Major League Soccer MISSED 3–4
Sun, Sep 20 · 02:30 · Children's Mercy Park
Sporting Kansas City Home
VS
Philadelphia Union Away
Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick S. Kansas City or Draw
Confidence Low
Odds 2.15 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Home Resilience Positions Sporting Kansas City For A Result

Sporting Kansas City show a pattern of late results that include draws and narrow wins despite defensive issues. Their home scoring average sits higher than overall output and helps limit opponent control. Philadelphia Union opened their recent run with multiple losses before finding consistency. Historical meetings between the two teams produced four draws across the last ten fixtures. Injuries hit Sporting Kansas City across defense and attack yet the squad still creates chances at home. Philadelphia Union score heavily in most games but face a side that rarely collapses early. The combination of home context and past stalemates supports expecting Sporting Kansas City to avoid defeat.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
3–4 MISSED

Our pick “S. Kansas City or Draw” at odds 2.15 didn’t land — final score 3–4.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Andre Luiz assist L. Johnsen 5'
  3. Andre Luiz assist C. Harris 10'
  4. W. Meyer assist E. Karic 16'
  5. K. Agyabeng 45'
  6. Second half
  7. Q. Sullivan ↓ I. Vassilev 46'
  8. J. Bartlett ↓ K. Agyabeng 46'
  9. L. Johnsen 53'
  10. B. Damiani assist F. Westfield 64'
  11. C. Sullivan assist D. Jean Jacques 66'
  12. J. Reid ↓ T. Calheira 68'
  13. M. Iloski assist Q. Sullivan 68'
  14. C. Sullivan 70'
  15. O. Wolff ↓ S. Afrifa 71'
  16. Z. Bassong ↓ L. Johnsen 71'
  17. Z. Bassong Own goal 73'
  18. K. Wagner 80'
  19. A. Bedoya ↓ C. Sullivan 82'
  20. J. Bueno ↓ J. Lukic 83'
  21. E. Alladoh ↓ M. Iloski 83'
  22. R. Ramos ↓ C. Harris 83'
  23. A. Anello ↓ B. Damiani 90'
  24. D. Jean Jacques 90+6'
  25. Z. Bassong 90+8'
This season
Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union
Over 2.5 goals 79% 64%
Clean sheet 0% 24%
Failed to score 38% 20%
Scored per game 1.1 1.8
Conceded per game 2.5 1.6
Scored home / away 1.3 / 0.9 1.6 / 2.1

Across 24 and 25 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
14 SEA Seattle Sounders 23 7 7 9 28
15 SPO Sporting Kansas City ▲ 24 5 3 16 18
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Sporting Kansas City DLLLW
D vs St. Louis City 1–1 Aug 20
L @ Atlanta United FC 1–2 Aug 23
L vs Vancouver Whitecaps 0–3 Aug 30
L @ FC Dallas 3–4 Sep 6
W vs Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sep 13
Philadelphia Union DWWWW
D @ Austin 1–1 Aug 23
W @ New York Red Bulls 3–1 Aug 29
W vs CF Montreal 2–0 Sep 5
W vs FC Cincinnati 5–0 Sep 9
W @ San Diego 5–0 Sep 14
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Sporting Kansas City
Scored 1.6 avg
1 1 0 3 3
Conceded 2.2 avg
1 2 3 4 1
Philadelphia Union
Scored 3.2 avg
1 3 2 5 5
Conceded 0.4 avg
1 1 0 0 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Sporting Kansas City
4 Draws
4 Philadelphia Union
Mar 2024 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Philadelphia Union Draw
Apr 2023 Philadelphia Union 0–0 Sporting Kansas City Draw
Jul 2020 Philadelphia Union 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union
Mar 2019 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Philadelphia Union Sporting Kansas City
Sep 2018 Philadelphia Union 2–0 Sporting Kansas City Philadelphia Union

Over 2.5 goals in 4 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Sporting Kansas City 4-4-2
  • 30 Stefan Cleveland G
  • 13 Justin Reynolds D
  • 3 Moises Mosquera D
  • 28 Wyatt Meyer D
  • 18 Emir Karić D
  • 11 André Luiz M
  • 4 Lasse Berg Johnsen M
  • 20 Kwaku Agyabeng M
  • 14 Calvin Harris M
  • 19 Taylor Calheira F
  • 17 Stephen Afrifa F
Bench John Pulskamp, Jansen Miller, Diego Borges, Jayden Reid, Owen Wolff, Jacob Bartlett, Zorhan Bassong, Ruben Ramos, Seymour Garfield-Reid

Raphael Wicky

Philadelphia Union 4-4-2
  • 18 Andre Blake G
  • 39 Frankie Westfield D
  • 44 Neil Pierre D
  • 26 Nathan Harriel D
  • 27 Kai Wagner D
  • 6 Cavan Sullivan M
  • 21 Danley Jean Jacques M
  • 4 Jovan Lukić M
  • 19 Indiana Vassilev M
  • 10 Milan Iloski F
  • 9 Bruno Damiani F
Bench George Marks, Japhet Sery Larsen, Alejandro Bedoya, Agustin Anello, Quinn Sullivan, Jesus Bueno, Ben Bender, Malik Jakupovic, Ezekiel Alladoh

Ryan Richter

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Sporting Kansas City
  • OUT O. Blorian Chest Injury
  • OUT Capita Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Davis Injury
  • OUT I. James Knee Injury
  • DOUBT Z. Bassong Calf Injury
  • DOUBT O. Wolff Ankle Injury
  • OUT O. Blorian Chest Injury
  • OUT Capita Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Davis Injury
  • OUT I. James Knee Injury
  • DOUBT Z. Bassong Calf Injury
  • DOUBT O. Wolff Ankle Injury
Philadelphia Union
  • DOUBT P. Ndinga Hamstring Injury
  • DOUBT P. Ndinga Hamstring Injury