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Sporting KC v Philadelphia Union : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 20th Sep, 01:30 BST, Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

It's an away match for Bradley Carnell's Philadelphia Union side on Sunday morning, as they make their way to the Children's Mercy Park for a Major League Soccer meeting with Raphaël Wicky's Sporting KC. All statistics, including 20-game form for both teams and head to head (H2H) records, will change as you explore each of the betting markets via the tabs below. The best odds and, of course, our algorithmic predictions will too.

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

Both our prediction and odds from the bookmakers suggest that this Major League Soccer tie is going to be entertaining, with at least 3 goals to scored in the game. As neither side is a nailed-on winner given their recent form, we're going with the stats and past head-to-head (H2H) records below, both of which point to a tip of over 2.5 goals.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 52% chance of Philadelphia coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sporting KC 28%	7/2 5%	-
Draw 20%	3/1 5%	-
Philadelphia 52%	5/8 4%	-
Philadelphia 2-1 9%	15/2	-
Draw 1-1 8%	15/2 6%	-
Draw 2-2 7%	11/1	-
Philadelphia 3-1 6%	11/1 9%	-
Sporting KC 2-1 6%	14/1 12%	-
Philadelphia 2-0 5%	10/1	-
Philadelphia 3-2 5%	16/1	-
Philadelphia 1-0 5%	11/1	-
Philadelphia 3-0 4%	14/1	-
Sporting KC 3-2 4%	28/1	-
Philadelphia 4-1 4%	20/1 11%	-
Sporting KC 1-0 4%	20/1	-
Sporting KC 3-1 3%	28/1 15%	-
Philadelphia 4-2 3%	28/1	-
Sporting KC 2-0 3%	28/1 15%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 74%	4/9 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 26%	17/10 6%	-
Home 1st Goal 47%	11/8 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	8/15 2%	-
No 1st Goal 1%	20/1 9%	-
BTTS - Yes 71%	4/9	-
BTTS - No 29%	13/8	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	11/2 7%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2 5%	-
BTTS - Away Win 34%	7/4 5%	-
Home/draw 48%	23/20 7%	-
Away/draw 72%	2/11	-
Home/away 80%	2/9	-
Over 1.5 Goals 89%	1/8 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 11%	5/1 8%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 53%	1/1	-
Under 3.5 Goals 47%	8/11	-
Over 4.5 Goals 34%	12/5	-
Under 4.5 Goals 66%	3/10	-
Over 5.5 Goals 19%	5/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 81%	1/8	-
Over 0.5 Goals 98%	1/66 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 2%	20/1 9%	-
Home DNB 42%	5/2 7%	-
Away DNB 66%	2/7 3%	-
Sporting KC win to nil 9%	10/1	-
Philadelphia win to nil 18%	11/4 7%	-
Sporting KC / Sporting KC 12%	6/1 7%	-
Sporting KC / Philadelphia 5%	16/1	-
Sporting KC / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Sporting KC 8%	9/1 9%	-
Draw / Philadelphia 16%	4/1	-
Draw / Draw 11%	13/2	-
Philadelphia / Sporting KC 3%	28/1	-
Philadelphia / Philadelphia 33%	6/4 4%	-
Philadelphia / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sporting KC	3 - 1	LAFC
Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Saint Louis City
Sporting KC	0 - 2	Houston
Sporting KC	2 - 1	Minnesota
Sporting KC	1 - 2	NY Red Bulls
Sporting KC	3 - 1	LA Galaxy
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Seattle
Sporting KC	1 - 3	San Jose
Sporting KC	1 - 4	Colorado
Sporting KC	0 - 1	San Diego
Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
Sporting KC	0 - 0	Houston
Sporting KC	0 - 2	Vancouver
Sporting KC	1 - 2	Austin
Sporting KC	4 - 2	Colorado
Sporting KC	0 - 2	San Diego
Sporting KC	1 - 1	NY City
Sporting KC	2 - 3	Seattle
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Salt Lake

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Sporting KC	3 - 1	LAFC
A	Sporting KC	3 - 4	Dallas
H	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
A	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Atlanta
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	Saint Louis City
A	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Colorado
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Houston
A	Sporting KC	0 - 4	LAFC
H	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Minnesota
A	Sporting KC	2 - 3	Saint Louis City
H	Sporting KC	1 - 2	NY Red Bulls
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Austin
H	Sporting KC	3 - 1	LA Galaxy
A	Sporting KC	0 - 6	Portland
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	0 - 5	Chicago
A	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
H	Sporting KC	1 - 3	San Jose
A	Sporting KC	1 - 3	Salt Lake
H	Sporting KC	1 - 4	Colorado

