Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 31 Aug 2025 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Zorhan Bassong 16' Y

Ian James 51' 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

2025-08-31 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2025-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–2	W
25 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–5	L
17 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	1–3	L
10 Aug	San Diego FC	H	0–2	L
27 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–3	L
20 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–1	D

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
31 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–4	L
24 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–3	L
17 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	3–1	W
10 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	2–1	W
26 Jul	Philadelphia Union	A	1–3	L
17 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–3	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' We are underway at Children's Mercy Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
4' Dejan Joveljic does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
9' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
14' Colorado Rapids SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
16' The referee calls foul for Zorhan Bassong. He receives a card.
21' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Colorado Rapids SC's shape.
22' The deadlock is broken! Rafael Navarro gets on the scoresheet on 22 minutes.
27' Colorado Rapids SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
31' Against the run of play, Keegan Rosenberry has scored! This game has turned on its head.
36' Over 36 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
41' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
46' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
51' Ian James has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 51.
56' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 100% of all matches.
60' Time for substitution for Colorado Rapids SC. Rafael Santos is replaced by Sam Vines.
61' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 61 minute. Magomed Suleymanov leaves to be changed by Mason Toye.
64' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 64 minute. Zorhan Bassong leaves to be changed by Jacob Bartlett.
69' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
70' The crowd applauds Oliver Larraz as he leaves the pitch. Connor Ronan steps in for Colorado Rapids SC.
73' Daniel Salloi makes no mistake. The score reads 2-2 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
75' Mason Toye puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
77' Logan Ndenbe is replacing Tim Leibold for the Sporting Kansas City side.
78' Another change for Colorado Rapids SC made on 78 minute. Rob Holding leaves to be changed by Alex Harris.
81' Dejan Joveljic doubles the advantage! 4-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
86' Supporters expect more eagerness from Robert Voloder, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
89' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Santiago Munoz departs to be replaced by Nemanja Radoja.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Colorado Rapids SC.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

26
Erik Thommy
6
Nemanja Radoja ↑ 89'
13
Mason Toye ↑ 61'
18
Logan Ndenbe ↑ 77'
30
Stephen Afrira
36
Ryan Schewe
16
Jacob Bartlett ↑ 64'
15
Jansen Miller ↑ 60'
23
Alan Montes Castro

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

6
Rob Holding ↓ Alex Harris 78'
2
Keegan Rosenberry
23
Cole Bassett ↓ Theodore Ku-DiPietro 70'
1
Zack Steffen
5
Andreas Maxso
30
Rafael Santos ↓ Sam Vines 60'
9
Rafael Navarro
8
Oliver Larraz ↓ Connor Ronan 70'
10
Paxten Aaronson
77
Darren Yapi ↓ Calvin Harris 60'
24
Noah Cobb

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

2025-08-31 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2025-08-25 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-08-17 Orlando City SC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-08-10 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 San Diego FC L 2025-07-27 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-07-20 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 New York City FC D

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2025-08-31 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-08-24 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-08-17 Colorado Rapids SC 3–1 Atlanta United FC W 2025-08-10 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2025-07-26 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-07-17 Seattle Sounders FC 3–3 Colorado Rapids SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.85 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.82 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC 76% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City42% Draw24% Colorado Rapids SC34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.67

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

66%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

58%

Sporting Kansas City or Colorado Rapids SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City30% Draw40% Colorado Rapids SC30%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

7.6%

2 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

4.7%

1 – 3

4.6%

2 – 0

4.4%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 2

4.3%

2 – 3

4.2%

1 – 0

4.2%

0 – 1

4.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	18%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	17%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	11%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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