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 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 34 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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	#27
26	Points	43
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	12 / 7 / 15
40	Scored	47
81	Conceded	50
-41	GD	-3
0.76	PPG	1.26
21%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 27th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/3

16-30

8/5

31-45

4/5

46-60

8/4

61-75

5/9

76+

6/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

8 G

8 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Sporting Kansas City kicks off things out of here…
3' Colorado Rapids SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 3.
8' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Colorado Rapids SC backline.
13' Supporters expect more eagerness from Daniel Salloi, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 27 goals in the last 25 games.
18' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
23' Lucas Esteves is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
24' Against the run of play, Daniel Salloi has scored! This game has turned on its head.
29' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Lucas Esteves makes it 1-1.
34' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 34 minute. Nikola Vujnovic leaves to be changed by Marinos Tzionis.
39' Over 39 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
44' Gyasi Zardes needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
46' Colorado Rapids SC make a change. Jack Price trudges off to be replaced by Mark-Anthony Kaye on 46 minutes.
50' Sensational shot from Daniel Salloi. Sporting Kansas City is back in the lead.
55' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Robin Fraser will be considering his options from the bench.
58' Felipe Hernandez picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
63' Colorado Rapids SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
64' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Michael Barrios comes on to replace Gyasi Zardes.
69' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
74' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
78' That is a Yellow card for Colorado Rapids SC. Auston Trusty will be fuming at that decision.
79' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Logan Ndenbe.
82' Another substitution for Colorado Rapids SC to replace Bryan Acosta by Nicolas Mezquida on 82 minute.
87' It looks surprising Colorado Rapids SC does not make any changes. Ben Sweat has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Lalas Abubakar is booked for Colorado Rapids SC — Yellow card on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

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
Erik Thommy	3
Dejan Joveljic	3
Rafael Navarro	3
Gerso Fernandes	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

4 / 4

1.39 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.45 Colorado Rapids SC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City40% Draw26% Colorado Rapids SC34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

67%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

60%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City26% Draw46% Colorado Rapids SC28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.7%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

7.7%

0 – 1

7.5%

1 – 0

7.2%

0 – 2

2 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

5.6%

1 – 3

3 – 1

3.7%

0 – 3

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	63%	—	37%
+1	63%	19%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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