Seattle Sounders FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Mon 26 Jul 2021 · 01:00 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Danny Leyva 29' Y

Y 81' Graham Zusi

Joao Paulo 84' Y

Overview

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

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 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	26	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	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
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

Seattle Sounders FC 16 games · Avg 3.7 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-26 Seattle Sounders FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City 2019-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Sporting Kansas City 2019-05-26 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-09-01 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-04-15 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L
23 Jul	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
18 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	0–1	L
08 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	2–0	W
05 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
27 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–2	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–1	W
22 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D
05 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–0	W
26 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
24 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
20 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Sporting Kansas City
#24	Position	#30
35	Points	21
26	Played	26
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
33	Scored	31
34	Conceded	63
-1	GD	-32
1.35	PPG	0.81
35%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

81% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ 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)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Seattle Sounders FC have kicked off against Sporting Kansas City. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
10' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
20' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
25' Raul Ruidiaz has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 10 cards already picked up this season.
29' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Danny Leyva.
31' The deadlock is broken! Johnny Russell gets on the scoresheet on 31 minutes.
34' Another change for Seattle Sounders FC made on 34 minute. Abdoulaye Cissoko leaves to be changed by Reed Baker-Whiting.
39' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
43' Brilliant from the ! Daniel Salloi makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 43.
48' Over 48 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
51' Brilliant from the ! Fredy Montero makes it 1-2 with a superb finish on 51.
56' Seattle Sounders FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
61' 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.
64' Ilie Sanchez is replacing Roger Espinoza for the Sporting Kansas City side.
69' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
70' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Cameron Duke comes on to replace Gadi Kinda.
73' Cameron Duke adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 1-3 — and this changes everything.
75' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Xavier Arreaga is replaced by Ethan Dobbelaere on 75 minute.
80' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
81' Controversy at the stadium! Graham Zusi argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
84' Joao Paulo was booked on 84.
89' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 89 minutes.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Joao Paulo
12
Fredy Montero
94
Jimmy Medranda ↓ Brad Smith 64'
22
Kelyn Rowe
9
Raul Ruidiaz
30
Stefan Cleveland
28
Yeimar Gomez
3
Xavier Arreaga ↓ Ethan Dobbelaere 75'
75
Danny Leyva ↓ Shane O'Neill 64'
84
Joshua Atencio
92
Abdoulaye Cissoko ↓ Reed Baker-Whiting 34'

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	9
Johnny Russell	8
Raul Ruidiaz	3
Cristian Roldan	3
Danny Musovski	3
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Dejan Joveljic	2
Nicolas Lodeiro	2

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2021-07-26 Seattle Sounders FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-07-23 Austin FC 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-07-18 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-07-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo W 2021-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2021-06-27 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-07-26 Seattle Sounders FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-06-20 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.88 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.6 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Sporting Kansas City 75% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC40% Draw25% Sporting Kansas City35%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.48

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

65%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

60%

Seattle Sounders FC or Sporting Kansas City

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC33% Draw41% Sporting Kansas City26%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

5.5%

3 – 1

5.2%

1 – 0

5.2%

0 – 0

4.5%

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 2

1 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	19%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	16%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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