Sporting Kansas City hosts Minnesota United in conference matchup

Minnesota United FC (6-5-4, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Sporting Kansas City (3-10-2, 16th in the Western Conference)

Kansas City, Missouri; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Minnesota United FC -105, Sporting Kansas City +237, Draw +280; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United square off in Western Conference play.

Sporting KC is 3-8-1 in Western Conference play. Sporting KC is 20-32 in games decided by one goal.

United is 4-4-4 against Western Conference opponents. United is 10th in the MLS allowing only 22 goals.

Wednesday's game is the first time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dejan Joveljic has seven goals and one assist for Sporting KC. Calvin Harris has scored two goals over the past 10 games.

Kelvin Yeboah has eight goals for United. Anthony Markanich has scored four goals over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Sporting KC: 9-14-7, averaging 3.3 goals, 11.4 shots on goal and 11.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 8.4 goals per game.

United: 18-5-7, averaging 4.2 goals, 14.4 shots on goal and 15.9 corner kicks per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Sporting KC: Taylor Calheira (injured), Wyatt Meyer (injured), Justin Reynolds (injured), Diego Henrique Borges da Silva (injured).

United: Peter Stroud (injured), Kelvin Yeboah (injured), Julian Gressel (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.