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 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

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
24	Points	14
17	Played	18
7 / 3 / 7	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
20	Scored	18
22	Conceded	46
-2	GD	-28
1.41	PPG	0.78
41%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

81% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Seattle Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City get this one started.
5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Tim Melia has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
15' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' Abdoulaye Cissoko has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
25' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
29' Danny Leyva catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 29.
31' The Scotland Johnny Russell breaks the deadlock on 31 minutes. 0-1!
34' Abdoulaye Cissoko makes way for Reed Baker-Whiting at the 34 minute mark. A tactical switch from Seattle Sounders FC.
39' It is a cagey affair so far. Seattle Sounders FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
43' Daniel Salloi doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
48' Fredy Montero needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 9 Yellow cards this season.
51' Fredy Montero doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
56' The energy levels are beginning to show. Brian Schmetzer might look to freshen things up shortly.
61' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
64' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ilie Sanchez is hanging Roger Espinoza on the field on 64 minute.
69' Remi Walter is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
70' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Gadi Kinda is replaced by Cameron Duke on 70 minute.
73' The USA Cameron Duke breaks the deadlock on 73 minutes. 1-3!
75' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Xavier Arreaga is replaced by Ethan Dobbelaere.
80' Seattle Sounders FC have won 453 goals from 288 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
81' The referee has no hesitation. Graham Zusi is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 81.
84' Joao Paulo is having his name booked by the referee on 84.
89' Kelyn Rowe has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
Nicolas Lodeiro	2
Will Bruin	2
Graham Zusi	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

1.86 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.52 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Sporting Kansas City 74% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC41% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.38

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	43%	57%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

66%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

59%

Seattle Sounders FC or Sporting Kansas City

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC34% Draw41% Sporting Kansas City25%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.5%

2 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

7.1%

2 – 2

6.5%

2 – 0

5.9%

1 – 0

5.7%

3 – 1

5.3%

0 – 0

4.9%

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

4.1%

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%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	20%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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