Sporting Kansas City vs Atlanta United FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs Atlanta United FC — MLS .
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- Atlanta United FC 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Allen Chapman
- Referee Logan Brown
- Referee Oscar Mitchell Carvalho
- Referee Geoff Gamble
- Referee R. Mendoza
8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 May Atlanta United FC H 0–3 L 28 Apr New England Revolution H 4–4 D 21 Apr San Jose Earthquakes A 1–4 L 14 Apr New York Red Bulls H 2–2 D 07 Apr FC Cincinnati A 1–1 D 30 Mar Montreal Impact FC H 7–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 May Sporting Kansas City A 3–0 W 27 Apr Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W 20 Apr FC Dallas H 1–2 L 13 Apr New England Revolution A 2–0 W 30 Mar Columbus Crew SC A 0–2 L 17 Mar Philadelphia Union H 1–1 D Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City Atlanta United FC #30 Position #14 11 Points 11 14 Played 14 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9 14 Scored 14 36 Conceded 23 -22 GD -9 0.79 PPG 0.79 21% Win % 21% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season14% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Atlanta United FC are 14th (11 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededAtlanta United FC0-15–/216-30–/231-451/146-602/261-751/476+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Kansas City and Atlanta United FC has kicked off!
- 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
- 10' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Atlanta United FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' Atlanta United FC is showing some good football. However, Atlanta United FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 25' The travelling Atlanta United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 30' 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.
- 35' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
- 39' Josef Martinez puts Atlanta United FC on the lead.
- 44' 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 Graham Zusi suffering a number of foals already.
- 47' GOAL! Ezequiel Barco scores on 47.
- 52' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 57' Eric Remedi has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 11 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 62' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jeff Larentowicz, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 65' The whistle greets Kelyn Rowe as he departs to be replaced by Gedion Zelalem.
- 66' Atlanta United FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 66.
- 71' Time for substitution for Atlanta United FC. Eric Remedi is replaced by Jeff Larentowicz.
- 76' GOAL! Josef Martinez scores on 76. Assisted by Ezequiel Barco
- 81' It is a substitution in Atlanta United FC team. Josef Martinez is replaced by Brek Shea on 81 minute.
- 86' 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.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Atlanta United FC players.
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Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
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- 9
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10
Yohan Croizet ↓ Ilie Sanchez 65'
- 21
- 8
- 15
- 29
- 20
- 16
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11
Kelyn Rowe ↓ Gedion Zelalem 65'
- 2
Bench
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6
Ilie Sanchez ↑ 65'
- 1
- 14
- 3
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24
Gedion Zelalem ↑ 65'
Coach Peter VermesAtlanta United FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
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11
Eric Remedi ↓ Jeff Larentowicz 71'
- 8
- 2
- 1
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7
Josef Martinez ↓ Brek Shea 81'
- 3
- 5
- 24
- 12
- 6
Bench
- 4
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20
Brek Shea ↑ 81'
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18
Jeff Larentowicz ↑ 71'
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15
Hector Villalba ↑ 71'
- 25
- 28
- 26
Coach Frank de Boer -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Josef Martinez 2 Daniel Salloi 2 Luiz Araujo 1 Dominic Dwyer 1 Gerso Fernandes 1 Gerso Fernandes 1 Daniel Salloi 1 Ezequiel Barco 1 Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2019-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Atlanta United FC L 2019-04-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–4 New England Revolution D 2019-04-21 San Jose Earthquakes 4–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-04-14 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 New York Red Bulls D 2019-04-07 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2019-03-30 Sporting Kansas City 7–1 Montreal Impact FC WAtlanta United FC Form
2019-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Atlanta United FC W 2019-04-27 Atlanta United FC 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2019-04-20 Atlanta United FC 1–2 FC Dallas L 2019-04-13 New England Revolution 0–2 Atlanta United FC W 2019-03-30 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Atlanta United FC L 2019-03-17 Atlanta United FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.29 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.8 Atlanta United FC xGI would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Atlanta United FC 73% + Both teams to score 61%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Atlanta United FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.09Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 81% 19% ± 2.5 59% 41% ± 3.5 37% 63% ± 4.5 20% 80% Double Chance
Sporting Kansas City or Draw 56%Draw or Atlanta United FC 71%Sporting Kansas City or Atlanta United FC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Atlanta United FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.5%1 – 2 9.2%0 – 1 7.5%0 – 2 7.3%2 – 1 6.5%0 – 0 6.2%2 – 2 5.9%1 – 3 5.5%1 – 0 5.1%0 – 3 Actual2 – 0 3.8%2 – 3 3.6%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Atlanta United FC covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 8% 88% -1.5 12% — 88% -1 12% 15% 74% -0.5 26% — 74% +0.5 52% — 48% +1 52% 21% 27% +1.5 73% — 27% +2 73% 15% 12% +2.5 88% — 12% Clean Sheet
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.