Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids

4 - 2

🕒 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 01:30 Europe/London 📍 Children's Mercy Park 🧑‍⚖️ Fotis Bazakos 🔁 Regular Season - 29 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 29

Regular Season Table

Sporting Kansas City 27 · Colorado Rapids 21

Referee Stats

Fotis Bazakos

15 matches · 3.87 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	3.87
Reds avg	0.13
Penalties avg	0.33
Over 4.5 cards	40%
Home wins	67%
Draws	20%
Away wins	13%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (20-16).
Sporting Kansas City controlled possession (55%).
Sporting Kansas City had the sharper finishing (10-7 shots on target).

Team Overview

Sporting Kansas City (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-5-8

Goals For / Against

25 / 32

Avg: 1.47 / 1.88

Points

Avg: 1.00

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Colorado Rapids (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 3-4-10

Goals For / Against

19 / 35

Avg: 1.12 / 2.06

Points

Avg: 0.76

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

1.00

PPG

0.76

1.47

1.12

1.88

2.06

53%

O2.5

71%

65%

BTTS

59%

24%

Score 1st

41%

League-position context

Sporting Kansas City rank27th

Colorado Rapids rank21st

Sporting Kansas City points28

Colorado Rapids points41

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.

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.

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

Sporting Kansas City last 5 home

D L L W L

Points4/15

Weighted index24

Goals5-8

Record1-1-3

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 last 5 away

L L L L W

Points3/15

Weighted index7

Goals5-12

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.

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.553%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.535%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 88% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Colorado Rapids trend breakdown

Over 2.571%

BTTS59%

BTTS + O2.559%

1H Over 0.565%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Sporting Kansas City score at home76%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet at home18%

Colorado Rapids score away65%

Colorado Rapids clean sheet away12%

First-goal patterns

Sporting Kansas City score first24%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first50%

Colorado Rapids score first41%

Colorado Rapids win after scoring first43%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Sporting Kansas City 54% · Colorado Rapids 22%

Avg first goal minute: Sporting Kansas City 24.3' · Colorado Rapids 36.9'

Vs league average

Sporting Kansas City score at home1.47 vs 1.64

Sporting Kansas City concede at home1.88 vs 1.36

Colorado Rapids score away1.12 vs 1.36

Colorado Rapids concede away2.06 vs 1.64

Sporting Kansas City score 10% below league average, while Colorado Rapids score 18% below league average.

Defensive side: Sporting Kansas City are 38% above league average at home, and Colorado Rapids are 26% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals4.20

BTTS80%

Over 2.580%

At this venue setup: 4.00 goals on average across the last 5.

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (home)

1H scored: 31% 2H scored: 69% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

61-75 8

76-90+ 8

16-30 5

46-60 4

0-15 3

31-45 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 8

16-30 8

31-45 7

76-90+ 5

46-60 4

61-75 4

Colorado Rapids goal timing (away)

1H scored: 48% 2H scored: 52% Danger: 31-45 Vulnerable: 31-45

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

31-45 6

46-60 6

16-30 4

61-75 3

76-90+ 2

0-15 0

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

31-45 10

76-90+ 8

46-60 7

61-75 5

0-15 3

16-30 2

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

55%

45%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

516

430

Passes Accurate

445

372

Passes %

86%

87%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

4' ⚽

⚽

4' ⚽ Goal · 1-0

D. Joveljić

Normal Goal

16'

16' Z. Bassong

22' ⚽

⚽

22' ⚽ Goal · 1-1

Rafael Navarro

Normal Goal

31' ⚽

⚽

31' ⚽ Goal · 1-2

K. Rosenberry

Normal Goal

51'

51' I. James

60' ↑↓

↑↓

60' ⇄ I. James

1st substitution · For: Jansen Miller

60' ↑↓

↑↓

60' ⇄ D. Yapi

1st substitution · For: C. Harris

60' ↑↓

↑↓

60' ⇄ Rafael Santos

2nd substitution · For: S. Vines

61' ↑↓

↑↓

61' ⇄ Z. Bassong

2nd substitution · For: J. Bartlett

61' ↑↓

↑↓

61' ⇄ M. Suleymanov

3rd substitution · For: M. Toye

70' ↑↓

↑↓

70' ⇄ C. Bassett

3rd substitution · For: T. Ku-DiPietro

70' ↑↓

↑↓

70' ⇄ O. Larraz

4th substitution · For: C. Ronan

73' ⚽

⚽

73' ⚽ Goal · 2-2

D. Sallói

Normal Goal · Assist: Jansen Miller

75' ⚽

⚽

75' ⚽ Goal · 3-2

M. Toye

Normal Goal · Assist: S. Muñóz

77' ↑↓

↑↓

77' ⇄ T. Leibold

4th substitution · For: L. Ndenbe

77' ↑↓

↑↓

77' ⇄ R. Holding

5th substitution · For: A. Harris

81' ⚽

⚽

81' ⚽ Goal · 4-2

D. Joveljić

Normal Goal · Assist: J. Bartlett

89' ↑↓

↑↓

89' ⇄ S. Muñóz

5th substitution · For: N. Radoja

Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids 4-2: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Sporting Kansas City beat Colorado Rapids 4-2 on Sunday, 31 August 2025 in MLS. The match was refereed by Fotis Bazakos. It was played at Children's Mercy Park.

First half: Sporting Kansas City took an early lead at 4' when D. Joveljić scored, making the score 1-0. Z. Bassong received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 16'. Colorado Rapids leveled the score at 22' when Rafael Navarro scored, making the score 1-1. Colorado Rapids took the lead at 31' when K. Rosenberry scored, making the score 1-2.

Second half: I. James received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 51'. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 60', with I. James replacing Jansen Miller. Colorado Rapids made their 1st substitution at 60', with D. Yapi replacing C. Harris. Colorado Rapids made their 2nd substitution at 60', with Rafael Santos replacing S. Vines. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 61', with Z. Bassong replacing J. Bartlett. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 61', with M. Suleymanov replacing M. Toye. Colorado Rapids made their 3rd substitution at 70', with C. Bassett replacing T. Ku-DiPietro. Colorado Rapids made their 4th substitution at 70', with O. Larraz replacing C. Ronan. Sporting Kansas City leveled the score at 73' when D. Sallói scored, with the assist credited to Jansen Miller, making the score 2-2. Sporting Kansas City took the lead at 75' when M. Toye scored, with the assist credited to S. Muñóz, making the score 3-2. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 77', with T. Leibold replacing L. Ndenbe. Colorado Rapids made their 5th substitution at 77', with R. Holding replacing A. Harris. Sporting Kansas City extended the lead at 81' when D. Joveljić scored, with the assist credited to J. Bartlett, making the score 4-2. Sporting Kansas City made their 5th substitution at 89', with S. Muñóz replacing N. Radoja.

Sporting Kansas City used 5 substitutions while Colorado Rapids used 5 substitutions. Sporting Kansas City got 2 yellow cards.