Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Fri 23 Aug 2019 · 01:30 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+4'

Y 74' Hassani Dotson

Graham Zusi 81' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Minnesota United FC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Sorin Stoica
Referee Rubiel Vazquez
Referee Ian Anderson
Referee Kyle Atkins
Referee

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 23 games · Avg 2.9 goals Minnesota United FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC 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
23 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
18 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
14 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	0–1	L
11 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	1–2	L
05 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–2	W
26 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–3	L

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
18 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
15 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–0	W
11 Aug	FC Dallas	A	3–5	L
04 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	1–0	W
28 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–0	D

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' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United FC.
5' It looks surprising Minnesota United FC does not make any changes. Michael Boxall has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' Graham Zusi, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
20' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' 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.
30' 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.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
40' 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.
45' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
50' Felipe Gutierrez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
55' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Minnesota United FC backline.
60' With 0 assists to his name this season, Vito Mannone is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Minnesota United FC.
65' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
66' The whistle greets Wilfried Moimbe as he departs to be replaced by Thomas Chacon.
69' Minnesota United FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Darwin Quintero is hanging Robin Lod on the field on 69 minute.
71' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Benny Feilhaber is withdrawn and Ilie Sanchez gets his opportunity.
74' Controversy at the stadium! Hassani Dotson argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
74' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Daniel Salloi exits the field as Gerso Fernandes enters on 74.
79' Minnesota United FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
80' Another substitution for Minnesota United FC to replace Mason Toye by Abu Danladi on 80 minute.
81' The referee has no hesitation. Graham Zusi is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 81.
84' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza is replaced by Jimmy Medranda.
88' Erik Hurtado doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Sporting Kansas City take all three points.

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
Kevin Molino	3
Michael Boxall	3
Gadi Kinda	3
William Agada	3

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2019-08-14 Orlando City SC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake L 2019-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-07-26 New York City FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Minnesota United FC Form

2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC L 2019-08-18 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2019-08-15 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2019-08-11 FC Dallas 5–3 Minnesota United FC L 2019-08-04 Minnesota United FC 1–0 Portland Timbers W 2019-07-28 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.8 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.49 Minnesota United FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City48% Draw24% Minnesota United FC28%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.29

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

72%

Draw or Minnesota United FC

52%

Sporting Kansas City or Minnesota United FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw42% Minnesota United FC25%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.9%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

6.4%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

0 – 0

5.3%

3 – 1

5.2%

0 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 2

3.9%

1 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	20%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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