FC Dallas’ 32-point Western Conference edge puts Sporting Kansas City’s home defence under focus
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FC Dallas arrive at Children's Mercy Park 32 points above Sporting Kansas City in the Western Conference, with the home side’s defensive record and several absences central to the pre-match question.
Before kickoff
Can Sporting Kansas City’s home defence contain FC Dallas’ stronger season profile when the Western Conference’s #15 hosts the #2 side? The pre-match standings put FC Dallas on 54 points from 32 games and Sporting Kansas City on 22, a 32-point gap, with Vancouver Whitecaps leading the conference on 58 points.
Form offers Dallas the steadier platform
Across the 32 most recent results supplied for each team, Sporting Kansas City’s latest five are Loss, Draw, Loss, Win, Loss. FC Dallas’ latest five are Win, Draw, Loss, Draw, Win. That recent sequence gives Dallas the more positive immediate record, although it does not establish how this single match will unfold.
Home and away numbers point to the key test
Sporting Kansas City are 3-4-9 at home this season, scoring 23 goals and conceding 34, with no home clean sheets. FC Dallas are 7-4-5 away, scoring 29 and conceding 27, and have kept three away clean sheets. The central question is whether Sporting can improve a home defensive record that has allowed 2.10 goals per home game against an away side averaging 1.80 goals per away game.
Availability before kickoff
Sporting Kansas City will be without O. Blorian, Diego Borges, M. Mosquera, S. Reid and J. Reynolds; Z. Bassong and L. Johnsen are questionable. FC Dallas will be without S. Moore and N. Norris through yellow-card suspensions, while L. Farrington and Geovane Jesus are questionable.
Can Sporting Kansas City prevent FC Dallas from turning its away attacking average into another difficult home defensive assignment?
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | WLWDD | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 67 | 33 | 58 | |
| 2 | FC Dallas | LWDWL | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 49 | 54 | |
| 3 | St. Louis City | LLLDW | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 47 | 51 | |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | WDDDD | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 39 | 51 | |
| 5 | San Jose Earthquakes | DLDDD | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 47 | 49 | |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | DDWDL | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 47 | |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | DWDDD | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 44 | 43 | 43 | |
| 8 | Seattle Sounders | LDDLW | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 43 | |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | WWWDL | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 49 | 42 | |
| 10 | Los Angeles Galaxy | DDWLW | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 54 | 41 | |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | WWDLD | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 60 | 40 | |
| 12 | Minnesota United FC | WDWDD | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 56 | 38 | |
| 13 | San Diego | LDDDL | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 62 | 35 | |
| 14 | Austin | LWLLL | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 59 | 34 | |
| 15 | Sporting Kansas City | LLLLD | 32 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 38 | 80 | 22 | |
| 1 | Nashville SC | DWDWW | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 23 | 71 | |
| 2 | New England Revolution | WWWWL | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 44 | 58 | |
| 3 | Inter Miami | DLWWW | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 75 | 55 | 56 | |
| 4 | Chicago Fire | DWLLW | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 48 | 52 | |
| 5 | Charlotte | WLDLW | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 48 | 50 | |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | DLDWW | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 50 | 47 | |
| 7 | Orlando City SC | DDWDW | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 74 | 43 | |
| 8 | FC Cincinnati | DWWLL | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 66 | 73 | 43 | |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | WWWWL | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 49 | 41 | |
| 10 | New York Red Bulls | LWLLW | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 59 | 39 | |
| 11 | Toronto FC | WLWDW | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 50 | 60 | 39 | |
| 12 | New York City FC | WDDLL | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 44 | 38 | |
| 13 | DC United | LLLLW | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 57 | 33 | |
| 14 | Atlanta United FC | LLLWL | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 56 | 30 | |
| 15 | CF Montreal | LLDLL | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 66 | 25 |