Seattle Sounders vs Colorado Rapids Prediction: Seattle Sounders have the advantage

Seattle Sounders and Colorado Rapids are in the Western Conference. Colorado Rapids are 7th on the western conference table with 4 points, while Seattle Sounders are 13th with 1 point.

Seattle Sounders will face Colorado Rapids in the 4th round of the MLS. The game will be played at Seattle Sounders' home ground Lumen Field.

Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders have had a poor start to the campaign with just a draw and a defeat in their opening 2 games. Their last game against Philadelphia Union was abandoned and to be replayed at a later date.

The last time the Seattle Sounders played at the Lumen Field, they played a goalless draw with Austin FC almost 2 weeks ago. Despite being the better team on the pitch, they were unable to break the deadlock. According to stats, they had 57% possession, 3 shots on target and 9 corner kicks. They also had 14 shots in the opposition's box and hit the woodwork once during the game.

Seattle Sounders manager Brian Schmetzer has been getting all the attention for the team's woes this season. The team has been unable to produce any meaningful performance on the pitch. He will be working hard to set up the team to play better inorder to get a win in this game. He deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation in the game against Austin FC and he's most likely going to retain the same formation for the upcoming game.

Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids have finally gotten their win after 2 poor games at the start of the season. They defeated Real Salt Lake 2-1 in the last match. Rafael Navarro and Cole Bassette scored both goals in the game to win all 3 points for The Rapids. According to stats, Colorado Rapids had only 38% possession, 6 shots on targets and 0 corner kicks. They created 1 big chance, 1 counter attack and they took 6 shots in the opponent's box.

The Rapids' manager Neil Emblen will hope the team can keep up the momentum in the coming game. He deployed a 4-2-3-1 formation in the last game against Real Salt Lake. He is most likely going to retain the same setup against the Seattle Sounders in this game.

Head to Head

According to the h2h, in 20 meetings between Seattle Sounders and Colorado Rapids, Seattle Sounders won 11 while Colorado Rapids won 6 and 3 matches ended with a draw.

Analysis and Predictions

The Seattle Sounders are in pretty bad shape but there's still a good chance they will get their first win in this game. 

According to the h2h, Seattle Sounders have won the last 3 matches against The Rapids and The Rapids failed to keep a clean sheet in that time. There were also less than 10.5 corners played in 4 of the last 5 matches between Seattle Sounders and Colorado Rapids.

• Under 10 Total Corners at 1.9 Odds
• Under 10 Total Corners at 1.9 Odds
• Under 2.5 Goals at 1.85 Odds