Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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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

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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

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	#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' The ball is rolling at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City are looking to make home advantage count against Houston Dynamo.
5' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' Brad Smith has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 24 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
20' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
25' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
31' Against the run of play, Hector Herrera has scored! This game has turned on its head.
36' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
41' Fontas is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Houston Dynamo tonight.
45' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
49' The supporters are chanting for Tate Schmitt. He replaces Daniel Steres on 49 minute.
54' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
59' Houston Dynamo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
61' Assisted by Memo Rodriguez with the perfectly-timed delivery and Daniel Salloi makes no mistake. 1-1!
66' With 0 assists to his name this season, Tim Leibold is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
70' A tactical swap from Houston Dynamo — Latif Blessing on, Hector Herrera off on 70 minutes.
74' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Alan Pulido is replaced by Marinos Tzionis on 74 minute.
78' Houston Dynamo is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ibrahim Aliyu on 78.
82' The supporters are chanting for Alenis Vargas. He replaces Johnny Russell on 82 minute.
85' That is a card for Sporting Kansas City. Fontas will be fuming at that decision.
86' Time for substitution for Houston Dynamo. Amine Bassi is replaced by Brad Smith.
90' Sebastian Kowalczyk was booked on 90.
90' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Willy Agada trudges off to be replaced by Stephen Afrira on 90 minutes.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Houston Dynamo take all three points.

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
Daniel Salloi	3
Alberth Elis	3
Mauro Manotas	3
Dejan Joveljic	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

1.3 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.78 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo 73% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City29% Draw27% Houston Dynamo44%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.08

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

56%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

71%

Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw43% Houston Dynamo35%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

7.4%

0 – 2

7.2%

2 – 1

6.7%

0 – 0

6.3%

2 – 2

5.9%

1 – 3

5.4%

1 – 0

5.2%

0 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

3.9%

2 – 3

3.6%

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	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	21%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	15%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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