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
San Diego	0 - 5	Philadelphia
NY Red Bulls	1 - 3	Philadelphia
Austin	1 - 1	Philadelphia
NY City	2 - 3	Philadelphia
Miami	6 - 4	Philadelphia
Orlando	4 - 3	Philadelphia
New England	2 - 1	Philadelphia
Columbus	2 - 0	Philadelphia
Toronto	3 - 3	Philadelphia
Montreal	1 - 2	Philadelphia
Charlotte	2 - 1	Philadelphia
Atlanta	3 - 1	Philadelphia
DC United	1 - 0	Philadelphia
Chicago	0 - 3	Philadelphia
Charlotte	2 - 0	Philadelphia
DC United	0 - 6	Philadelphia
Vancouver	7 - 0	Philadelphia
Cincinnati	0 - 1	Philadelphia
NY Red Bulls	1 - 0	Philadelphia
Houston	1 - 1	Philadelphia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Philadelphia	5 - 0	San Diego
H	Philadelphia	5 - 0	Cincinnati
H	Philadelphia	2 - 0	Montreal
A	Philadelphia	3 - 1	NY Red Bulls
A	Philadelphia	1 - 1	Austin
H	Philadelphia	2 - 2	Miami
A	Philadelphia	3 - 2	NY City
H	Philadelphia	3 - 2	Atlanta
H	Philadelphia	1 - 0	Seattle
H	Philadelphia	3 - 1	NY Red Bulls
A	Philadelphia	4 - 6	Miami
H	Philadelphia	1 - 1	Columbus
A	Philadelphia	3 - 4	Orlando
A	Philadelphia	1 - 2	New England
H	Philadelphia	0 - 0	Nashville
A	Philadelphia	0 - 2	Columbus
A	Philadelphia	3 - 3	Toronto
H	Philadelphia	0 - 0	DC United
A	Philadelphia	2 - 1	Montreal
A	Philadelphia	1 - 2	Charlotte

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sporting KC

Philadelphia

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 2

1 / 2

Clean sheets

1 / 2

0 / 2

SKC

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

Philadelphia

Sporting KC

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 3

1 / 3

Clean sheets

2 / 3

1 / 3

PHI

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Philadelphia
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Philadelphia	3 - 1
Philadelphia	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

Philadelphia Union's forwards have been excellent of late, scoring 2 goals or more in 3 consecutive Major League Soccer games. A PG of 2.2 suggests that run should continue on Sunday morning.

	Sporting KC 15th	Philadelphia 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	2.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Sporting KC will score 1 or more goals	0 11% 1 24% 2 27% 3 20% 4+ 18% There is a 65% probability that Philadelphia will score 2 or more goals in this match

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-21 Sporting KC have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted	+37 Philadelphia have scored 37% more goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.9 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	2.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

SKC

PHI

31%

better

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Games scored	15		20
Failed to score	9		5
Scored first	6		12
Goals scored	26		46
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.8
Avg. shots per game	7		12
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	15		15
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.9
KickOff rating		+31%

SKC

PHI

30%

better

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Games conceded	24		19
Clean sheets	0		6
Conceded first	18		11
Goals conceded	59		39
Avg. goals conceded	2.5		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		4
Conversion rate against	21%		23%
Avg. XG against	2.1		1.4
KickOff rating		+30%

Sporting KC v Philadelphia Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Sporting KC Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
21	3	3	4
C Harris	C Harris	C Harris	L Johnsen

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Harris FWD	23	3	3	3 -
M Suleymanov FWD	21	1	1	2 -
J Davis DEF	20		2	3 -
L Johnsen MID	20	1		3 1
S Afrifa FWD	20	3	1	1 -
J. Bartlett MID	19	2		2 -
J Reid DEF	18		1	1 -
W. Meyer DEF	18			1 -
Capita FWD	16	2	1	4 -
T. Calheira FWD	16	3	1	1 -
S Cleveland GLK	15			-
K. Agyabeng MID	15			1 1
I. James DEF	13			-
J Reynolds DEF	12		3	-
Z Bassong MID	12			4 -
J. Miller DEF	11			3 -
E Karic DEF	10		1	2 -
J Pulskamp GLK	9			1 -
M Mosquera DEF	7			3 1
O Blorian DEF	7			-
D. Borges da Silva DEF	3			1 -
A Luiz FWD	3	1		-
S. Garfield-Reid FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	14	3	4
C Harris	C Harris	C Harris	L Johnsen

