Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Minnesota United FC

Sun 18 Sep 2022 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 84' Joseph Rosales

Khiry Shelton 86' Y

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Minnesota United FC 34 games · 44 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 24 games · Avg 2.9 goals Minnesota United FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-09-18 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC 2022-07-14 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-10-31 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-09-16 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Minnesota United FC 2021-08-21 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–1	W
14 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	3–0	W
11 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	0–0	D
05 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
28 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	W
21 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–4	L
14 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
11 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
03 Sep	FC Dallas	H	0–3	L
01 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
27 Aug	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Minnesota United FC
#30	Position	#25
26	Points	44
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	11 / 11 / 12
40	Scored	56
81	Conceded	58
-41	GD	-2
0.76	PPG	1.29
21%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

21% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Minnesota United FC are 25th (44 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Minnesota United FC

0-15

4/9

16-30

5/10

31-45

7/5

46-60

8/5

61-75

9/5

76+

11/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah	18 G	4 A
Anthony Markanich	9 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
5' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
10' Minnesota United FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Devin Padelford scoring 1 goals.
15' 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.
20' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' Minnesota United FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
31' Michael Boxall has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 31 minutes.
32' Michael Boxall adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
37' Minnesota United FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
41' Goal! Erik Thommy scores his 29 goal in 453 matches.
45' Goal! William Agada scores his 11 goal in 4 matches.
46' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin is withdrawn and Robert Voloder gets his opportunity.
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Johnny Russell, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 25 goals in the last 20 games.
56' 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.
57' Magnificent from Mender Garcia! That is 4 goals in 301 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
60' The supporters are chanting for Felipe Hernandez. He replaces Roger Espinoza on 60 minute.
61' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 61 minute. Roger Espinoza leaves to be changed by Felipe Hernandez.
66' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
70' Niko Hansen is ready to make an impact after coming on for Franco Fragapane at the 70 minute mark.
71' Fresh legs for Minnesota United FC! Niko Hansen comes on to replace Franco Fragapane.
76' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
80' William Agada has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 80 minutes.
81' William Agada does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
81' Minnesota United FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jonathan Gonzalez is hanging Brent Kallman on the field on 81 minute.
83' Alan Benitez gets the nod from Minnesota United FC. He replaces Kemar Lawrence and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Daniel Salloi by Khiry Shelton on 84 minute.
84' Poor challenge from Joseph Rosales. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
86' Khiry Shelton picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
89' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy is replaced by Kortne Ford.
The final score is 4-1.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

5
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin ↓ Robert Voloder 46'
54
Remi Walter
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Kortne Ford 89'
7
Johnny Russell ↓ Marinos Tzionis 84'
20
Daniel Salloi ↓ Khiry Shelton 84'
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 61'
2
Ben Sweat
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada
3
Andreu Fontas
24
Kayden Pierre

Bench

11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 84'
21
Felipe Hernandez ↑ 61'
22
Kendall McIntosh
12
Kortne Ford ↑ 89'
18
Logan Ndenbe
6
Oriol Rosell
28
Cameron Duke
4
Robert Voloder ↑ 46'
27
Marinos Tzionis ↑ 84'

Coach Peter Vermes

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

92
Kemar Lawrence ↓ Alan Benitez 83'
20
Wil Trapp
15
Michael Boxall
14
Brent Kallman ↓ Jonathan Gonzalez 81'
7
Franco Fragapane ↓ Niko Hansen 71'
9
Luis Amarilla
97
Dayne St. Clair
27
D.J. Taylor
8
Joseph Rosales
33
Kervin Arriaga
28
Mender Garcia

Bench

Coach Adrian Heath

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-09-18 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W 2022-09-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 D.C. United SC W 2022-09-11 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-09-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-08-21 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers W

Minnesota United FC Form

2022-09-18 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC L 2022-09-14 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2022-09-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Minnesota United FC L 2022-09-03 Minnesota United FC 0–3 FC Dallas L 2022-09-01 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Minnesota United FC L 2022-08-27 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.06 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 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: 3.53

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	46%	54%
± 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 City38% Draw40% Minnesota United FC22%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–1 not predicted

4 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 2

6.4%

1 – 2

6.3%

2 – 0

6.2%

3 – 1

1 – 0

5.5%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.3%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 1

3.7%

0 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	20%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	14%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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