Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Sporting Kansas City

4 – 0

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Minnesota United FC

Thu 16 Sep 2021 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 50' Franco Fragapane

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

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

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

Sporting Kansas City 23 games · Avg 2.9 goals Minnesota United FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-16 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Minnesota United FC 2021-08-21 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2020-12-04 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Minnesota United FC 2020-09-14 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC 2020-08-21 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–0	W
12 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–0	W
04 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	0–4	L
29 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–1	D
21 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	0–0	D
19 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–4	L
11 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–1	L
29 Aug	Houston Dynamo	A	2–1	W
21 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–0	D
18 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
14 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–1	L

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' That's the starting whistle at Children's Mercy Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United FC.
5' 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.
10' With 1 assists to his name this season, Wil Trapp is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
14' Against the run of play, Khiry Shelton has scored! This game has turned on its head.
19' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
24' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
29' Robin Lod has been relatively quiet despite scoring 39 goals in his last 290 appearances.
34' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
36' What a strike from Daniel Salloi! The score is 2-0.
41' Minnesota United FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
45' Goal! Johnny Russell scores his 73 goal in 290 matches.
50' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Franco Fragapane.
52' Cameron Duke doubles the advantage! 4-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
57' It’s high time Adrian Heath made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
58' The supporters are chanting for Brent Kallman. He replaces Franco Fragapane on 58 minute.
63' Over 63 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
67' Fresh legs for Minnesota United FC! Robin Lod comes on to replace Fanendo Adi.
72' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
77' Fanendo Adi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
82' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Michael Boxall has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
83' Grayson Barber has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daniel Salloi on 83 minute.
87' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Khiry Shelton is replaced by Wilson Harris on 87 minute.
89' Roger Espinoza makes way for Jacob Davis at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
4-0 the final result. Minnesota United FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

17
Robin Lod ↑ 67'
30
Adrian Zendejas
22
Jukka Raitala ↑ 58'
14
Brent Kallman ↑ 58'
97
Dayne St. Clair
18
Joseph Rosales ↑ 58'

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

2021-09-16 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Minnesota United FC W 2021-09-12 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-09-04 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-08-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2021-08-21 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2021-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Portland Timbers D

Minnesota United FC Form

2021-09-16 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Minnesota United FC L 2021-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC L 2021-08-29 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Minnesota United FC W 2021-08-21 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2021-08-18 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2021-08-14 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.73 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.39 Minnesota United FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City49% Draw24% Minnesota United FC27%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.12

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

73%

Draw or Minnesota United FC

51%

Sporting Kansas City or Minnesota United FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw43% Minnesota United FC24%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–0 not predicted

4 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

11.5%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 2

7.1%

1 – 0

6.9%

2 – 0

6.5%

2 – 2

6.1%

0 – 0

0 – 1

5.3%

3 – 1

5.1%

0 – 2

4.2%

3 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	20%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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