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Sporting KC v Colorado Rapids : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 31st Aug, 01:30 BST, Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

Sunday morning sees Peter Vermes’s Sporting KC and Chris Armas’s Colorado Rapids go head to head in a Major League Soccer battle at the Children's Mercy Park. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every stats you could possibly need to make a sound selection is shown below. Switch between 17 markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head-to-head analysis and odds from leading bookmakers for it all.

Best Tip: Both teams to score

We have a pair of effective, attacking sides going head-to-head and, as such, we are predicting both of them to score at least 1 goal during the 90 minutes. Can respective managers Peter Vermes or Chris Armas deliver a defensive plan that will shut out the opposition? Recent form stats and historical head-to-heads, as well as the latest odds from the bookies, suggest that's unlikely.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sporting KC 45%	23/20	-
Draw 22%	3/1	-
Colorado 32%	9/5	-
Draw 1-1 9%	7/1	-
Sporting KC 2-1 9%	8/1	-
Colorado 2-1 7%	9/1	-
Draw 2-2 7%	12/1	-
Sporting KC 1-0 6%	10/1	-
Sporting KC 2-0 6%	12/1	-
Sporting KC 3-1 6%	14/1	-
Colorado 1-0 5%	12/1	-
Sporting KC 3-2 4%	20/1	-
Colorado 2-0 4%	16/1	-
Colorado 3-1 4%	20/1	-
Colorado 3-2 4%	22/1	-
Sporting KC 3-0 4%	20/1	-
Draw 0-0 3%	18/1	-
Sporting KC 4-1 3%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 67%	4/7	-
Under 2.5 Goals 33%	27/20	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	4/5	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	1/1	-
No 1st Goal 2%	18/1	-
BTTS - Yes 67%	8/15	-
BTTS - No 33%	11/8	-
BTTS - Home Win 28%	11/4	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	15/4	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	7/2	-
Home/draw 68%	2/5	-
Away/draw 55%	4/6	-
Home/away 78%	2/9	-
Over 1.5 Goals 86%	1/6	-
Under 1.5 Goals 14%	4/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 45%	11/8	-
Under 3.5 Goals 55%	8/15	-
Over 4.5 Goals 26%	10/3	-
Under 4.5 Goals 74%	1/5	-
Over 5.5 Goals 14%	8/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 86%	1/14	-
Over 0.5 Goals 97%	1/50	-
Under 0.5 Goals 3%	18/1	-
Home DNB 61%	4/6	-
Away DNB 48%	11/10	-
Sporting KC win to nil 18%	7/2	-
Colorado win to nil 12%	5/1	-
Sporting KC / Sporting KC 24%	5/2	-
Sporting KC / Colorado 4%	22/1	-
Sporting KC / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Sporting KC 14%	5/1	-
Draw / Colorado 12%	6/1	-
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	-
Colorado / Sporting KC 4%	20/1	-
Colorado / Colorado 17%	15/4	-
Colorado / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sporting KC	0 - 2	San Diego
Sporting KC	1 - 1	NY City
Sporting KC	2 - 3	Seattle
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Salt Lake
Sporting KC	2 - 1	Charlotte
Sporting KC	2 - 4	Dallas
Sporting KC	3 - 3	New England
Sporting KC	1 - 0	LA Galaxy
Sporting KC	2 - 4	Portland
Sporting KC	2 - 0	Saint Louis City
Sporting KC	0 - 2	LAFC
Sporting KC	3 - 3	Minnesota
Sporting KC	1 - 2	San Jose
Sporting KC	0 - 3	LAFC
Sporting KC	0 - 2	Minnesota
Sporting KC	4 - 1	Colorado
Sporting KC	3 - 0	Orlando
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Saint Louis City
Sporting KC	3 - 2	Dallas
Sporting KC	2 - 0	Austin

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sporting KC	1 - 3	Orlando
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	San Diego
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	NY City
H	Sporting KC	2 - 3	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Colorado
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	Salt Lake
H	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Charlotte
H	Sporting KC	2 - 4	Dallas
A	Sporting KC	1 - 3	LAFC
A	Sporting KC	3 - 1	Houston
H	Sporting KC	3 - 3	New England
A	Sporting KC	0 - 0	San Diego
A	Sporting KC	2 - 2	Saint Louis City
A	Sporting KC	0 - 1	Portland
H	Sporting KC	1 - 0	LA Galaxy
A	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Cincinnati
A	Sporting KC	5 - 3	San Jose
H	Sporting KC	2 - 4	Portland
H	Sporting KC	2 - 0	Saint Louis City

