Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Houston Dynamo

Sun 19 Oct 2025 · 01:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 12' Antonio Carlos

Y 20' Duane Holmes

Zorhan Bassong 44' Y

John Pulskamp 59' Y

Y 87' Lawrence Ennali

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

2025-10-19 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Houston Dynamo 2025-06-01 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	0–0	D
05 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	0–3	L
28 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–4	L
21 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	L
14 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
07 Sep	Austin FC	H	1–2	L

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–0	D
05 Oct	San Diego FC	H	2–4	L
28 Sep	Nashville SC	A	1–3	L
21 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	1–0	W
14 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
07 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D

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' The energy levels are beginning to show. Kerry Zavagnin might look to freshen things up shortly.
10' Houston Dynamo looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Agustin Bouzat scoring 1 goals.
12' A meaty challenge results in booking for Antonio Carlos on 12.
17' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
20' Duane Holmes catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 20.
25' Logan Ndenbe is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Houston Dynamo tonight.
30' Antonio Carlos has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 39 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
35' Sporting Kansas City have won 461 goals from 301 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Brooklyn Raines, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
44' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Zorhan Bassong gets a card.
49' Santiago Munoz is replacing Manu Garcia for the Sporting Kansas City side.
54' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
59' The referee does not hesitate — a card for John Pulskamp on 59 minutes.
64' Houston Dynamo has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
68' It is a substitution in Houston Dynamo team. Duane Holmes is replaced by Sebastian Kowalczyk on 68 minute.
69' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Nemanja Radoja by Jake Davis on 69 minute.
74' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
78' The whistle greets Zorhan Bassong as he departs to be replaced by Jacob Bartlett.
80' The whistle greets Brooklyn Raines as he departs to be replaced by Junior Urso.
85' John Pulskamp, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
87' Houston Dynamo player sees a card in front of him.
0-0 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

3
Antonio Carlos
31
Jonathan Bond
14
Duane Holmes ↓ Sebastian Kowalczyk 68'
10
Ezequiel Ponce
6
Artur
28
Erik Sviatchenko
25
Griffin Dorsey
9
Ondrej Lingr ↓ Nelson Quinones 80'
11
Lawrence Ennali
35
Brooklyn Raines ↓ Junior Urso 80'
36
Felipe

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
Ibrahim Aliyu	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-10-19 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2025-10-05 Minnesota United FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-09-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2025-09-14 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-09-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin FC L

Houston Dynamo Form

2025-10-19 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2025-10-05 Houston Dynamo 2–4 San Diego FC L 2025-09-28 Nashville SC 3–1 Houston Dynamo L 2025-09-21 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Portland Timbers W 2025-09-14 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2025-09-07 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.08 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 71% + Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw29% Houston Dynamo38%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.43

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

62%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

67%

Sporting Kansas City or Houston Dynamo

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City21% Draw49% Houston Dynamo30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.8%

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

10.8%

1 – 0

8.4%

1 – 2

8.4%

0 – 2

7.8%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 0

2 – 2

4.6%

1 – 3

3.8%

0 – 3

3.5%

3 – 1

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	17%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	22%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

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