Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

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Houston Dynamo

Sun 3 Oct 2021 · 20:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 16' Sam Junqua

Y 27' Teenage Hadebe

Y 53' Matias Vera

Graham Zusi 85' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 27 games · 44 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 21 games · Avg 2.8 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-03 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Houston Dynamo 2021-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo 2021-05-13 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2020-10-04 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2020-09-06 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	4–2	W
30 Sep	FC Dallas	A	3–1	W
26 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
16 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–0	W
12 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
04 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	0–4	L

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–4	L
30 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–0	D
26 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	0–2	L
19 Sep	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
16 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D
12 Sep	Austin FC	H	3–0	W

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' In just a few seconds Children's Mercy Park will turn into a battlefield for Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo.
5' Houston Dynamo have won 394 goals from 284 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
15' 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' Sam Junqua is having his name booked by the referee on 16.
16' GOAL! Johnny Russell scores on 16.
21' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 290 games and scored 443 goals.
26' What composure from Daniel Salloi! The Hungary international strokes it home. 2-0.
27' Teenage Hadebe catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 27.
32' Another change for Houston Dynamo made on 32 minute. Darwin Ceren leaves to be changed by Joe Corona.
37' Houston Dynamo are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
42' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
47' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Memo Rodriguez made 284 appearances and scored 20 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
51' Fafa Picault has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 51 minutes.
53' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Matias Vera on 53 minutes.
57' The Israel Gadi Kinda breaks the deadlock on 57 minutes. 3-1!
59' The whistle greets Khiry Shelton as he departs to be replaced by Alan Pulido.
61' Tyler Pasher is replacing Corey Baird for the Houston Dynamo side.
66' Tim Parker has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
71' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
73' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Cameron Duke on, Remi Walter off on 73 minutes.
76' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Carlos Darwin Quintero makes it 3-2.
78' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Gadi Kinda trudges off to be replaced by Roger Espinoza on 78 minutes.
79' A tactical swap from Houston Dynamo — Memo Rodriguez on, Matias Vera off on 79 minutes.
84' Remi Walter has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
85' Graham Zusi has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 85.
90' The Scotland Johnny Russell breaks the deadlock on 90 minutes. 4-2!
4-2 the final result. Houston Dynamo will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tab Ramos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-10-03 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Houston Dynamo W 2021-09-30 FC Dallas 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-09-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-09-16 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Minnesota United FC W 2021-09-12 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-09-04 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Houston Dynamo Form

2021-10-03 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Houston Dynamo L 2021-09-30 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-09-26 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo L 2021-09-19 Houston Dynamo 3–2 FC Dallas W 2021-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-09-12 Houston Dynamo 3–0 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.78 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.6 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City46% Draw24% Houston Dynamo30%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.38

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

70%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

54%

Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw42% Houston Dynamo26%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

10.6%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

5.4%

1 – 0

5.4%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 0

4.9%

0 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 2

1 – 3

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	19%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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