Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 5 Mar 2022 · 20:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 55' Darwin Ceren

Roger Espinoza 83' Y

Y 86' Carlos Darwin Quintero

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 14 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 19 games · Avg 2.9 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2022-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
27 Feb	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L
07 Nov	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
04 Nov	Austin FC	A	1–3	L
31 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
28 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–0	W

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
28 Feb	Real Salt Lake	H	0–0	D
03 Nov	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–2	L
31 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L
24 Oct	Austin FC	A	1–2	L
21 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–3	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Houston Dynamo
#30	Position	#22
11	Points	22
14	Played	14
3 / 2 / 9	W / D / L	7 / 1 / 6
14	Scored	19
36	Conceded	23
-22	GD	-4
0.79	PPG	1.57
21%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

58% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

29% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Houston Dynamo are 22nd (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Houston Dynamo

0-15

–/2

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

2/3

61-75

3/2

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sporting Kansas City to score. At the same time, Houston Dynamo does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' Darwin Ceren has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 275 appearances.
15' Matias Vera is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Steve Clark, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
25' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
30' Logan Ndenbe has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
35' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
40' Carlos Darwin Quintero needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 6 Yellow cards this season.
45' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
50' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
55' The referee has no hesitation. Darwin Ceren is booked for Houston Dynamo — Yellow card on 55.
60' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Remi Walter makes it 1-0.
65' The crowd applauds Darwin Ceren as he leaves the pitch. Adalberto Carrasquilla steps in for Houston Dynamo.
66' Houston Dynamo ring the changes. Memo Rodriguez has done his job and it is now time for Carlos Darwin Quintero to step up.
71' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
76' Corey Baird makes way for Tyler Pasher at the 76 minute mark. A tactical switch from Houston Dynamo.
77' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 77 minute. Khiry Shelton leaves to be changed by Marinos Tzionis.
82' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Felipe Hernandez trudges off to be replaced by Cameron Duke on 82 minutes.
83' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 83.
86' Carlos Darwin Quintero was booked on 86.
86' The Houston Dynamo manager makes a substitution. Zarek Valentin departs to be replaced by Zeca.
Houston Dynamo will have plenty to reflect on. Sporting Kansas City were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

2
Daniel Steres
11
Corey Baird ↓ Tyler Pasher 76'
5
Tim Parker
3
Adam Lundqvist
24
Darwin Ceren ↓ Adalberto Carrasquilla 65'
8
Memo Rodriguez ↓ Carlos Darwin Quintero 66'
4
Zarek Valentin ↓ Zeca 86'
12
Steve Clark
10
Fafa Picault
22
Matias Vera
9
Carlos Ferreira

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2022-02-27 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-11-04 Austin FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-10-31 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Houston Dynamo Form

2022-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo L 2022-02-28 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2021-11-03 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo L 2021-10-31 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-10-24 Austin FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2021-10-21 Houston Dynamo 0–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.36 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.35 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo 74% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City44% Draw26% Houston Dynamo30%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.71

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

70%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

56%

Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw47% Houston Dynamo26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.1%

0 – 0

8.6%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

0 – 1

1 – 2

7.9%

2 – 0

6.1%

0 – 2

5.9%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

3.7%

1 – 3

3.6%

3 – 0

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	11%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	19%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	19%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	11%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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