Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United FC — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 21′Minnesota United FC, yellow card:Foul
- 28′Sporting Kansas City, goal:1–0assist
- 45+2′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time1 – 0
- 54′Sporting Kansas City, goal:2–0assist
- 56′Minnesota United FC, yellow card:Foul
- 64′Minnesota United FC, substitution:off
- 64′Minnesota United FC, substitution:off
- 72′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 72′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 74′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:Foul
- 75′Minnesota United FC, goal:2–1assist
- 75′Minnesota United FC, substitution:off
- 75′Minnesota United FC, substitution:off
- 79′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 79′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 84′Minnesota United FC, yellow card:Foul
- 85′Minnesota United FC, substitution:off
- Full-time2 – 1
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Sporting Kansas City hold off Minnesota United for 2-1 win
Sporting Kansas City beat Minnesota United FC 2-1 in a Major League Soccer Regular Season - 18 fixture, ending the day 28th in the table on 14 points from 16 games, with Minnesota 15th on 22 points from the same number of matches. Dejan Joveljić put the home side ahead in the 28th minute, converting an assist from Capita to make it 1-0 at half-time.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Manu García doubled the advantage early in the second half, finishing from a Jacob Davis assist in the 54th minute to put Sporting Kansas City 2-0 up. Minnesota United responded through Devin Padelford in the 75th minute, who scored with Joaquín Pereyra providing the assist, but they could not find a leveller and the match finished 2-1.
Despite having just 35% of possession, Sporting Kansas City made their attacking moments count, while Minnesota United dominated the ball but managed only 15 shots to the home side's 11. The away team also picked up more fouls conceded, with 16 committed against Minnesota's 7, reflecting a physical edge from the hosts as they defended their lead.
Manu García scored the decisive second goal for Sporting Kansas City and finished with the highest rating on the pitch at 8.2.
Minnesota United had 65% of possession yet still finished on the losing side, underlining how little the ball dominance translated into control of the scoreline.
Sporting Kansas City beat Minnesota United FC 2–1 (half-time 1–0).
Sporting Kansas City met Minnesota United FC in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 16). Kick-off was Thursday, 23 July 2026, 00:30 UTC at Children's Mercy Park. Referee: M. Corrigan.
Team pages: Sporting Kansas City · Minnesota United FC · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 28' Goal: Dejan Joveljić (assist: Capita) — 1–0
- 54' Goal: Manu García (assist: Jacob Davis) — 2–0
- 75' Goal: Devin Padelford (assist: Joaquín Pereyra) — 2–1
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Sporting Kansas City (4-2-3-1)
Minnesota United FC (3-4-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sporting Kansas City 29%, the draw 22%, Minnesota United FC 49%. It finished Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Minnesota United FC.
Minnesota United FC's rating gap outweighs Sporting Kansas City's home ground — Minnesota United FC are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Minnesota United FC's 49%. The draw at 22% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Minnesota United FC at 49%?
Minnesota United FC sit 232 points higher on our strength rating — 1358 to 1590. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge on the road won 52.0% of 5,971 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 26–26–48.
Why only 49%?
Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.2%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.5% of 5,024 games vs 44.9% across all 98,229 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.0%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 16,692. The goals environment takes 2.0 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Last 6 between them: Sporting Kansas City 1 win, 1 draw, Minnesota United FC 4 wins. Most recently Minnesota United FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City, 10 months ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 28.0% of 5553 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points.
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