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'

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

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 18 games · 22 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

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	#26
14	Points	22
18	Played	18
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	7 / 1 / 10
18	Scored	27
46	Conceded	25
-28	GD	+2
0.78	PPG	1.22
22%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

3/2

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

4/–

61-75

3/4

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Colorado Rapids SC

Rafael Navarro

7 G

3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Children's Mercy Park that hosts another battle between Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC.
5' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Colorado Rapids SC's shape.
10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
14' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Daniel Salloi makes no mistake. 1-0!
19' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
24' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ilie Sanchez made 285 appearances and scored 20 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
29' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
34' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
38' Daniel Salloi is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 2 goals this season for the .
43' Samuel Vines has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
46' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Johnny Russell is replaced by Alan Pulido on 46 minute.
51' Kellyn Acosta is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Colorado Rapids SC tonight.
56' USA international Tim Melia has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
57' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Luis Martins by Amadou Dia on 57 minute.
62' Keegan Rosenberry has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
64' Felipe Hernandez doubles the advantage! 3-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
66' Time for substitution for Colorado Rapids SC. Cole Bassett is replaced by Nicolas Mezquida.
67' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Roger Espinoza by Cameron Duke on 67 minute.
72' Nicolas Mezquida is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Colorado Rapids SC so far.
77' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Colorado Rapids SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
81' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Ilie Sanchez departs to be replaced by Kaveh Rad.
85' Keegan Rosenberry makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and Colorado Rapids SC are in front.
87' It is a substitution in Colorado Rapids SC team. Danny Wilson is replaced by Braian Galvan on 87 minute.
Colorado Rapids SC will have plenty to reflect on. Sporting Kansas City were simply the better side today.

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
Tommy Smith	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

1.69 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.81 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 City42% Draw24% Colorado Rapids SC34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.5

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	28%	72%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

65%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

58%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City28% Draw41% Colorado Rapids SC31%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

1 – 2

8.1%

2 – 1

7.5%

2 – 2

6.7%

0 – 2

0 – 1

4.9%

1 – 3

4.8%

1 – 0

4.5%

0 – 0

4.4%

2 – 0

4.4%

3 – 1

Actual

2 – 3

4.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	17%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	18%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	12%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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