Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Thu 19 Sep 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 16' Calvin Harris

Y 38' Rafael Navarro

Daniel Salloi 74' Y

Alenis Vargas 90' Y

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

2024-09-19 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2024-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2023-04-09 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2022-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–1	W
15 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–2	L
07 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
25 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	3–0	W
21 Jul	St. Louis City	H	1–1	D
18 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–4	L
15 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	W
01 Sep	FC Dallas	A	3–2	W
21 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	3–2	W
18 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–3	L
14 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D

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 ball is rolling at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City are looking to make home advantage count against Colorado Rapids SC.
5' The travelling Colorado Rapids SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
8' Alan Pulido makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
13' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
16' Calvin Harris was booked on 16.
21' Over 21 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
26' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
31' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
36' Colorado Rapids SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
38' Colorado Rapids SC player sees a card in front of him.
43' Robert Castellanos has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
48' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
49' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Alan Pulido makes it 2-0.
54' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
57' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Oliver Larraz comes on to replace Calvin Harris.
59' Johnny Russell makes way for Daniel Salloi at the 59 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
64' Djordje Mihailovic, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
69' What a moment for Erik Thommy! That strike on 69 puts his side firmly in control.
70' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Memo Rodriguez has done his job and it is now time for Remi Walter to step up.
71' Connor Ronan makes way for Jasper Loffelsend at the 71 minute mark. A tactical switch from Colorado Rapids SC.
74' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 74.
74' Time for substitution for Colorado Rapids SC. Jackson Travis is replaced by Reggie Cannon.
75' Michael Edwards is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
80' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
82' Erik Thommy doubles the advantage! 4-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
84' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Stephen Afrira departs to be replaced by Alenis Vargas.
89' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Colorado Rapids SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
90' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

54
Remi Walter ↑ 70'
26
Erik Thommy ↑ 59'
14
Tim Leibold ↑ 59'
29
Tim Melia
10
Daniel Salloi ↑ 59'
4
Robert Voloder
5
Dany Rosero
31
Danny Flores
20
Alenis Vargas ↑ 84'

Coach Peter Vermes

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

20
Connor Ronan ↓ Jasper Loffelsend 71'
2
Keegan Rosenberry
10
Djordje Mihailovic
23
Cole Bassett ↓ Kimani Stewart-Baynes 71'
95
Zack Steffen
5
Andreas Maxso
9
Rafael Navarro
14
Calvin Harris ↓ Oliver Larraz 57'
7
Jonathan Lewis ↓ Omir Fernandez 57'
34
Michael Edwards
99
Jackson Travis ↓ Reggie Cannon 74'

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-09-19 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2024-09-15 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-09-07 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2024-08-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Orlando City SC W 2024-07-21 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 St. Louis City D 2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2024-09-19 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2024-09-15 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2024-09-01 FC Dallas 2–3 Colorado Rapids SC W 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake W 2024-07-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2024-07-14 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.85 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.63 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 City44% Draw24% Colorado Rapids SC32%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.48

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

69%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

56%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw41% Colorado Rapids SC27%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

10.2%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

6.7%

2 – 0

5.3%

3 – 1

5.1%

1 – 0

5.1%

0 – 0

4.5%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 2

4.1%

1 – 3

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	19%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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