The Sounders have won nine of the 11 all-time MLS meetings with Minnesota (D1 L1, incl. playoffs), including a 2–1 away victory in April. The resulting .818-win percentage is the best for any team against a single opponent its played at least 10 times in MLS history.
Seattle has dropped three straight MLS matches, all to teams that missed last season’s playoffs. The Sounders have had just two longer regular season losing streaks in club history, most recently a five-game run in July-August 2015.
The Loons have struggled on the road, managing just four wins in 22 road games since the start of last season (D8 L10, incl. playoffs). Cascadia has never been kind to Minnesota, with just three wins in 17 MLS visits to Portland, Seattle and Vancouver (D2 L12, incl, playoffs).
Seattle has won only one of its last six MLS matches at home (D2, including a penalty shootout loss, L3) and failed to score in three of their last four home MLS games (incl. playoffs).
While Minnesota’s forwards have struggled, they’ve also done well against their opponents’ attack. Minnesota has faced the third-most shots per match this season (14.5, Seattle most at 16.6), but have the second lowest opponent conversion rate in MLS (6.2%).
