Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union Prediction & Picks - Major League Soccer
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The free-scoring Philadelphia Union will be aiming to tighten their grip on an Eastern Conference playoff spot, when they visit Sporting Kansas City at Children's Mercy Park on Saturday evening.
The Union have won both of their last two fixtures by five goals to nil, and are currently on a 10 game unbeaten run in MLS. Although the team's offense has been earning all of the plaudits in recent weeks, the Philly defense has also been performing at an extremely high level and has kept three consecutive clean sheets. If Philly can maintain their current strong form, they will have no problems at all in securing a postseason place.
It has been an utterly miserable season for KC, but they did enjoy their best result of the campaign last weekend when they defeated LAFC 3-1. Whilst that victory did snap a seven game winless run, Raphaël Wicky's team are still 10 points adrift at the bottom of the Western Conference table and already out of playoff contention.
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Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union Form
Table
| Teams | Pts | P | W | D | L | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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14
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33 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | +7 |
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30
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18 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -33 |
Sporting Kansas City and Philadelphia Union Latest Matches
1/6 (17%)
1/6 (17%)
4/6 (67%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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2/6 (33%)
1/6 (17%)
3/6 (50%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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1/6 (17%)
0/6 (0%)
5/6 (83%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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4/6 (67%)
2/6 (33%)
0/6 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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4/6 (67%)
1/6 (17%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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3/6 (50%)
1/6 (17%)
2/6 (33%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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Sporting Kansas City against Philadelphia Union : Head to Head (H2H)
0 %
67 %
33 %
Average stats (last H2H results)
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Philadelphia Union v Sporting Kansas City last Lineups
Formation : 4 - 4 - 2
Formation : 4 - 4 - 2
Substitutes
J. Pulskamp
DefenderJ. Miller
J. Reid
D. Borges
MidfielderJ. Bartlett
A. Cunningham
ForwardS. Reid
R. Ramos
S. Suleymanov
A. Rick
DefenderJ. Sery
MidfielderA. Bedoya
J. Bueno
Q. Sullivan
B. Bender
ForwardM. Jakupovic
A. Anello
E. Alladoh
Most goals and assists
Sporting Kansas City
Philadelphia Union
C. Harris
(3 Goals)
, 
S. Afrifa
(3 Goals)
, 
T. Calheira
(3 Goals)
M. Iloski
(12 Goals)
M. Garcia
(3 Assists)
,
C. Harris
(3 Assists)
F. Westfield
(7 Assists)
Sporting Kansas City - Philadelphia Union Key Points
- Philly have scored 12 goals without reply in their last 3 games
- KC have not kept a clean sheet this season
- There have been over 3.5 goals in 5 of Philly's last 6 road games
- There have been over 3.5 goals in 6 of Philly's last 8 games
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Our Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union Prediction
Philly are on fire at the minute, so we expect them to make short work of a KC side that looks woefully short of quality, despite last week's impressive win in LA.
With 12 goals in their last three MLS games, the Union attack are probably the hottest in the league at present. As such, we think they will have a field day against a leaky Sporting defence that has not kept a clean sheet all season.
Our prediction for Sporting Kansas City vs Philadelphia Union is: Philadelphia to win and over 3.5 goals.
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