Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 1 Sep 2019 · 00:30 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+10'

Felipe Gutierrez 47' Y

Y 61' Boniek Garcia

Y 65' A.J. DeLaGarza

Y 89' Matias Vera

Y 90' Maynor Figueroa

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 27 games · 44 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Edvin Jurisevic
Referee Ian McKay
Referee Micheal Barwegen
Referee
Referee

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 21 games · Avg 2.8 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2019-09-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo 2019-06-02 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-08-05 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
23 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
18 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
14 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	0–1	L
11 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	1–2	L
05 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–2	W

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
26 Aug	FC Dallas	A	1–5	L
18 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–2	D
11 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–2	L
08 Aug	New York City FC	A	2–3	L
04 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Houston Dynamo
#30	Position	#20
21	Points	44
26	Played	27
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	13 / 5 / 9
31	Scored	34
63	Conceded	32
-32	GD	+2
0.81	PPG	1.63
23%	Win %	48%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

41% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (44 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

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/4

31-45

7/4

46-60

5/3

61-75

5/3

76+

3/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

14 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Houston Dynamo for this crunch clash at .
5' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Houston Dynamo's compact .
12' Johnny Russell has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 12 minutes.
17' Houston Dynamo is showing some good football. However, Houston Dynamo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
22' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
27' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
32' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
37' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tim Melia made 289 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
42' Houston Dynamo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
47' Felipe Gutierrez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 47.
52' 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.
57' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
59' Tomas Martinez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Memo Rodriguez on 59 minute.
61' Boniek Garcia is having his name booked by the referee on 61.
65' Houston Dynamo receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 65.
69' Another change for Houston Dynamo made on 69 minute. A.J. DeLaGarza leaves to be changed by Kevin Garcia.
70' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Ilie Sanchez on, Roger Espinoza off on 70 minutes.
75' Over 75 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
80' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Houston Dynamo that had 283 games and scored 394 goals.
81' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Benny Feilhaber trudges off to be replaced by Jimmy Medranda on 81 minutes.
86' The travelling Houston Dynamo supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
89' Matias Vera is having his name booked by the referee on 89.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Maynor Figueroa.
With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Alan Pulido	6
Johnny Russell	5
Gadi Kinda	4
Alberth Elis	3
Mauro Manotas	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Diego Rubio	2
Dejan Joveljic	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-09-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2019-08-14 Orlando City SC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake L 2019-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Sporting Kansas City W

Houston Dynamo Form

2019-09-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo L 2019-08-26 FC Dallas 5–1 Houston Dynamo L 2019-08-18 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2019-08-11 Philadelphia Union 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2019-08-08 New York City FC 3–2 Houston Dynamo L 2019-08-04 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.43 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City47% Draw26% Houston Dynamo27%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.72

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

73%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

53%

Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City29% Draw47% Houston Dynamo24%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.1%

0 – 0

8.5%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.5%

0 – 1

7.5%

2 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

5.4%

0 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

1 – 3

3.2%

3 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	20%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	18%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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