Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 6 Sept 2026, 00:30 UTCScheduledPre-match analysis

FC Dallas

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Sporting Kansas City

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Sporting Kansas City's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. A second useful context is: Sporting Kansas City's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Sporting Kansas City's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Sporting Kansas City's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.13 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	2 goals/match	1.13 goals/match	1.63 goals/match

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

Sporting Kansas City show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Sporting Kansas City's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

11.9 shots/match▲ShotsFC Dallas · Sporting Kansas City9.56 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	FC Dallas	Sporting Kansas City	Baseline
Shots	11.9 shots/match	9.56 shots/match	13 shots/match
Shots against	10.5 shots/match	16.6 shots/match	12.3 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

Both teams have elevated fouls records

weak

Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline.

13.7 fouls/matchFoulsFC Dallas · Sporting Kansas City13.5 fouls/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	FC Dallas	Sporting Kansas City	Baseline
Fouls	13.7 fouls/match	13.5 fouls/match	12.1 fouls/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

FC Dallas favored in 10 of 13 directional metrics · Sporting Kansas City in 0 · 3 too close

2 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 16/161.13 goals/match

1.5 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 16/162.5 goals/match

1.58 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 13/130.95 xG/match

1.3 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 13/131.98 xG/match

11.9 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 16/169.56 shots/match

10.5 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 16/1616.6 shots/match

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

4.13 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 16/166.06 shots/match

42.8%Possessionseason · 16/16●44.3%

4.31 corners/match●Cornersseason · 16/163.81 corners/match

5.69 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 16/165.94 corners/match

2.2 cards/matchCardsseason · 5/31.33 cards/match

13.7 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 16/1613.5 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—

19%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 16/160%

81%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 16/1669%

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.

FC Dallas5

Sporting Kansas City8.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

FC Dallas55.6

Sporting Kansas City7.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

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

FC Dallas74.4

Sporting Kansas City10

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

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

FC Dallas65

Sporting Kansas City25

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

FC Dallas58.4

Sporting Kansas City43.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 59%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

FC Dallas16.7

Sporting Kansas City8.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

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

FC Dallas45.9

Sporting Kansas City26.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

FC Dallas16 matchesSporting Kansas City16 matches

2 goals/match▲Goals scored16/161.13 goals/match

1.5 goals/match▲Goals allowed16/162.5 goals/match

1.58 xG/match▲Expected goals13/130.95 xG/match

11.9 shots/match▲Shots16/169.56 shots/match

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

42.8%Possession16/16●44.3%

4.31 corners/match●Corners16/163.81 corners/match

2.2 cards/matchCards5/31.33 cards/match

13.7 fouls/matchFouls16/1613.5 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

FC Dallas9 matchesSporting Kansas City8 matches

2 goals/match▲Goals scored9/80.88 goals/match

1.78 goals/match▲Goals allowed9/83.13 goals/match

1.64 xG/match▲Expected goals7/70.66 xG/match

12.1 shots/match▲Shots9/88.88 shots/match

4 shots/match▲Shots on target9/82.88 shots/match

43.9%Possession9/8●45.4%

4.22 corners/match●Corners9/83.75 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/1—

14.7 fouls/matchFouls9/814.9 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

44.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/145 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

Freshness45 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, 6 Sept 2026, 00:30 UTC · analysis-v4