Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City

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🕒 Sat, 05 Jul 2025 02:30 Europe/London 📍 Dick's Sporting Goods Park 🧑‍⚖️ Filip Dujic 🔁 Regular Season - 21 🏁 match finished
Season
2025-2026 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 21
Regular Season Table
Colorado Rapids 21 · Sporting Kansas City 27
Referee Stats
26 matches · 4.12 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 4.12
Reds avg 0.23
Penalties avg 0.35
Over 4.5 cards 50%
Home wins 54%
Draws 4%
Away wins 42%
How the match was won
  • Colorado Rapids outshot their opponent (24-5).
  • Colorado Rapids controlled possession (67%).
  • Colorado Rapids had the sharper finishing (8-2 shots on target).

Team Overview

Colorado Rapids (Home stats)

Games / Record

17
W-D-L: 8-4-5

Goals For / Against

25 / 21
Avg: 1.47 / 1.24

Points

28
Avg: 1.65

Clean Sheets

5

Failed to Score

4
Sporting Kansas City (Away stats)

Games / Record

17
W-D-L: 3-2-12

Goals For / Against

21 / 38
Avg: 1.24 / 2.24

Points

11
Avg: 0.65

Clean Sheets

1

Failed to Score

5

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this MLS fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.65
PPG
0.65
1.47
GF
1.24
1.24
GA
2.24
47%
O2.5
82%
47%
BTTS
71%
65%
Score 1st
29%

League-position context

Colorado Rapids rank21st
Sporting Kansas City rank27th
Colorado Rapids points41
Sporting Kansas City points28
Colorado Rapids: #21 · 41 pts · GD -12
24 pts off the top 2. 17 pts off the play-off line. 13 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Sporting Kansas City: #27 · 28 pts · GD -24
37 pts off the top 2. 30 pts off the play-off line. 2 pts from safety.
13-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Colorado Rapids last 5 home

D D W W W
Points11/15
Weighted index60
Goals11-5
Record3-2-0
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 away

L L L L L
Points0/15
Weighted index0
Goals5-17
Record0-0-5
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Colorado Rapids trend breakdown

Over 2.547%
BTTS47%
BTTS + O2.535%
1H Over 0.547%
Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 24% · 1H BTTS 0%

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.582%
BTTS71%
BTTS + O2.571%
1H Over 0.576%
Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 41% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Colorado Rapids score at home76%
Colorado Rapids clean sheet at home29%
Sporting Kansas City score away71%
Sporting Kansas City clean sheet away6%

First-goal patterns

Colorado Rapids score first65%
Colorado Rapids win after scoring first73%
Sporting Kansas City score first29%
Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first40%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Colorado Rapids 33% · Sporting Kansas City 18%
Avg first goal minute: Colorado Rapids 35.1' · Sporting Kansas City 29.2'

Vs league average

Colorado Rapids score at home1.47 vs 1.64
Colorado Rapids concede at home1.24 vs 1.36
Sporting Kansas City score away1.24 vs 1.36
Sporting Kansas City concede away2.24 vs 1.64
Colorado Rapids score 10% below league average, while Sporting Kansas City score 9% below league average.
Defensive side: Colorado Rapids are 9% below league average at home, and Sporting Kansas City are 36% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals4.40
BTTS100%
Over 2.5100%
At this venue setup: 1.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Colorado Rapids goal timing (home)

1H scored: 46% 2H scored: 54% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 31-45
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
61-75 6
31-45 5
16-30 4
46-60 4
76-90+ 4
0-15 3
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
31-45 5
61-75 5
46-60 3
76-90+ 3
0-15 2
16-30 2

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (away)

1H scored: 53% 2H scored: 47% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 31-45
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
16-30 5
31-45 4
76-90+ 4
46-60 3
61-75 2
0-15 1
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
31-45 11
76-90+ 8
0-15 6
46-60 6
61-75 6
16-30 3

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
8
2
Total Shots
24
5
Shots off Goal
13
3
Blocked Shots
3
0
Shots Inside Box
19
3
Shots Outside Box
5
2
Ball Possession
67%
33%
Corner Kicks
10
2
Fouls
7
15
Offsides
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
4
Red Cards
Goalkeeper Saves
0
7
Total Passes
512
266
Passes Accurate
442
186
Passes %
86%
70%

Events

Yellow Cards
Home
0
Away
4
Red Cards
Home
0
Away
0
Substitutions
Home
3
Away
5
4'
4' Goal · 0-1
D. Joveljić
Normal Goal · Assist: E. Thommy
17'
17' Joaquín Fernández
46'
46' Joaquín Fernández
1st substitution · For: I. James
48'
48' Manu García
52'
52' T. Leibold
53'
53' Goal · 0-2
E. Thommy
Normal Goal · Assist: J. Pulskamp
58'
58' T. Leibold
2nd substitution · For: M. Rodríguez
58'
58' M. Suleymanov
3rd substitution · For: D. Sallói
60'
60' T. Ku-DiPietro
1st substitution · For: C. Bassett
64'
64' J. Bartlett
73'
73' J. Atencio
2nd substitution · For: D. Yapi
73'
73' D. Joveljić
4th substitution · For: M. Toye
81'
81' C. Harris
3rd substitution · For: K. Stewart-Baynes
87'
87' E. Thommy
5th substitution · For: S. Muñóz
89'
89' Goal · 1-2
Rafael Navarro
Penalty

Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City 1-2: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Sporting Kansas City beat Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Saturday, 05 July 2025 in MLS. The match was refereed by Filip Dujic. It was played at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

First half: Sporting Kansas City took an early lead at 4' when D. Joveljić scored, with the assist credited to E. Thommy, making the score 0-1. Joaquín Fernández received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 17'.

Second half: Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 46', with Joaquín Fernández replacing I. James. Manu García received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 48'. T. Leibold received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 52'. Sporting Kansas City extended the lead at 53' when E. Thommy scored, with the assist credited to J. Pulskamp, making the score 0-2. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 58', with T. Leibold replacing M. Rodríguez. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 58', with M. Suleymanov replacing D. Sallói. Colorado Rapids made their 1st substitution at 60', with T. Ku-DiPietro replacing C. Bassett. J. Bartlett received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 64'. Colorado Rapids made their 2nd substitution at 73', with J. Atencio replacing D. Yapi. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 73', with D. Joveljić replacing M. Toye. Colorado Rapids made their 3rd substitution at 81', with C. Harris replacing K. Stewart-Baynes. Sporting Kansas City made their 5th substitution at 87', with E. Thommy replacing S. Muñóz. Colorado Rapids reduced the deficit at 89' when Rafael Navarro scored (Penalty), making the score 1-2.

Colorado Rapids used 3 substitutions while Sporting Kansas City used 5 substitutions. Sporting Kansas City got 4 yellow cards.

How the match was won

  • Colorado Rapids outshot their opponent (24-5).
  • Colorado Rapids controlled possession (67%).
  • Colorado Rapids had the sharper finishing (8-2 shots on target).

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games19
Home Wins5
Draws6
Away Wins8
Over 2.5 Goals11 (57.9%)
BTTS13 (68.4%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games8
Home Wins2
Draws5
Away Wins1
Over 2.5 Goals3 (37.5%)
BTTS5 (62.5%)

Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City Head-to-Head History by Season