Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 02:30 UTCScheduledPre-match analysis

San Diego FC

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Colorado Rapids

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Colorado Rapids's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: Colorado Rapids's away-only shot average is below their full-season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Colorado Rapids's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Colorado Rapids's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.8 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.63 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.8 goals/match	1.63 goals/match	1.63 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Colorado Rapids have a visible away split

moderate

Colorado Rapids's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

8.11 shots/match▲ShotsAway only · Season10.8 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	8.11 shots/match	10.8 shots/match	13 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0San Diego FC

0Draws

1Colorado Rapids

23 Jul 2026Colorado Rapids — San Diego · Major League Soccer1–0

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

San Diego FC favored in 6 of 14 directional metrics · Colorado Rapids in 4 · 4 too close

1.88 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 16/161.63 goals/match

1.75 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 16/16▲1.5 goals/match

1.43 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 13/131.25 xG/match

1.9 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 13/13▲1.45 xG/match

11.2 shots/matchShotsseason · 16/1610.8 shots/match

13.4 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 16/16▲11.8 shots/match

4.44 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 16/164.13 shots/match

5.44 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 16/16▲4.44 shots/match

60.8%Possessionseason · 16/1655.4%

4.56 corners/matchCornersseason · 16/164.81 corners/match

3.94 corners/match▲Corners allowedseason · 16/164.63 corners/match

2.88 cards/match▲Cardsseason · 8/73.57 cards/match

11.1 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 16/1614.3 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

25%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 16/1625%

81%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 16/1675%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

San Diego FC98.3

Colorado Rapids85

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

San Diego FC41.7

Colorado Rapids26.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

San Diego FC28.3

Colorado Rapids63.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

San Diego FC1.7

Colorado Rapids5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

San Diego FC50.9

Colorado Rapids95

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 72%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

San Diego FC40

Colorado Rapids51.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

San Diego FC30

Colorado Rapids43

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches

2.2 goals/match▲Goals scored5/50.8 goals/match

1.8 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲1 goals/match

1.61 xG/match▲Expected goals5/50.77 xG/match

13.8 shots/match▲Shots5/59.4 shots/match

5 shots/match▲Shots on target5/52.8 shots/match

55.4%Possession5/553.4%

4 corners/matchCorners5/56.4 corners/match

—Cards1/2—

9.2 fouls/matchFouls5/515.8 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

10 / 10 matches

1.7 goals/match▲Goals scored10/101.3 goals/match

2 goals/matchGoals allowed10/10▲1.4 goals/match

1.48 xG/match▲Expected goals10/101.05 xG/match

12.2 shots/match▲Shots10/109.9 shots/match

4.3 shots/match▲Shots on target10/103.2 shots/match

58.8%Possession10/1056.7%

4.3 corners/matchCorners10/104.7 corners/match

3.67 cards/matchCards3/34 cards/match

10.3 fouls/matchFouls10/1013.4 fouls/match

Window

Season

16 / 16 matches

1.88 goals/match▲Goals scored16/161.63 goals/match

1.75 goals/matchGoals allowed16/16▲1.5 goals/match

1.43 xG/match▲Expected goals13/131.25 xG/match

11.2 shots/matchShots16/1610.8 shots/match

4.44 shots/match▲Shots on target16/164.13 shots/match

60.8%Possession16/1655.4%

4.56 corners/matchCorners16/164.81 corners/match

2.88 cards/matchCards8/73.57 cards/match

11.1 fouls/matchFouls16/1614.3 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

9 / 9 matches

2.56 goals/match▲Goals scored9/91.11 goals/match

1.67 goals/matchGoals allowed9/91.67 goals/match

1.55 xG/match▲Expected goals7/81.13 xG/match

12.9 shots/match▲Shots9/98.11 shots/match

5.33 shots/match▲Shots on target9/93.33 shots/match

61.8%Possession9/954.9%

5.11 corners/matchCorners9/94.11 corners/match

2.6 cards/matchCards5/2—

11.2 fouls/matchFouls9/914.9 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

31 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/131 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/10 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples16 / 16home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness31 daysstale at cutoff

At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 02:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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What the record shows

Colorado Rapids's recent record differs from the season

Colorado Rapids have a visible away split

Head-to-head

Values, percentiles and samples

How the teams compare

Possession control

Attacking volume

Defensive resistance

Directness proxy

Physicality

Set-piece relevance

Tempo and pressure proxy

Season, last 10 and last 5

Last 5

Last 10

Season

Home and away samples

Home team at home / away team away

Rest and recent workload

How much supports this analysis

Known unknowns

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