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 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 18 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 20 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	#19
14	Points	32
18	Played	18
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	10 / 2 / 6
18	Scored	27
46	Conceded	24
-28	GD	+3
0.78	PPG	1.78
22%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

42% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Houston Dynamo are 19th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

4/2

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

8 G

4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with Houston Dynamo.
5' Houston Dynamo has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
10' Andreu Fontas has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 12 cards already picked up this season.
15' 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.
20' Zeca, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
25' It looks surprising Houston Dynamo does not make any changes. Tim Parker has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
30' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
35' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
40' 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.
45' Adalberto Carrasquilla has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 3 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
50' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
55' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Darwin Ceren.
60' Brilliant from the ! Remi Walter makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 60.
65' Houston Dynamo make a change. Darwin Ceren trudges off to be replaced by Adalberto Carrasquilla on 65 minutes.
66' The Houston Dynamo manager makes a substitution. Memo Rodriguez departs to be replaced by Carlos Darwin Quintero.
71' It looks like no one’s ball. Houston Dynamo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
76' It is a substitution in Houston Dynamo team. Corey Baird is replaced by Tyler Pasher on 76 minute.
77' The supporters are chanting for Marinos Tzionis. He replaces Khiry Shelton on 77 minute.
82' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Felipe Hernandez is withdrawn and Cameron Duke gets his opportunity.
83' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza will be fuming at that decision.
86' It’s a booking for Houston Dynamo player. Carlos Darwin Quintero gets a Yellow card.
86' Fresh legs for Houston Dynamo! Zeca comes on to replace Zarek Valentin.
The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 1-0 Houston Dynamo. Honours even.

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
Maximiliano Urruti	2
Ibrahim Aliyu	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

1.27 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.48 Houston Dynamo xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City40% Draw26% Houston Dynamo34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.75

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

66%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

60%

Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw46% Houston Dynamo30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13%

1 – 2

8.5%

0 – 1

8.5%

0 – 0

8.4%

2 – 1

7.3%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

5.5%

2 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

4.2%

0 – 3

3.3%

3 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	17%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	20%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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