Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids Prediction: Two like teams in every aspect

A lot of questions must be asked about the state of these two teams since the beginning of the new campaign. These two teams have been very disappointing up till this point in the season. In this match, Sporting Kansas City plays against Colorado Rapids at the Children’s Mercy Park for the 7th round of the season. Sporting Kansas are yet to record a single win all season and the same applies to Colorado Rapids. Both teams will be aiming to get that first win of the season. Their last meeting ended in a 0–0 draw.

Sporting Kansas City (DLLDD)

Sporting Kansas come into this game with a very poor record, as they have not recorded a single win this season after 6 matches played. Overall, they had 3 losses and 3 draws and their first meeting with the opposition ended in a 0-0 draw away from home. Their last match against Philadelphia Union ended in a goalless draw away from home. Sporting Kansas were decent in that match according to the statistics, as they had 49% possession, 4 shots on target and 8 corner kicks.

Sporting Kansas are ranked 13th in the western conference, with 3 points from 6 matches. They have had 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses and a goal ratio of 2:7.

Team Streak: no wins(6), less than 4.5 cards (9/10).

Colorado Rapids (DDLLD)

Colorado Rapids are quite similar to the hosts in a lot of ways. They are also without a win this season after 6 matches and overall, they had 3 draws and 3 losses. When they met Sporting Kansas on match day 2, they both played a 0-0 draw and since then Colorado Rapids have had similar experiences as the hosts. Colorado Rapids played a 0-0 draw against Los Angeles FC in their last match. Colorado Rapids had 51% possession, 4 shots on target and 10 corner kicks by the end of 90 minutes.

Currently Colorado Rapids are 14th in the western conference, with 3 points from 6 matches. They had 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses and a goal ratio of 2:8.

Team Streaks: no wins (7), less than 2.5 goals (9/10), less than 4.5 cards (8/10).

Head to Head

The head to head stats shows these two have faced each other 20 times before now. Sporting Kansas have 6 wins, while Colorado Rapids have 5 wins and 9 matches ended in a draw. 

• There were less than 2.5 goals scored in 5/6 meetings.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 6/7 meetings.
• There were less than 10.5 corners in 8/9 meetings.

Expected Lineups

• Sporting Kansas (4-3-3): Timothy Melia, Robert Voloder, Robert Castellanos, Daniel Rosero Valencia, Graham Zusi, Erik Thommy, Nemanja Radoja, Remi Walter, Daniel Salloi, William Agada, Johnny Russell.
• Colorado Rapids (3-4-2-1): William Yarbrough, Lalas Abubakar, Andreas Maxso, Danny Wilson, Keegan Rosenberry, Bryan Acosta, Connor Ronan, Sam Nicholson, Diego Rubio, Max, Jonathan Lewis.

Expert Betting Tips

These two are alike in every aspect and there’s been no improvement to their game. Goal scoring has been a very difficult aspect to their game and that’s why they have scored very little amount of goals in all 6 matches played so far. I expect this match to end in a very similar fashion with little or no goal from both teams.

• Bet on Under 3.5 Goals at 1.61 Odds
• Bet on HT Draw at 2.5 Odds
• Bet on FT Draw at 3.21 Odds

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