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Minnesota	1 - 2	Colorado
Philadelphia	3 - 1	Colorado
Seattle	3 - 3	Colorado
LAFC	3 - 0	Colorado
New England	3 - 3	Colorado
Portland	2 - 1	Colorado
San Diego	2 - 0	Colorado
DC United	2 - 1	Colorado
Houston	2 - 2	Colorado
Vancouver	2 - 0	Colorado
San Jose	1 - 2	Colorado
Austin	0 - 1	Colorado
Saint Louis City	0 - 0	Colorado
LA Galaxy	5 - 0	Colorado
Austin	3 - 2	Colorado
Minnesota	3 - 0	Colorado
Sporting KC	4 - 1	Colorado
Dallas	2 - 3	Colorado
LA Galaxy	3 - 2	Colorado
LAFC	3 - 0	Colorado

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Colorado	3 - 1	Atlanta
A	Colorado	2 - 1	Minnesota
A	Colorado	1 - 3	Philadelphia
A	Colorado	3 - 3	Seattle
H	Colorado	3 - 0	Vancouver
A	Colorado	0 - 3	LAFC
H	Colorado	1 - 2	Sporting KC
A	Colorado	3 - 3	New England
H	Colorado	2 - 0	LA Galaxy
H	Colorado	0 - 1	Orlando
H	Colorado	0 - 2	Austin
A	Colorado	1 - 2	Portland
H	Colorado	1 - 0	Saint Louis City
H	Colorado	1 - 0	Salt Lake
A	Colorado	0 - 2	San Diego
H	Colorado	0 - 2	San Jose
A	Colorado	1 - 2	DC United
H	Colorado	1 - 1	Seattle
A	Colorado	2 - 2	Houston
H	Colorado	3 - 2	San Diego

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sporting KC

Colorado

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

1 / 9

SKC

CLR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sporting KC
Sporting KC	4 - 1
	0 - 1	Colorado
Sporting KC	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Sporting KC	3 - 1
Sporting KC	4 - 0
Sporting KC	3 - 2
	2 - 3	Colorado
Sporting KC	1 - 0

Colorado

Sporting KC

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

5 / 8

Clean sheets

3 / 8

2 / 8

SKC

CLR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Colorado
	1 - 2	Sporting KC
Colorado	2 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Colorado	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Colorado Rapids have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive Major League Soccer matches. Their PG of 1.6 against Sporting KC on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Sporting KC	Colorado
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.6 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that Sporting KC will score 1 or more goals	0 21% 1 33% 2 26% 3 13% 4+ 7% There is a 79% probability that Colorado will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-3 Sporting KC’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-7 Colorado’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.7 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	2.4 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Major League Soccer - 2025/2025 season

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SKC

CLR

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Games scored	19		17
Failed to score	5		8
Scored first	8		13
Goals scored	36		31
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.1
Avg. shots per game	7		8
Avg. shots per goal	5		7
Conversion rate for	19		15
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.5
KickOff rating		+9%

SKC

CLR

21%

better

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Games conceded	21		18
Clean sheets	3		7
Conceded first	15		11
Goals conceded	45		39
Avg. goals conceded	1.7		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	16%		14%
Avg. XG against	2.1		1.9
KickOff rating		+21%

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Sporting KC Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
26	14	7	7
J Pulskamp	D Joveljic	M García	J. Bartlett

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Pulskamp GLK	26		2	2 -
M Suleymanov FWD	26	2	3	2 -
D Sallói FWD	26	6	3	4 -
M García MID	24	2	7	6 -
D Joveljic FWD	24	14	2	3 -
J. Miller DEF	23			2 -
J. Bartlett DEF	22			7 -
L Ndenbe DEF	22	1		2 -
J Davis DEF	20		1	5 1
E Thommy MID	20	4	4	1 -
K Shelton FWD	20			1 1
Z Bassong DEF	19	1		4 -
M Rodríguez MID	17			3 -
T Leibold DEF	16	1	1	6 -
J Fernández DEF	16			6 -
N Radoja MID	15			4 -
R Voloder DEF	13			1 -
S Robles FWD	13	3	1	-
M Toye FWD	13	1	1	-
A Brody DEF	12			-
D Rosero DEF	5			1 -
S Afrifa FWD	5			-
I. James DEF	3			-
A Montes DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
14	29	7	8
D Joveljic	D Joveljic	M García	D Sallói

