Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

MLS · 2024

Sporting Kansas City

1 – 2

Full Time

Houston Dynamo

Sun 12 May 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Memo Rodriguez 45' Y

Fontas 85' Y

Y 90' Sebastian Kowalczyk

Overview

Match Preview

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

2024-05-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dynamo 2024-02-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2023-09-24 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2023-07-09 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Sporting Kansas City 2022-09-11 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 May	Houston Dynamo	H	1–2	L
05 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–1	L
28 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	St. Louis City	H	3–3	D
14 Apr	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–3	L
07 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	3–3	D

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–1	W
05 May	St. Louis City	H	0–0	D
28 Apr	FC Dallas	A	0–2	L
21 Apr	Austin FC	H	0–1	L
14 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	2–1	W
07 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	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 referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sporting Kansas City is hosting Houston Dynamo for another epic battle.
5' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
20' Alan Pulido, a Mexico , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
31' What a moment for Hector Herrera! That strike on 31 puts his side firmly in control.
36' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
41' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
45' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
49' Houston Dynamo make a change. Daniel Steres trudges off to be replaced by Tate Schmitt on 49 minutes.
54' Tate Schmitt needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
59' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
61' The deadlock is broken! Daniel Salloi gets on the scoresheet on 61 minutes.
66' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
70' Another substitution for Houston Dynamo to replace Hector Herrera by Latif Blessing on 70 minute.
74' Marinos Tzionis gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Alan Pulido and will look to change the dynamic.
78' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Ibrahim Aliyu makes it 1-2.
82' Alenis Vargas is replacing Johnny Russell for the Sporting Kansas City side.
85' Fontas is having his name booked by the referee on 85.
86' Another change for Houston Dynamo made on 86 minute. Amine Bassi leaves to be changed by Brad Smith.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Sebastian Kowalczyk.
90' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Willy Agada by Stephen Afrira on 90 minute.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Houston Dynamo.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

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

2024-05-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dynamo L 2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-28 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 St. Louis City D 2024-04-14 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Internacional CF Miami L 2024-04-07 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers D

Houston Dynamo Form

2024-05-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Houston Dynamo W 2024-05-05 Houston Dynamo 0–0 St. Louis City D 2024-04-28 FC Dallas 2–0 Houston Dynamo L 2024-04-21 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Austin FC L 2024-04-14 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Houston Dynamo W 2024-04-07 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.37 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.88 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City29% Draw26% Houston Dynamo45%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.25

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

56%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

71%

Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw42% Houston Dynamo36%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.9%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

6.8%

0 – 1

6.6%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 3

5.6%

0 – 0

5.4%

1 – 0

4.6%

0 – 3

4.2%

2 – 3

3.9%

2 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	15%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	52%	—	48%
+1	52%	21%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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