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Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sporting Kansas City
4 – 1
Full Time
Minnesota United FC
Mon 4 Jun 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Drew Fischer
  • Referee Gianni Facchini
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Adam Garner
  • Referee Edvin Jurisevic
20 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 10.6 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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 27 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 St. Louis City 27 47
18 FC Dallas 27 47
19 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
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

11
4
8
Sporting Kansas City 23 games · Avg 2.9 goals Minnesota United FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC 2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Jun Minnesota United FC H 4–1 W
27 May Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D
20 May Minnesota United FC A 1–1 D
09 May Atlanta United FC A 2–0 W
06 May Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W
28 Apr New England Revolution A 0–1 L
Minnesota United FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Jun Sporting Kansas City A 1–4 L
27 May Montreal Impact FC H 2–0 W
20 May Sporting Kansas City H 1–1 D
12 May San Jose Earthquakes H 1–3 L
10 May Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L
05 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–0 W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City Minnesota United FC
#30 Position #29
21 Points 29
26 Played 27
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 7 / 8 / 12
31 Scored 40
63 Conceded 49
-32 GD -9
0.81 PPG 1.07
23% Win % 26%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)
65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
22% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Minnesota United FC are 29th (29 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
Minnesota United FC
0-15
4/7
16-30
4/9
31-45
6/2
46-60
4/5
61-75
7/4
76+
5/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Minnesota United FC
Kelvin Yeboah 14 G 2 A
Anthony Markanich 8 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
  • 5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 10' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 25' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
  • 30' With 0 assists to his name this season, Abu Danladi is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
  • 35' USA international Brent Kallman has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 40' Graham Zusi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 45' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 50' Minnesota United FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 55' 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.
  • 60' It looks like no one’s ball. Minnesota United FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 65' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Minnesota United FC backline.
  • 70' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 75' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 80' 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.
  • 85' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 289 games and scored 440 goals.
  • 90' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Bobby Shuttleworth has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Minnesota United FC.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Adrian Heath

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Johnny Russell 6
Khiry Shelton 5
Daniel Salloi 4
Tani Oluwaseyi 4
Kevin Molino 3
Michael Boxall 3
Gadi Kinda 3
William Agada 3

Head to Head

2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC 2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W 2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2018-04-28 New England Revolution 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Minnesota United FC Form

2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC L 2018-05-27 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2018-05-20 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-05-12 Minnesota United FC 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2018-05-10 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Minnesota United FC L 2018-05-05 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.1 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.44 Minnesota United FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City54% Draw22% Minnesota United FC24%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes67% 0% No33%
Avg goals/match: 3.54
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 47%
53%
± 4.5 28%
72%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
76%
Draw or Minnesota United FC
46%
Sporting Kansas City or Minnesota United FC
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City39% Draw40% Minnesota United FC21%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.6%
2 – 1
8.9%
2 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
6.3%
3 – 1
6.2%
1 – 2
6.1%
1 – 0
5.6%
3 – 2
4.5%
3 – 0
4.4%
0 – 0
4.3%
0 – 1
3.6%
4 – 1
Actual

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5 16% — 84%
-2 16% 16% 69%
-1.5 31% — 69%
-1 31% 20% 48%
-0.5 52% — 48%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 14% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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