Game: Sporting Kansas City vs Colorado Rapids

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Location: Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas

TV: MLS Season Pass

At Children’s Mercy Park, the Rapids (14-5-9) will try to beat Sporting KC (7-7-15) on Wednesday. The expected starting goalies are Tim Melia for Kansas City and Zack Steffen for Colorado.

The Wizards are ranked 25th in expected goals with 34.4 and the team’s expected goals against is 46.7. KC has conceded 55 goals and allowed 1.90 goals per 90 minutes and opposing teams have had 133 shots on goal. This team’s goal differential is currently -10 as 45 goals have been scored and 55 goals allowed. They have recorded 3 shutouts giving them a 10.3% rate this season. Sporting KC has collected 79 SVs and holds a 60.2 save percentage this year. Kansas City has received 57 yellow cards and 3 red cards this year. This season, this team is averaging 0.97 points per game (28 points) and is ranked 7th in MLS with 35 assists.

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The Rapids average 1.68 points per game and have a total of 33 assists and 2 red cards. Colorado has recorded a CS% of 17.9% and 43 yellow cards so far this season. Colorado ranks 9th with 46 goals against and the team’s goal differential is 9. This year, Colorado has a save percentage of 65.6 (128 shots against the goal) and ranks 6th in soccer with 47 points. The club’s goals against percentage per 90 minutes is 1.64, in addition to 84 saves, and they have posted 5 shutouts. The Colorado Rapids have scored 55 goals and their xG is 49.9 so far this year.

The man guarding the net for Kansas City is Tim Melia. Melia (112-66-104 in his career) has posted 76 shutouts, giving him a clean sheet percentage of 27.0%. The US-born goalie has faced 1,204 shots on goal in 281 appearances. His GA/90 is 1.35 (377 goals against) and he has a save percentage of 70.3. Melia has defended the net for a total of 25,193 minutes and has made 820 saves in his career.

Zack Steffen is expected to start goal for Colorado. He has allowed 1.43 goals per 90 minutes while posting a 76-35-63 record. Steffen has 42 shutouts in his entire career and has stopped 740 shots against him in 15,660 minutes. So far in his career, Steffen has allowed 248 goals and stopped 496 shots in 174 appearances. He has posted a 68.2 save percentage and his shutout rate is currently 24.1%.

Daniel Salloi is a player who has scoring potential for Kansas City. Salloi has started 191 matches in his professional soccer career and scored 0.29 goals per 90 minutes. The striker from Hungary has scored 56 goals in 17,383 minutes played. He has provided 37 assists and received 2 yellow cards in his career.

Colorado is led onto the field by Rafael Navarro, who has been a thorn in the side of the defense. The Brazilian striker has played 7,407 minutes and scored 33 goals. He has an average of 0.40 goals per 90 minutes and has started 84 times in his professional football career. He has received 8 yellow cards and assisted on 12 goals in his career.

Who will win tonight’s MLS game against the spread?

Guy Bruhns tip: Take Kansas City

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