Major League Soccer: Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Major League Soccer round 5 match between Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

When Colorado Rapids come to Sporting Park for the Major League Soccer match this coming Sunday, Sporting Kansas City will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Sporting Kansas City find themselves as number 12 in the league table with four points from their initial four matches this campaign. As number 7, two points above them, Colorado Rapids have played four rounds this season.

Form: Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids

Sporting Kansas City Form

Sporting Kansas City hope for some consistency, as their fans saw their team win, lose and draw in their last three matches. A close game with Columbus Crew resulted in a 2-2 draw, followed by a 0-1 defeat against San Diego FC, before beating LA Galaxy by 1-2. Sporting Kansas City just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Major League Soccer matches at the Sporting Park. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored seven and conceded nine goals.

Colorado Rapids Form

Colorado Rapids won twice in their last three matches as Portland Timbers were defeated by 2-0, before they beat LA Galaxy 4-1. New York City FC proved too strong, though, and a 3-1 defeat followed. Colorado Rapids are winless in their last six away games in the Major League Soccer, in which they drew zero and lost six. They conceded 16 goals while scoring four themselves.

Betting facts for Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids

Sporting Kansas City against Colorado Rapids is also a battle between Dejan Joveljic and Darren Yapi with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has three Major League Soccer goals in their last six games respectively.

Popular markets: Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids

Full-time result

Sporting Kansas City claimed a measly one home win in 10 most recent games at Sporting Park. However, they did draw four whilst losing five. Colorado Rapids won one of their last 10 away games, with two draws and seven defeats as well. Sporting Kansas City have beaten Colorado Rapids in 3 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Sporting Kansas City scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Colorado Rapids scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Colorado Rapids should feel cheery over the chances of getting at least one goal in on Sunday, as Sporting Kansas City only managed one clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. Colorado Rapids claimed one clean sheets in their last 10 games. Both teams scored in the last 4 consecutive meetings between Sporting Kansas City and Colorado Rapids.

Total goals

Sporting Kansas City saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.7 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Colorado Rapids, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.5 times goals per game themselves.