Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Colorado Rapids SC

Thu 19 May 2022 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 3' Danny Wilson

Felipe Hernandez 58' Y

Y 78' Auston Trusty

Logan Ndenbe 79' Y

Y 90' Lalas Abubakar

Y 90' Mark-Anthony Kaye

R 90' Auston Trusty

Y 90' Diego Rubio

R 90' Lucas Esteves

Y 90' Lucas Esteves

Andreu Fontas 90' R

Daniel Salloi 90' Y

Daniel Salloi 90' R

Overview

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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

2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-03-13 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-08-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2021-08-08 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–1	W
15 May	Portland Timbers	A	2–7	L
07 May	New York City FC	A	0–0	D
01 May	FC Dallas	H	2–2	D
24 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
17 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
14 May	Los Angeles FC	H	2–0	W
08 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–1	L
01 May	Portland Timbers	H	2–0	W
24 Apr	Charlotte FC	H	0–0	D
17 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	1–3	L

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' Sporting Kansas City have kicked off against Colorado Rapids SC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
3' Danny Wilson has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 3.
8' Colorado Rapids SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
13' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
18' Colorado Rapids SC 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.
23' Colorado Rapids SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
24' A goal from the Hungary international Daniel Salloi! He fires home on 24 to make it 1-0!
29' The Brazil Lucas Esteves breaks the deadlock on 29 minutes. 1-1!
34' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Nikola Vujnovic by Marinos Tzionis on 34 minute.
39' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Colorado Rapids SC's compact .
44' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
46' The supporters are chanting for Mark-Anthony Kaye. He replaces Jack Price on 46 minute.
50' Daniel Salloi puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
55' Gyasi Zardes, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
58' Felipe Hernandez was booked on 58.
63' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kortne Ford, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
64' Time for substitution for Colorado Rapids SC. Gyasi Zardes is replaced by Michael Barrios.
69' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Colorado Rapids SC backline.
74' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
78' Colorado Rapids SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
79' Logan Ndenbe is having his name booked by the referee on 79.
82' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Nicolas Mezquida comes on to replace Bryan Acosta.
87' Tim Melia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Colorado Rapids SC so far.
90' Lalas Abubakar catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

54
Remi Walter
7
Johnny Russell
29
Tim Melia
20
Daniel Salloi
21
Felipe Hernandez
12
Kortne Ford
2
Ben Sweat
18
Logan Ndenbe
6
Oriol Rosell
3
Andreu Fontas
19
Nikola Vujnovic ↓ Marinos Tzionis 34'

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2022-05-15 Portland Timbers 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-05-07 New York City FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-05-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 FC Dallas D 2022-04-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-04-17 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2022-05-14 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Los Angeles FC W 2022-05-08 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2022-05-01 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Portland Timbers W 2022-04-24 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Charlotte FC D 2022-04-17 Minnesota United FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.28 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.62 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City36% Draw26% Colorado Rapids SC38%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.9

Actual: Yes — both scored

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

62%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

64%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City23% Draw45% Colorado Rapids SC32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

1 – 2

8.9%

0 – 1

8.1%

0 – 0

7.4%

0 – 2

7.1%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

5.7%

1 – 3

4.8%

2 – 0

4.5%

0 – 3

3.8%

2 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	16%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	21%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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