Sporting Kansas City vs Minnesota United - prediction, team news, lineups

Minnesota United volition caput connected their travels for Wednesday's MLS gathering with Sporting Kansas City astatine Sporting Park.

The crippled represents the visitors' archetypal lucifer since the World Cup break, portion Sporting KC returned to enactment with a 3-2 decision successful Thursday's clash with St. Louis City. 

Match preview

Raphael Wicky has recovered beingness hard successful his archetypal play arsenic Sporting KC boss, having seen his 15 MLS games instrumentality 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats.

There were signs of a turnaround erstwhile they recorded back-to-back wins implicit Los Angeles Galaxy and Austin FC successful May, lone to suffer 2-1 to New York Red Bulls successful their last crippled earlier the break.

Sporting KC thought they had returned to enactment with a gully aft coming from 2 goals down to level the scoreline successful their distant gathering with St. Louis City.

However, Eduard Lowen's 85th-minute punishment proved capable to condemn the Wizards to a 3-2 loss, representing their sixth decision successful 8 MLS distant games (W2).

As a effect of their struggles this season, Wicky's charges are presently languishing astatine the bottommost of the Western Conference, with 9 points separating them from the apical nine.

Their hopes of claiming a affirmative effect connected Wednesday volition beryllium tempered by the information they person not beaten Minnesota successful a competitory lucifer since a tally of 4 consecutive wins from September 2022 to October 2022. 

Minnesota, who inhabit eighth spot successful the Western Conference, are preparing to play their archetypal crippled since rescuing a 1-1 gully against Real Salt Lake successful their last outing earlier the lengthy break.

Mauricio Gonzalez struck successful the 93rd infinitesimal to salvage a point, though the effect extended Minnesota's winless tally to 4 matches (D2, L2).

The astir caller of their six MLS matches this play took spot astatine the commencement of May, erstwhile they battled backmost from 2 goals down to clinch a melodramatic 3-2 distant win. 

That effect represents 1 of their 4 victories successful the past 5 MLS distant outings, truthful they should fancy their chances of troubling a Sporting KC broadside debased connected confidence.

Cameron Knowles's broadside volition besides instrumentality assurance from the information they person won 4 of their past 5 matches against the Wizards, including a 3-0 location triumph successful their astir caller brushwood successful October 2025.

That said, they volition not person fond memories of their past sojourn to Sporting Park successful March past year, which saw them squander a three-goal pb successful an entertaining 3-3 draw. 

Sporting Kansas City Major League Soccer form:

D L W W L L 

Minnesota United Major League Soccer form:

L W D L L D 

Team News

The hosts are expected to beryllium without the services of Taylor Calheira (ankle), Diego Borges (quad) and Justin Reynolds (hamstring).

Emir Karic, who precocious completed a determination from Sturm Graz, is pushing for his archetypal commencement successful a Sporting KC garment aft making his debut arsenic a substitute astatine the weekend.  

While Karic is hoping to diagnostic astatine left-back, Jake Davis is successful contention to commencement connected the close broadside of the backline. 

As for the visitors, midfielder Peter Stroud is inactive waiting to marque his Minnesota debut aft picking up an wounded earlier this year.

Midfielder Julian Gressel is besides a fittingness concern, having been retired of enactment since March with an wounded issue. 

Kelvin Yeboah volition airs 1 of Minnesota's main extremity threats aft scoring 8 goals successful his 14 MLS appearances earlier the World Cup break.

Sporting Kansas City imaginable starting lineup:

Cleveland; Davis, Miller, Blorian, Karic; Johnsen, Bassong; Capita, Garcia, Harris; Joveljic

Minnesota United imaginable starting lineup:

Callender; Duggan, Boxall, Romero; Duncan, Triantis, Trapp, Markanich; Pereyra, Chancalay, Yeboah

We say: Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Minnesota United

Minnesota recorded 4 wins successful their last 5 distant games earlier the break, and portion they volition person to get up to velocity rapidly pursuing the deficiency of caller competitory action, we judge they volition beryllium excessively beardown for their struggling hosts.

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