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Joveljic FWD	14	29	2	4
D Sallói FWD	6	21	3	8
E Thommy MID	4	9	4	3
S Robles FWD	3	5	1	1
M Suleymanov FWD	2	7	3	2
M García MID	2	5	7	7
L Ndenbe DEF	1	5		2
Z Bassong DEF	1	3		3
T Leibold DEF	1	2	1	2
M Toye FWD	1	4	1	1
J Pulskamp GLK			2	1
J. Miller DEF		5		1
J. Bartlett DEF		1		1
J Davis DEF		3	1	3
K Shelton FWD		2
M Rodríguez MID		1		4
N Radoja MID		1
A Brody DEF				1
D Rosero DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1083	35	113
M García	L Ndenbe	M García

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M García MID	1083	29	113
J. Miller DEF	881	33	95
J. Bartlett DEF	878	30	50
L Ndenbe DEF	740	35	73
J Davis DEF	730	32	62
J Fernández DEF	689	14	46
J Pulskamp GLK	677	1	8
M Suleymanov FWD	659	26	99
R Voloder DEF	628	15	31
Z Bassong DEF	594	26	55
N Radoja MID	542	25	55
D Sallói FWD	521	12	44
K Shelton FWD	508	12	45
D Joveljic FWD	490	17	80
E Thommy MID	390	20	56
M Rodríguez MID	306	15	25
T Leibold DEF	286	10	29
A Brody DEF	215	9	19
S Robles FWD	151	6	34
D Rosero DEF	101	5	14
M Toye FWD	48	2	20
I. James DEF	31	1	4
S Afrifa FWD	18	3	12
A Montes DEF	15

Colorado Major League Soccer squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	11	3	7
A Maxsö	R Navarro	R Navarro	R Cannon

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
O Larraz MID	26		2	3 -
A Maxsö DEF	25	1		4 -
J Atencio MID	24			2 -
R Navarro FWD	24	11	3	1 -
D Yapi FWD	23	7	2	4 -
R Cannon DEF	22			7 -
C Bassett MID	21	2	2	3 -
C Harris FWD	21	4	1	2 -
T Ku-DiPietro MID	18	1	2	1 -
C Ronan MID	18			1 -
K Cabral FWD	18			4 -
Z Steffen GLK	16			4 1
I Murphy DEF	16			1 -
S Vines DEF	15		2	-
K Rosenberry DEF	14	1		-
S. Bassett MID	11		1	1 -
N Hansen GLK	10			-
J Travis DEF	9			2 1
W. Frederick II FWD	9			3 1
K. Stewart-Baynes FWD	4			-
N Cobb DEF	2			-
A. Harris FWD	2			-
A. Beaudry GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	28	3	12
R Navarro	R Navarro	R Navarro	R Navarro

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Navarro FWD	11	28	3	12
D Yapi FWD	7	12	2	2
C Harris FWD	4	9	1	3
C Bassett MID	2	10	2	5
A Maxsö DEF	1	2		2
T Ku-DiPietro MID	1	11	2	2
K Rosenberry DEF	1	2
O Larraz MID		2	2	5
J Atencio MID				1
R Cannon DEF		2		2
C Ronan MID		3		2
K Cabral FWD		3
S Vines DEF		1	2	1
S. Bassett MID			1	1
J Travis DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
943	50	161
J Atencio	O Larraz	R Navarro

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Atencio MID	943	48	80
A Maxsö DEF	910	13	85
O Larraz MID	812	50	114
C Bassett MID	780	22	65
R Cannon DEF	714	32	81
R Navarro FWD	500	39	161
C Ronan MID	463	8	20
I Murphy DEF	462	14	35
S Vines DEF	446	7	19
Z Steffen GLK	436		7
K Rosenberry DEF	391	14	33
T Ku-DiPietro MID	318	7	39
N Hansen GLK	284		5
J Travis DEF	267	14	34
D Yapi FWD	232	14	100
C Harris FWD	201	9	52
K Cabral FWD	141	15	34
S. Bassett MID	120	10	16
W. Frederick II FWD	89	5	18
N Cobb DEF	83	4	6
A. Beaudry GLK	21
K. Stewart-Baynes FWD	12	3	6
A. Harris FWD	1	1	1