Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Sporting Kansas City

4 – 2

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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 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 34 games · 51 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 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
26	Points	51
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	14 / 9 / 11
40	Scored	43
81	Conceded	43
-41	GD	+0
0.76	PPG	1.50
21%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

52% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

38% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (51 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

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/3

16-30

6/7

31-45

9/4

46-60

6/4

61-75

6/4

76+

5/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme	16 G	8 A
Mateusz Bogusz	8 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo — let the football do the talking.
5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Houston Dynamo winning 50% of all matches.
10' Luis Martins has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Tab Ramos will be considering his options from the bench.
16' It’s a booking for Houston Dynamo player. Sam Junqua gets a Yellow card.
16' A goal from the Scotland international Johnny Russell! He fires home on 16 to make it 1-0!
21' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 21.
26' What a moment for Daniel Salloi! That strike on 26 puts his side firmly in control.
27' Houston Dynamo player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
32' A change in the Houston Dynamo ranks — Darwin Ceren exits the field as Joe Corona enters on 32.
37' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
42' It looks like no one’s ball. Houston Dynamo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
47' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
51' What a strike from Fafa Picault! The score is 2-1.
53' Matias Vera picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
57' A stunning finish from Gadi Kinda — that came from absolutely nowhere!
59' Alan Pulido is ready to make an impact after coming on for Khiry Shelton at the 59 minute mark.
61' The supporters are chanting for Tyler Pasher. He replaces Corey Baird on 61 minute.
66' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
71' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
73' Cameron Duke is ready to make an impact after coming on for Remi Walter at the 73 minute mark.
76' Carlos Darwin Quintero has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 76 minutes.
78' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Gadi Kinda by Roger Espinoza on 78 minute.
79' Matias Vera makes way for Memo Rodriguez at the 79 minute mark. A tactical switch from Houston Dynamo.
84' 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.
85' Graham Zusi catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 85.
90' A stunning finish from Johnny Russell — that came from absolutely nowhere!
The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 4-2 Houston Dynamo. Honours even.

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
Mauro Manotas	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Alberth Elis	3
Maximiliano Urruti	2
Gianluca Busio	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

1.81 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.58 Houston Dynamo xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City47% Draw24% Houston Dynamo29%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.39

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

71%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

53%

Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw41% Houston Dynamo27%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

10.5%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

5.5%

1 – 0

5.5%

3 – 1

0 – 0

4.9%

0 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 2

1 – 3

3.9%

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%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	17%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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