Sporting KC vs Colorado Rapids Match Analysis & Prediction
19/09/2024 3:30 am
Lowly Sporting Kansas City are unfancied against the Colorado Rapids heading into Thursday’s gameweek 32 MLS encounter at Children’s Mercy Park.
Unless the stars align and the teams above them collapse in the season’s concluding rounds, Sporting KC are not expected to play any part in the post-regular season playoffs.
Peter Vermes’ side have 28 points from 29 matches, placing them 16 points adrift of seventh-placed Houston occupying the last guaranteed spot and 11 behind Minnesota in ninth.
Results on their travels have been Sporting KC’s undoing, with the 12th-placed team in the Western losing 10 of their 15 matches on the road.
However, picking up 10 points from the last available 12 in front of their fans should give supporters optimism going into Thursday’s encounter with a side unlikely to drop out of the coveted spots in their division.
Colorado have recovered from last year’s underwhelming season in which they finished 14th in their section and 28th overall to miss out on the post-season championship to storm to third in the Western and sixth overall before facing Sporting KC on Thursday.
Chris Armas’ side, on a three-game winning run including a recent victory over Portland, will back themselves to return to the post-season championship, even if their away results could make things fun for the neutral in the concluding rounds of the regular campaign.
Although the Rapids beat Dallas 3-2 in their recent away game, that was the side’s second away win in seven on their travels, strikingly falling to five losses in that period.
Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids Head to head
In the previous 87 meetings between these two teams, Sporting KC have claimed 34 victories while Colorado have won 31, and they have drawn in 22. Colorado have scored 108 goals and conceded 132 in the process.
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13/03/2022Colorado Rapids2Sporting KC0MLS
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19/05/2022Sporting KC2Colorado Rapids1MLS
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05/03/2023Colorado Rapids0Sporting KC0MLS
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09/04/2023Sporting KC0Colorado Rapids1MLS
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05/07/2024Colorado Rapids2Sporting KC1MLS
Sporting KC Team News
Joaquin Fernandez and Nemanja Radoja could miss out due to groin issues, joining the hamstrung Logan Ndenbe on the sidelines.
Jacob Davis could be reinstated into Sporting KC’s midfield after serving a one-game suspension in the recent 2-0 defeat to Seattle Sounders following a sending-off for two yellows against New York Red Bulls.
Sporting KC's Last 5 Matches
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10/08/2024Columbus Crew4Sporting KC0Leagues Cup
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25/08/2024Sporting KC3Orlando City0MLS
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28/08/2024Sporting KC2Indy Eleven0US Open Cup
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08/09/2024New York RB1Sporting KC1MLS
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16/09/2024Seattle Sounders2Sporting KC0MLS
Colorado Rapids Team News
Darren Yapi is ruled out for Colorado after a 97th-minute dismissal for violent conduct against Portland, although the forward was unlikely to start in Kansas.
Arman could also be without the injured pair of Kevin Cabral (elbow) and Sam Vines (hamstring) in gameweek 32.
Colorado Rapids's Last 5 Matches
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18/08/2024America0Colorado Rapids0 PLeagues Cup
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22/08/2024Los Angeles4Colorado Rapids0Leagues Cup
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25/08/2024Philadelphia Union2Colorado Rapids2Leagues Cup
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01/09/2024Dallas2Colorado Rapids3MLS
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15/09/2024Colorado Rapids2Portland Timbers1MLS
Sporting KC vs. Colorado Rapids: Odds and Predictions
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