Sporting Kansas City has won five of its last six home matches against Houston (L1), including both meetings last season. There have been 28 goals scored in those six matches, averaging 4.7 combined goals per match (SKC 17, Hou 11).
Sporting Kansas City opened with a loss for the third time in the last five seasons (W2) after falling in Atlanta on Saturday. Sporting last dropped its first two matches of a season in 2009, five months before Peter Vermes became head coach.
The Dynamo opened their 2022 season with a scoreless draw against Real Salt Lake, the first time they’ve failed to score in the opening match of the season since 2011. Houston has never failed to score in its first two matches of an MLS season.
Johnny Russell scored in his final six home matches of the 2022 regular season (8 goals), the longest such streak in Sporting Kansas City’s history. The last player with a longer home goal-scoring streak was Carlos Vela, who found the net in 12 straight home matches for LAFC in 2019-20.
Both Tim Parker (107) and Daniel Steres (105) attempted over 100 passes on Sunday against Real Salt Lake. A Dynamo player had managed 100 or more passes in a game just three times in the previous 10 seasons combined, with none doing so in the same season.
