Two sides struggling in the Major League Soccer will face each other this weekend at Children’s Mercy Park where Sporting Kansas City is set to host DC United in their 31 round of the campaign. Kickoffs on September 14 at 03:30 EAT.
Sporting Kansas City sits 12th in the Western Conference table with 31 points, 12 points off the last playoff spots, with just four matches left to play in the regular season. Coming into this game, Peter Vermes men picked up two wins, two draws and two loses in their last six matches.
Sporting Kansas City prepare for this game off the back of 0-0 MLS draw versus Houston Dynamo in their previous game. In that match, Sporting Kansas City had 63% possession and 19 shots with six of them on target while Houston Dynamo got 11 shots with three of them on target.
Meanwhile, with just 27 points from 30 league games so far, DC United remains rooted to the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. Wayne Rooney’s men are on a run of just one win from their most recent eight outings on the road and they will seek to turn their fortunes around away from home.
D.C. United also held each other to 0-0 MLS draw with Real Salt Lake in their most recent game. In that match, D.C. United had 45% possession and eight shots with three of them on target while Real Salt Lake had 16 shots with eight of them on target.
Sporting Kansas City vs. DC United head to head
These two sides have had 39 head to head encounters since 2003; DC United won 15 times, Kansas City 13 times while 11 matches ended in draws.
- DC United 1-0 Kansas City 13/05/19
- Kansas City 1-0 DC United 01/04/18
- DC United 0-0 Kansas City 05/03/17
- Kansas City 0-1 DC United 28/05/16
- DC United 1-1 Kansas City 10/05/15
Home
- Houston 0-0 Kansas City
- LA Galaxy 2-2 Kansas City
- Kansas City 1-0 San Jose
- Kansas City 4-1 Portland
- Austin 4-3 Kansas City
Away
- Salt Lake 0-0 DC United
- DC United 0-0 Colorado
- New York City 1-2 DC United
- Atlanta 3-2 DC United
- DC United 0-6 Philadelphia
Sporting Kansas City team news
Alan Pulido will be unavailable for boss Peter Vermes selection through injury.
DC United team news
Wayne Rooney will be unable to call upon the services of Adrien Pérez, Bill Hamid and Brad Smith who have been ruled out through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Sporting Kansas City Win
Draw
Goals over 2.5
