Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Thu 24 Jun 2021 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 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

Sporting Kansas City 20 games · Avg 3.0 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2020-10-25 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2020-08-30 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
20 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
12 Jun	Austin FC	H	1–1	D
30 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W
23 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W
16 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–3	L
19 Jun	FC Cincinnati	A	2–0	W
30 May	FC Dallas	H	3–0	W
23 May	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
16 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–1	W
09 May	Minnesota United FC	H	3–2	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' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host Colorado Rapids SC — let the battle begin!
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' 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.
14' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Daniel Salloi makes it 1-0.
19' Colorado Rapids SC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Reggie Cannon scoring 1 goals.
24' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
29' Andreu Fontas, a Spain , has 12 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
34' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 34.
38' GOAL! Daniel Salloi scores on 38.
43' Gianluca Busio needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 24 Yellow cards this season.
46' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Alan Pulido comes on to replace Johnny Russell.
51' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
56' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
57' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Luis Martins is withdrawn and Amadou Dia gets his opportunity.
62' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
64' A stunning finish from Felipe Hernandez — that came from absolutely nowhere!
66' Colorado Rapids SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nicolas Mezquida is hanging Cole Bassett on the field on 66 minute.
67' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Roger Espinoza is withdrawn and Cameron Duke gets his opportunity.
72' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
77' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
81' The supporters are chanting for Kaveh Rad. He replaces Ilie Sanchez on 81 minute.
85' Keegan Rosenberry does the damage! The net is bulging and Colorado Rapids SC surge ahead!
87' Time for substitution for Colorado Rapids SC. Danny Wilson is replaced by Braian Galvan.
With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

9
Alan Pulido ↑ 46'
4
Roberto Puncec
96
Wilson Harris
28
Cameron Duke ↑ 67'
13
Amadou Dia ↑ 57'
1
John Pulskamp
48
Kaveh Rad ↑ 81'
19
Grayson Barber

Coach Peter Vermes

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Diego Rubio ↓ Nicolas Benezet 66'
12
Michael Barrios ↓ Andre Shinyashiki 81'
5
Auston Trusty
2
Keegan Rosenberry
19
Jack Price ↓ Jonathan Lewis 46'
4
Danny Wilson ↓ Braian Galvan 87'
23
Kellyn Acosta
26
Cole Bassett ↓ Nicolas Mezquida 66'
6
Lalas Abubakar
22
William Yarbrough
13
Samuel Vines

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Salloi	6
Diego Rubio	5
Alan Pulido	4
Johnny Russell	4
Erik Thommy	3
Dejan Joveljic	3
Rafael Navarro	3
Gerso Fernandes	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-06-20 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC D 2021-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-05-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-06-19 FC Cincinnati 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-05-30 Colorado Rapids SC 3–0 FC Dallas W 2021-05-23 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-05-16 Colorado Rapids SC 3–1 Houston Dynamo W 2021-05-09 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Minnesota United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.79 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.68 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC 76% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City45% Draw24% Colorado Rapids SC31%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.47

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

68%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

55%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City31% Draw41% Colorado Rapids SC28%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.2%

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 2

7.6%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

1 – 0

4.9%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

4.6%

0 – 0

4.5%

0 – 2

4.4%

1 – 3

4.2%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	18%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	17%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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