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

Match Preview

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

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

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	#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' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
25' 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.
30' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
40' Minnesota United FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
45' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 285 games and scored 439 goals.
55' 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.
60' 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.
65' Over 65 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
66' The Minnesota United FC bench stirs into life. Wilfried Moimbe is withdrawn and Thomas Chacon gets his opportunity.
69' Darwin Quintero is replacing Robin Lod for the Minnesota United FC side.
71' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Benny Feilhaber is replaced by Ilie Sanchez on 71 minute.
74' The referee has no hesitation. Hassani Dotson is booked for Minnesota United FC — Yellow card on 74.
74' Gerso Fernandes has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daniel Salloi on 74 minute.
79' USA international Tim Melia has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
80' A tactical swap from Minnesota United FC — Abu Danladi on, Mason Toye off on 80 minutes.
81' The referee has no hesitation. Graham Zusi is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 81.
84' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Roger Espinoza is replaced by Jimmy Medranda on 84 minute.
88' Erik Hurtado is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
Another three points for Sporting Kansas City.

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
Tani Oluwaseyi	4
Daniel Salloi	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

1.52 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.27 Minnesota United FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City47% Draw26% Minnesota United FC27%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.79

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

73%

Draw or Minnesota United FC

53%

Sporting Kansas City or Minnesota United FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City31% Draw46% Minnesota United FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 0

0 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

5.5%

0 – 2

4.9%

3 – 1

4.4%

3 – 0

3.5%

1 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	21%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	17%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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