 90'
8
Caden Clark ↑ 63'
4
Ryan Sailor
35
Antino Lopez
85
Kalani Kossa-Rienzi ↑ 63'
90
Sebastian Gomez ↑ 46'
81
Mark Bronnik ↑ 89'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

30
Stefan Cleveland
14
Calvin Harris ↓ Zorhan Bassong 76'
18
Emir Karic
4
Lasse Berg Johnsen ↓ Jacob Bartlett 79'
11
Andre Luiz ↓ Magomed Suleymanov 76'
13
Justin Reynolds
17
Stephen Afrira ↓ Seymour Reid 76'
19
Taylor Calheira
28
Wyatt Meyer
15
Jansen Miller
20
Kwaku Agyabeng

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	9
Johnny Russell	8
Cristian Roldan	4
Danny Musovski	3
Raul Ruidiaz	3
William Agada	2
Graham Zusi	2
Paul Rothrock	2

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2026-10-02 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-09-27 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Minnesota United FC W 2026-09-24 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake W 2026-09-20 Colorado Rapids SC 3–3 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-09-13 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-09-06 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 New York Red Bulls D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-10-02 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-09-27 Houston Dynamo 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-09-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Philadelphia Union L 2026-09-13 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles FC W 2026-09-06 FC Dallas 4–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-08-29 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.24 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.05 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC64% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City15%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.29

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

84%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

36%

Seattle Sounders FC or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC46% Draw40% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.6%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

9.3%

1 – 0

7.8%

3 – 1

3 – 0

6.7%

0 – 0

5.2%

2 – 2

1 – 2

4.5%

4 – 1

4 – 0

3.8%

3 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	19%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	22%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	10%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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