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

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Minnesota United FC

Thu 23 Jul 2026 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Dejan Joveljic 28' 1–0

Manu Garcia 54' 2–0

2–1 75' Devin Padelford

Y 21' Kyle Duncan

Capita 45' Y

Y 56' Joaquin Pereyra

Dejan Joveljic 74' Y

Y 84' Bongokuhle Hlongwane

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 28 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Minnesota United FC 28 games · 30 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	28	63
2	Internacional CF Miami	28	49
3	Chicago Fire FC	28	48
4	Charlotte FC	28	46
5	New England Revolution	28	46
6	Philadelphia Union	28	42
7	Orlando City SC	28	37
8	FC Cincinnati	27	36
9	New York Red Bulls	28	36
10	New York City FC	28	33
11	Toronto FC	28	32
12	D.C. United SC	27	30
13	Columbus Crew SC	28	29
14	Atlanta United FC	28	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	28	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	28	51
17	St. Louis City	28	50
18	FC Dallas	28	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	28	46
20	Houston Dynamo	28	45
21	Los Angeles FC	29	42
22	Seattle Sounders FC	28	41
23	Colorado Rapids SC	28	37
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	29	36
25	Portland Timbers	28	33
26	San Diego FC	28	32
27	Real Salt Lake	28	32
28	Austin FC	28	31
29	Minnesota United FC	28	30
30	Sporting Kansas City	28	22

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2026-07-23 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Minnesota United FC 2025-10-05 Minnesota United FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-03-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Minnesota United FC 2024-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Minnesota United FC 2024-06-02 Minnesota United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	2–1	W
17 Jul	St. Louis City	A	2–3	L
24 May	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
17 May	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
14 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–1	W
10 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–6	L

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
23 May	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	D
16 May	New England Revolution	A	1–2	L
14 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–1	L
10 May	Austin FC	H	0–1	L
02 May	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Minnesota United FC
#30	Position	#29
22	Points	30
28	Played	28
6 / 4 / 18	W / D / L	7 / 9 / 12
35	Scored	42
68	Conceded	51
-33	GD	-9
0.79	PPG	1.07
21%	Win %	25%

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

21% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (22 pts). Minnesota United FC are 29th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/9

16-30

7/7

31-45

7/9

46-60

2/7

61-75

6/12

76+

4/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Minnesota United FC

0-15

4/7

16-30

4/10

31-45

6/2

46-60

5/5

61-75

7/4

76+

6/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah	15 G	2 A
Anthony Markanich	8 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sporting Kansas City is hosting Minnesota United FC for another epic battle.
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Minnesota United FC's compact .
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sporting Kansas City winning 100% of all matches.
15' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' Bongokuhle Hlongwane needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 6 Yellow cards this season.
21' The referee has no hesitation. Kyle Duncan is booked for Minnesota United FC — card on 21.
26' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
28' A stunning finish from Dejan Joveljic — that came from absolutely nowhere!
33' Zorhan Bassong is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Minnesota United FC so far.
38' The travelling Minnesota United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
43' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Minnesota United FC's shape.
45' That is a card for Sporting Kansas City. Capita will be fuming at that decision.
50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Minnesota United FC that had 293 games and scored 434 goals.
54' Manu Garcia has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 54 minutes.
56' Joaquin Pereyra picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
61' The energy levels are beginning to show. Cameron Knowles might look to freshen things up shortly.
64' Fresh legs for Minnesota United FC! Mamadou Dieng comes on to replace Kelvin Yeboah.
69' It looks surprising Minnesota United FC does not make any changes. Julian Gressel has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
72' Kwaku Agyabeng is replacing Manu Garcia for the Sporting Kansas City side.
74' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Dejan Joveljic on 74 minutes.
75' Brilliant from the ! Devin Padelford makes it 2-1 with a superb finish on 75.
75' A change in the Minnesota United FC ranks — Devin Padelford exits the field as Jefferson Diaz enters on 75.
79' The crowd applauds Wyatt Meyer as he leaves the pitch. Ian James steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
84' It’s gonna be a card for Bongokuhle Hlongwane.
85' Time for substitution for Minnesota United FC. Tomas Chancalay is replaced by Julian Gressel.
90' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Kyle Duncan ↓ Bongokuhle Hlongwane 64'
26
Joaquin Pereyra
20
Wil Trapp
15
Michael Boxall
8
Tomas Chancalay ↓ Julian Gressel 85'
12
Drake Callender
9
Kelvin Yeboah ↓ Mamadou Dieng 64'
30
Owen Gene ↓ Mauricio Gonzalez 75'
13
Anthony Markanich
2
Devin Padelford ↓ Jefferson Diaz 75'
23
Morris Duggan

Bench

Coach Cameron Knowles

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

2026-07-23 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Minnesota United FC W 2026-07-17 St. Louis City 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-24 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2026-05-17 Austin FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Minnesota United FC Form

2026-07-23 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Minnesota United FC L 2026-05-23 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2026-05-16 New England Revolution 2–1 Minnesota United FC L 2026-05-14 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-05-10 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Austin FC L 2026-05-02 Columbus Crew SC 0–0 Minnesota United FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.6 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.89 Minnesota United FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Minnesota United FC 76% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City38% Draw24% Minnesota United FC38%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.49

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

62%

Draw or Minnesota United FC

62%

Sporting Kansas City or Minnesota United FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City26% Draw41% Minnesota United FC33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

1 – 2

8.4%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.7%

0 – 2

5.5%

1 – 3

5.3%

0 – 1

5.1%

0 – 0

4.4%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

3.9%

3 – 1

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	16%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	19%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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