Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC, 2018

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MLS · 2018

Sporting Kansas City

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Minnesota United FC

Sun 26 Aug 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Minnesota United FC 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Adam Wienckowski
Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Kevin Klinger
Referee Jorge Gonzalez

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 23 games · Avg 2.9 goals Minnesota United FC

Last 5 meetings

2018-08-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Minnesota United FC 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	2–0	W
19 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	3–0	W
12 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	2–0	W
05 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W
29 Jul	FC Dallas	H	2–3	L
14 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	2–3	L

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–2	L
19 Aug	FC Dallas	A	0–2	L
12 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
05 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
29 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–4	L
22 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	5–1	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Minnesota United FC
#30	Position	#25
14	Points	24
18	Played	18
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	6 / 6 / 6
18	Scored	20
46	Conceded	25
-28	GD	-5
0.78	PPG	1.33
22%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

57% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

32% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Minnesota United FC are 25th (24 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

Minnesota United FC

0-15

2/4

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/3

61-75

2/1

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah

8 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United FC get this one started.
5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
10' Mason Toye has been relatively quiet despite scoring 23 goals in his last 285 appearances.
15' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
20' 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.
25' 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.
30' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
35' Minnesota United FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
40' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
45' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jerome Thiesson suffering a number of foals already.
50' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
55' Minnesota United FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
60' It looks surprising Minnesota United FC does not make any changes. Felipe Gutierrez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
65' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
70' Over 70 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
75' 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.
80' Minnesota United FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
85' Ibson has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
90' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.72 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Minnesota United FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City52% Draw24% Minnesota United FC24%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.94

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

77%

Draw or Minnesota United FC

48%

Sporting Kansas City or Minnesota United FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City35% Draw44% Minnesota United FC21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

8.3%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

7.1%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

5.6%

0 – 1

5.6%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	15%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	21%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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

Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

Minnesota United FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Clean Sheet