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Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sporting Kansas City
1 – 0
Full Time
Colorado Rapids SC
Sun 6 May 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Armando Villarreal
  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee Peter Balciunas
  • Referee Felisha Mariscal
  • Referee Kevin Terry Jr.
17 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.9 goals/game

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

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6
6
Sporting Kansas City 20 games · Avg 3.0 goals Colorado Rapids SC
Last 5 meetings
2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-03-25 Colorado Rapids SC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 May Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W
28 Apr New England Revolution A 0–1 L
21 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 6–0 W
15 Apr Seattle Sounders FC H 2–2 D
09 Apr Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–0 W
01 Apr D.C. United SC H 1–0 W
Colorado Rapids SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 May Sporting Kansas City A 0–1 L
29 Apr Orlando City SC H 1–2 L
22 Apr Real Salt Lake A 0–3 L
14 Apr Toronto FC H 2–0 W
08 Apr FC Dallas A 1–1 D
01 Apr Philadelphia Union H 3–0 W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City Colorado Rapids SC
#30 Position #22
21 Points 36
26 Played 27
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 11 / 3 / 13
31 Scored 38
63 Conceded 38
-32 GD +0
0.81 PPG 1.33
23% Win % 41%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Colorado Rapids SC
0-15
4/2
16-30
5/5
31-45
3/4
46-60
6/1
61-75
3/7
76+
5/10
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC
Paxten Aaronson 7 G 6 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Sporting Kansas City kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Danny Wilson, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Colorado Rapids SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 30' United States international Edgar Castillo has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 35' Colorado Rapids SC have won 400 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 40' Colorado Rapids SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 45' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Colorado Rapids SC's shape.
  • 50' It’s high time Anthony Hudson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 55' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 60' It looks surprising Colorado Rapids SC does not make any changes. Roger Espinoza has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 65' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 70' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 75' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 80' Sam Nicholson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 85' With 0 assists to his name this season, Lobato is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
  • 90' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 279 games and scored 400 goals.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Anthony Hudson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Daniel Salloi 6
Diego Rubio 5
Alan Pulido 4
Johnny Russell 4
Erik Thommy 3
Dejan Joveljic 3
Rafael Navarro 3
Tommy Smith 2

Head to Head

2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-03-25 Colorado Rapids SC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2018-04-28 New England Revolution 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2018-04-15 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2018-04-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-04-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 D.C. United SC W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2018-04-29 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Orlando City SC L 2018-04-22 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2018-04-14 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Toronto FC W 2018-04-08 FC Dallas 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2018-04-01 Colorado Rapids SC 3–0 Philadelphia Union W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.57 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.33 Colorado Rapids SC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City47% Draw25% Colorado Rapids SC28%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.9
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 54%
46%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
72%
Draw or Colorado Rapids SC
53%
Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City31% Draw45% Colorado Rapids SC24%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.4%
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
7.3%
2 – 0
6.7%
0 – 1
6.4%
2 – 2
5.8%
0 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
4.5%
3 – 0
3.4%
1 – 3
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 13% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 20% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 69% — 31%
+1 69% 17% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
27% ✗
Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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