Seattle Sounders vs Sporting Kansas City Prediction & Betting Tips

Two very different form lines

Seattle's last 20 matches have brought 3 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, with 22 scored and 34 conceded. That's a side who don't often get beaten heavily, but they don't win with much regularity either.

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Seattle Sounders: 20 completed matches; Sporting Kansas City: 20 completed matches.

Seattle Sounders

20 matches

Win

15% 3 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

34

Difference

-12

Sporting Kansas City

20 matches

Win

20% 4 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

70% 14 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

52

Difference

-29

Kansas City's equivalent sample reads 4 wins, 2 draws and 14 losses, with 23 scored but a hefty 52 conceded. That defensive number stands out and points to a team leaking goals in almost every game they play.

Kansas City's leaky defence is the standout number heading into this one.

History doesn't offer much of a pattern

These two drew 1-1 when they met back in May, at Kansas City's place. Go further back and the meetings have swung between one-sided routs and tight one-goal games, in both directions.

There's no long-term theme to lean on here, no side that's clearly had the upper hand in this fixture, so current form matters more than head-to-head history this time.

The table backs Seattle

Seattle sit 10th with 32 points from 25 games and a goal difference of minus three. Kansas City are down in 15th with just 18 points from the same number of matches and a goal difference of minus 34.

That's a sizeable gap between two teams in the same league season, and it lines up with what we've already seen in their recent form.

Absences on both sides

Seattle have a handful of attacking players missing or doubtful, including Joveljic, Rothrock, de La Vega and Petkovic, with Kim Kee-Hee and Minoungou also questionable. That's a decent chunk of attacking options unavailable.

Seattle Sounders:

Best assist providers:

A. Rusnák - 9

Penalty cards:

P. Kingston x 7

Injury list:

Kim Kee-Hee

G. Minoungou

P. Rothrock

J. Ferreira

D. Joveljic

N. Petkovic

P. de La Vega

Sporting Kansas City:

Penalty cards:

M. Mosquera x 1 x 3

Injury list:

S. Afrifa

Z. Bassong

O. Blorian

Capita

J. Davis

Diego Borges

I. James

Kansas City have their own list, with Blorian, Capita and Davis out and Afrifa, Bassong, Borges and James all listed as doubtful. Rusnák, Seattle's top assist provider this season with nine, isn't among the flagged names.

Seattle's missing forwards could blunt their edge in front of goal, even at home.

How this one could go

Put it together and this looks like a game Seattle should control without necessarily cruising. Kansas City's leaky defence should give the hosts chances, but Seattle's own draw-heavy recent form and their attacking absences suggest it might not be totally one-sided.

Kansas City, short on confidence and shipping goals at this rate away from home, look unlikely to leave with anything more than an outside shot at an upset.