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Harris FWD	3	14	3	3
S Afrifa FWD	3	8	1
T. Calheira FWD	3	10	1	3
J. Bartlett MID	2	2
Capita FWD	2	8	1	2
M Suleymanov FWD	1	8	1	3
L Johnsen MID	1	3		4
A Luiz FWD	1	5
J Davis DEF		1	2	3
J Reid DEF		4	1
I. James DEF		1
J Reynolds DEF		2	3
Z Bassong MID		2
J. Miller DEF		2
E Karic DEF			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1269	41	97
L Johnsen	J Davis	C Harris

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Johnsen MID	1269	34	56
J Davis DEF	766	41	70
W. Meyer DEF	758	28	60
E Karic DEF	470	25	39
S Cleveland GLK	437		3
J. Bartlett MID	432	14	38
J Reid DEF	415	29	61
Z Bassong MID	401	21	45
I. James DEF	394	19	30
M Suleymanov FWD	385	10	47
C Harris FWD	383	18	97
M Mosquera DEF	313	10	27
J Reynolds DEF	303	18	38
K. Agyabeng MID	283	20	52
J Pulskamp GLK	277		4
J. Miller DEF	264	7	26
O Blorian DEF	249	6	15
Capita FWD	214	25	78
T. Calheira FWD	173	8	35
S Afrifa FWD	164	11	41
D. Borges da Silva DEF	105	2	6
A Luiz FWD	48	2	12
S. Garfield-Reid FWD	7	1	2

Philadelphia Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	12	6	6
N Harriel	M Iloski	F. Westfield	J Lukic

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Harriel DEF	25	1	2	4 -
B Damiani FWD	25	7	2	5 -
M Iloski FWD	25	12	2	4 -
A Blake GLK	24			-
D Jacques MID	24	4	1	5 -
I Vassilev FWD	24	3	3	1 -
C. Sullivan MID	23	6	5	1 1
J Lukic MID	23		1	6 -
E. Alladoh FWD	22	1	1	2 1
F. Westfield DEF	21		6	1 -
J Bueno MID	19	1		4 -
A Bedoya MID	15		2	1 -
A Anello FWD	13	1	1	2 -
J Larsen DEF	12	1		4 1
K Wagner DEF	10		3	3 -
N. Pierre DEF	10	4		2 -
Q Sullivan MID	10	1	2	2 -
B Bender MID	8	1	1	1 -
G. Martínez Turner DEF	7			2 -
M. Jakupovic FWD	7	1		-
P. Ossibadjouo DEF	6			1 -
J Rafanello MID	4			1 -
F. Sundstrom DEF	2			-
A. Rick GLK	1			1 -
S. Olivas FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	34	6	12
M Iloski	M Iloski	F. Westfield	C. Sullivan

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Iloski FWD	12	34	2	7
B Damiani FWD	7	14	2	6
C. Sullivan MID	6	20	5	12
D Jacques MID	4	5	1	2
N. Pierre DEF	4	5
I Vassilev FWD	3	7	3	7
N Harriel DEF	1	5	2	3
E. Alladoh FWD	1	3	1	1
J Bueno MID	1	5
A Anello FWD	1	6	1	2
J Larsen DEF	1	2
Q Sullivan MID	1	7	2	1
B Bender MID	1	2	1
M. Jakupovic FWD	1	1
J Lukic MID			1	2
F. Westfield DEF		2	6	11
A Bedoya MID		2	2	2
K Wagner DEF		1	3	3
P. Ossibadjouo DEF		1		1
J Rafanello MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
933	44	172
N Harriel	N Harriel	N Harriel

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Harriel DEF	933	44	172
D Jacques MID	895	43	92
J Lukic MID	844	44	76
F. Westfield DEF	720	43	139
A Blake GLK	597	2	11
I Vassilev FWD	509	22	65
B Damiani FWD	503	33	154
M Iloski FWD	496	9	53
C. Sullivan MID	491	27	94
K Wagner DEF	456	12	34
J Bueno MID	404	21	50
N. Pierre DEF	344	22	54
J Larsen DEF	339	16	38
E. Alladoh FWD	213	5	56
B Bender MID	180	13	28
G. Martínez Turner DEF	165	13	21
Q Sullivan MID	146	7	19
A Anello FWD	144	2	20
J Rafanello MID	114	2	8
A Bedoya MID	103	7	25
P. Ossibadjouo DEF	84	6	15
A. Rick GLK	21
M. Jakupovic FWD	15	2	9
F. Sundstrom DEF	13	5	7
S. Olivas FWD	4		1