Sporting Kansas City has won only one of it last eight matches against D.C. United (D3 L4), scoring two total goals in those games. The two goals are the fewest Sporting has ever scored in an eight-match span against a single opponent, though D.C. has found the net just three times in the last six meetings.
Sporting Kansas City is unbeaten in four straight games (W2 D2), the team’s longest run of the season, after a scoreless draw at Houston on Saturday. Both wins in that stretch came at home as Sporting has won its last three at home after winning one of its nine games at Children’s Mercy Park (D2 L6).
D.C. United has played two straight scoreless draws following a 0-0 at Real Salt Lake on Saturday. This is the 44th time a team has played two straight scoreless regular season games, but only once, Colorado in its first three games of the 2015 season, has a team played straight goalless matches.
Sporting Kansas City has been the worst second-half team in the MLS this season, scoring a league-low 16 goals after halftime while conceding 34, second most behind only San Jose (36). In the last 15 minutes of games, Sporting has conceded a league-high 15 times while scoring just five, tied for fewest in MLS.
D.C. United’s scoreless draw at Salt Lake on Saturday was a the league-leading 14th time its failed to score in a match this season. A team has gone scoreless 15 times in a season just seven times in MLS history, with D.C. accounting for three of those (17 in 2010 and 2017, 16 in 2013).
