Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City Predictions: More Misery for the Rapids

Colorado Rapids and Sporting Kansas City battle for 3 points in the second round of the new campaign. Colorado Rapids will pick themselves up from a 4-0 thrashing against Seattle Sounders FC in the first match and Sporting Kansas, have all to fight for to overcome a 1-0 loss against Portland Timbers in the first round. 

Colorado Rapids started the campaign on a very disappointing note and they must feel gutted at the moment. They lost 4-0 to Seattle Sounders in what appeared to be a bizarre first match of the season. Colorado Rapids only managed 2 shots on target throughout the whole match and 49% possession. In the pre-season games, Colorado Rapids had 3 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw in 6 matches.

Colorado Rapids are without a clean sheet in 6 matches and they have seen more than 2.5 goals scored in 7/7 matches. Both teams have also scored in their last 5/6 matches and less than 4.5 cards have been shown in 9/9 matches.

Colorado Rapids are currently at the bottom of the Western Conference table.

Sporting Kansas will recover from a first round heartbreak, after they lost 1-0 to Portland Timbers. Sporting Kansas had 4 shots on target, same as the opposition, with 57% possession. During the Pre-Season break, Sporting Kansas City had 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Sporting Kansas City are without a clean sheet in 4 matches and have seen more than 2.5 goals in 4/5 matches. Sporting Kansas City also conceded first in 5/7 matches and have seen less than 4.5 cards in 10/10 matches.

Kansas are in 13th place just one place above the opposition in the Western Conference table.

These two have faced each other 20 times before now. Colorado Rapids and Sporting Kansas each won 6 matches and 8 matches ended in a draw. In 4/5 matches, they have seen less than 2.5 goals scored and in 5/6 matches, they have seen less than 4.5 cards shown. In 7/8 matches, they had seen less than 10.5 corners played.

Both teams lost the first match and it's time for both sides to pick themselves up and focus on this match. Colorado Rapids need more than that to bounce back and we will see if they can finally play together as a team here. It's no surprise that Sporting Kansas are the favorites, but we won’t rule out a surprise in this match.

• Bet on Over 2 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams Score at 1.86 Odds
• Bet on 1-2 Correct Score at 6.9 Odds