Seattle Sounders vs Sporting Kansas City

Seattle Sounders

2 - 1

Sporting Kansas City

🕒 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:30 Europe/London 📍 Lumen Field 🧑‍⚖️ Jair Antonio Maruffo 🔁 Regular Season - 24 🏁 match finished

Season

2026-2027 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 24

Regular Season Table

Seattle Sounders 13 · Sporting Kansas City 30

Referee Stats

Jair Antonio Maruffo

9 matches · 2.33 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	2.33
Reds avg	0.11
Penalties avg	0.22
Over 4.5 cards	22%
Home wins	44%
Draws	33%
Away wins	22%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (21-22).
Seattle Sounders controlled possession (58%).
Sporting Kansas City had the sharper finishing (7-11 shots on target).

Team Overview

Seattle Sounders (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 7-4-4

Goals For / Against

24 / 21

Avg: 1.60 / 1.40

Points

Avg: 1.67

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sporting Kansas City (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 3-0-12

Goals For / Against

14 / 43

Avg: 0.93 / 2.87

Points

Avg: 0.60

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

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

Quick comparison bars

1.67

PPG

0.60

1.60

0.93

1.40

2.87

53%

O2.5

87%

67%

BTTS

47%

40%

Score 1st

27%

League-position context

Seattle Sounders rank13th

Sporting Kansas City rank30th

Seattle Sounders points42

Sporting Kansas City points22

Seattle Sounders: #13 · 42 pts · GD +2

13 pts off the top 2. 6 pts off the play-off line. 11 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Sporting Kansas City: #30 · 22 pts · GD -39

33 pts off the top 2. 26 pts off the play-off line. 11 pts from safety.

20-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Seattle Sounders last 5 home

D W W W D

Points11/15

Weighted index73

Goals8-3

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 W L L

Points3/15

Weighted index20

Goals7-12

Record1-0-4

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.

Seattle Sounders trend breakdown

Over 2.553%

BTTS67%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.573%

Also: Over 0.5 93% · Over 1.5 93% · Over 3.5 33% · 1H BTTS 20%

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.587%

BTTS47%

BTTS + O2.547%

1H Over 0.587%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 100% · Over 3.5 47% · 1H BTTS 13%

Scoring reliability

Seattle Sounders score at home80%

Seattle Sounders clean sheet at home20%

Sporting Kansas City score away53%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet away7%

First-goal patterns

Seattle Sounders score first40%

Seattle Sounders win after scoring first83%

Sporting Kansas City score first27%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first50%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Seattle Sounders 50% · Sporting Kansas City 10%

Avg first goal minute: Seattle Sounders 21.3' · Sporting Kansas City 30.0'

Vs league average

Seattle Sounders score at home1.60 vs 1.84

Seattle Sounders concede at home1.40 vs 1.41

Sporting Kansas City score away0.93 vs 1.41

Sporting Kansas City concede away2.87 vs 1.84

Seattle Sounders score 13% below league average, while Sporting Kansas City score 34% below league average.

Defensive side: Seattle Sounders are 1% below league average at home, and Sporting Kansas City are 56% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.80

BTTS80%

Over 2.560%

At this venue setup: 3.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Seattle Sounders goal timing (home)

1H scored: 38% 2H scored: 62% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 8

46-60 5

16-30 4

0-15 3

31-45 3

61-75 3

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 7

16-30 3

31-45 3

46-60 3

61-75 3

0-15 2

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (away)

1H scored: 57% 2H scored: 43% Danger: 31-45 Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

31-45 4

76-90+ 4

16-30 3

0-15 1

46-60 1

61-75 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 13

16-30 8

31-45 7

61-75 7

0-15 6

46-60 5

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

58%

42%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

555

388

Passes Accurate

487

333

Passes %

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Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

44' ⚽

⚽

44' ⚽ Goal · 0-1

André Luiz

Normal Goal · Assist: S. Afrifa

45' ↑↓

↑↓

45' ⇄ D. Musovski

1st substitution · For: S. Gomez

51' ⚽

⚽

51' ⚽ Goal · 1-1

S. Gomez

Normal Goal · Assist: J. Morris

61'

61' N. Tolo

63' ↑↓

↑↓

63' ⇄ S. Hawkins

2nd substitution · For: K. Kossa-Rienzi

63' ↑↓

↑↓

63' ⇄ P. Arriola

3rd substitution · For: C. Clark

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ C. Harris

1st substitution · For: Z. Bassong

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ André Luiz

2nd substitution · For: M. Suleymanov

76' ↑↓

↑↓

76' ⇄ S. Afrifa

3rd substitution · For: S. Reid

79' ↑↓

↑↓

79' ⇄ L. Johnsen

4th substitution · For: J. Bartlett

89' ↑↓

↑↓

89' ⇄ P. Kingston

4th substitution · For: M. Bronnik

89+1'

89+1' J. Bartlett

90' ⚽

⚽

90' ⚽ Goal · 2-1

C. Roldan

Normal Goal

90+3' ↑↓

↑↓

90+3' ⇄ A. Rusnák

5th substitution · For: Y. Gómez

Seattle Sounders vs Sporting Kansas City 2-1: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Seattle Sounders beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Friday, 02 October 2026 in MLS. The match was refereed by Jair Antonio Maruffo. It was played at Lumen Field.

First half: Sporting Kansas City took the lead at 44' when André Luiz scored, with the assist credited to S. Afrifa, making the score 0-1. Seattle Sounders made their 1st substitution at 45', with D. Musovski replacing S. Gomez.

Second half: Seattle Sounders leveled the score at 51' when S. Gomez scored, with the assist credited to J. Morris, making the score 1-1. N. Tolo received a yellow card for Seattle Sounders at 61'. Seattle Sounders made their 2nd substitution at 63', with S. Hawkins replacing K. Kossa-Rienzi. Seattle Sounders made their 3rd substitution at 63', with P. Arriola replacing C. Clark. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 76', with C. Harris replacing Z. Bassong. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 76', with André Luiz replacing M. Suleymanov. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 76', with S. Afrifa replacing S. Reid. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 79', with L. Johnsen replacing J. Bartlett. Seattle Sounders made their 4th substitution at 89', with P. Kingston replacing M. Bronnik. J. Bartlett received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 89+1'. Seattle Sounders took the lead at 90' when C. Roldan scored, making the score 2-1. Seattle Sounders made their 5th substitution at 90+3', with A. Rusnák replacing Y. Gómez.

Seattle Sounders used 5 substitutions while Sporting Kansas City used 4 substitutions. Seattle Sounders got 1 yellow card, while Sporting Kansas City got 1 yellow card.