Sporting Kansas City
- Sporting Kansas City has won four of their 16 home MLS 2025 matches, averaging 2.00 goals conceded per game.
- Sporting Kansas City and Houston Dynamo are two teams in need of a win in the ongoing quest for a playoff place when they meet at Children’s Mercy Park on Sunday. For our Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo prediction, both teams’ recent struggles make this matchup particularly hard to call.
- Neither team is in good form, with SKC losing all of their past five MLS fixtures and failing to win their two most recent home games.
- Zavagnin took charge on March 31, 2025 and has made the team more pragmatic and adaptable, less rigid when pressing from the front and more patient when in possession.
Houston Dynamo
- Houston Dynamo has won only four of their 16 away games this season, averaging 1.62 goals conceded on their travels.
- Houston Dynamo is not faring any better with one win, one draw and three defeats in their most recent five, so there may be a bit of ‘who dares wins’ on show. According to our Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo betting tips, it’s worth considering both teams' frailties at the back.
- Houston Dynamo sits 22nd in the MLS 2025 table with 36 points from 33 games, nine more than SKC in 27th.
Head-to-Head
The last two head-to-head matches have seen one win apiece, most recently 3-1 as visitors four months ago .
Key Players
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Dejan Joveljic is the main goal threat for SKC with 18 MLS goals from 31 appearances in 2025 and he has scored both of his team’s goals in their most recent two games.
- 18 MLS goals from 31 appearances in 2025
- Has scored both of his team’s goals in their most recent two games
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Ezequiel Ponce leads the way for Dynamo with 10 MLS strikes and has maintained his scoring touch with two in his last five.
- 10 MLS strikes
- Two in his last five
- Lawrence Ennali has been a creative spark in the middle of the field for them recently, providing three assists in Dynamo’s last five MLS contests.
Betting Insights
- Houston is the slight favorite for this match with odds of 2.52 compared to 2.5 for SKC and the draw is 3.65.
- Over 2.5 goals is 1.5 and BTTS is 1.4, both very short, but we’ll take the over in this open game where Houston has a chance to nick it. The Sporting Kansas City vs Houston Dynamo betting tips also suggest looking at both teams to score and a high goal count.
Prediction
We’ll take the over in this open game where Houston has a chance to nick it.
