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Sporting Kansas City vs DC United: result 2-1 and analysis

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 23Kick-off on August 12, 2012 at 12:40 AM (UTC)Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Sporting Kansas City
2-1
DC United

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What was the result of Sporting Kansas City vs DC United?

Sporting Kansas City won 2-1 on August 12, 2012.

Goalscorers

  • 13′T. BunburySporting Kansas City
  • 23′N. DeLeonDC United
  • 62′G. ZusiSporting Kansas City

Official lineup for Sporting Kansas City vs DC United

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Sporting Kansas City

  1. 9T. Bunbury
  2. 23K. Kamara
  1. 6Paulo Roberto Corradi Nagamura
  2. 8G. Zusi
  3. 15R. Espinoza
  4. 25Neven Markovic
  5. 88M. Thomas
  6. 1J. Nielsen
  1. 2Michael Harrington
  2. 5M. Besler
  3. 78A. Collin

DC United

  1. 13C. Pontius
  2. 27Tan Long
  1. 8B. Bošković
  2. 18N. DeLeon
  3. 23P. Kitchen
  1. 4Brandon Marquee McDonald
  2. 6Mike Chabala
  3. 14A. Najar
  4. 19E. Dudar
  5. 22C. Korb
  1. 28B. Hamid
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Sporting Kansas City have 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats; DC United have 9, 0 and 6.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 9, 2012Seattle Sounders(home)2-2US Open Cup
Aug 4, 2012New England Revolution(away)1-0Major League Soccer
Jul 29, 2012Columbus Crew(home)1-2Major League Soccer
Jul 22, 2012New England Revolution(home)0-0Major League Soccer
Jul 19, 2012Houston Dynamo(away)1-2Major League Soccer
DC United
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 4, 2012Columbus Crew(home)1-0Major League Soccer
Jul 21, 2012Columbus Crew(away)0-1Major League Soccer
Jul 16, 2012Houston Dynamo(away)0-4Major League Soccer
Jun 30, 2012CF Montreal(home)3-0Major League Soccer
Jun 24, 2012New York Red Bulls(away)2-3Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

In the last meeting: 1 Sporting Kansas City win, 0 draws, 0 DC United wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Mar 11, 2012DC United 0-1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: DC United vs Sporting Kansas City on Mar 11, 2012

How many goals should we expect?

Sporting Kansas City score 1.3 and concede 0.9 goals per match over their last 15; DC United score 1.7 and concede 1.5.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Sporting Kansas City1.30.985/156/15
DC United1.71.557/159/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Sporting Kansas City sit 15th in Major League Soccer (26 points from 34 matches) and DC United sit 14th (33 points from 34 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
14DC UnitedEastern Conference3471215396133
15Sporting Kansas CityWestern Conference347522408126

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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