Houston Dynamo vs Sporting Kansas City — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 1′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- 27′Sporting Kansas City, goal:0–1assist
- 45′Sporting Kansas City, goal:0–2assist
- 45+3′Houston Dynamo, red card:
- 45+4′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- 45+6′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- Half-time0 – 2
- 54′Houston Dynamo, yellow card:
- 55′Houston Dynamo, substitution:off
- 60′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 68′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- 71′Houston Dynamo, substitution:off
- 71′Houston Dynamo, substitution:off
- 71′Houston Dynamo, substitution:off
- 72′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 72′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 79′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 80′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 82′Houston Dynamo, substitution:off
- Full-time0 – 2
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Sporting Kansas City stun Houston Dynamo with first-half double
Sporting Kansas City left BBVA Compass Stadium with a 2-0 win over Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer's Regular Season - 27, doing the bulk of their damage inside the opening 45 minutes. André Luiz opened the scoring in the 27th minute, finishing off an assist from Stephen Afrifa, before Calvin Harris doubled the lead right on the stroke of half-time, teed up by André Luiz himself.
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Houston's afternoon worsened further in first-half stoppage time when Héctor Herrera was sent off, leaving the hosts to play the entire second half a man light while already 2-0 down. Despite the numerical disadvantage, Houston finished with more possession and considerably more shots, but could not find a way past a resolute Kansas City defence to get back into the contest.
The second half produced no further goals, with the scoreline set at the break proving decisive. Kansas City managed the game out from there, absorbing Houston's pressure and protecting their two-goal cushion to the final whistle.
André Luiz was directly involved in both Kansas City goals, scoring the opener and then setting up Harris for the second, finishing with a rating of 8.01.
Houston Dynamo's dominance in shots, 21 to Kansas City's 10, went unrewarded as they failed to convert their territorial advantage into goals.
Sporting Kansas City won 2–0 away against Houston Dynamo (half-time 0–2).
Houston Dynamo met Sporting Kansas City in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 27). Kick-off was Sunday, 27 September 2026, 00:30 UTC at Shell Energy Stadium. Referee: Timothy Ford. Attendance: 18,565.
Team pages: Houston Dynamo · Sporting Kansas City · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 27' Goal: André Luiz (assist: Stephen Afrifa) — 0–1
- 45' Goal: Calvin Harris (assist: André Luiz) — 0–2
- 45+3' Red card: Héctor Herrera
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Houston Dynamo (4-4-2)
Sporting Kansas City (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Houston Dynamo 72%, the draw 19%, Sporting Kansas City 9%. It finished Houston Dynamo 0–2 Sporting Kansas City.
Houston Dynamo's rating gap decides it — Houston Dynamo are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and Major League Soccer home advantage on top makes it one-sided for Houston Dynamo. The draw at 19% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Houston Dynamo at 72%?
Houston Dynamo sit 205 points higher on our strength rating — 1512 to 1307. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge at home won 66.9% of 6,589 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.1%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.1% of 5,190 games vs 44.7% across all 100,616 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. The 300 most similar past games finished 68–18–14.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 72% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 19% and Sporting Kansas City at 9%.
Why is the draw only 19%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 18.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.7 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.4% of 28,094.
What did we measure but not count?
Houston Dynamo have averaged 9 percentage points more possession than Sporting Kansas City in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Houston Dynamo are unbeaten in their last 9 home Major League Soccer games: 6 wins and 3 draws. The run began on 23 April 2026. Last recorded home league defeat: 5 April 2026 — Houston Dynamo 0–1 Seattle Sounders. Latest home league result: 20 September 2026 — Houston Dynamo 2–2 FC Cincinnati. Across 13,665 historical matches following an unbeaten home league run of at least six games, hosts won 56.1%, compared with 54.9% expected from team strength. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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