Atlanta United FC vs Sporting Kansas City

Major League Soccer · 2026 · Regular Season - 21

Atlanta United FC

Full time

Sporting Kansas City

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GeorgiaCapacity 73,019

Timeline

Kick-off
13'1-0Goal. T. Jacob (Miguel Almirón)Normal GoalTeam: Atlanta United FC
22'Yellow card. Emir KarićYellow CardTeam: Sporting Kansas City
24'2-0Goal. Fafà Picault (E. Báez)Normal GoalTeam: Atlanta United FC
45+2'Substitution. J. Davis replaced by Justin ReynoldsSubstitution 1Team: Sporting Kansas City
2-0Half time
Second half
62'Substitution. Emir Karić replaced by J. ReidSubstitution 2Team: Sporting Kansas City
62'Substitution. T. Calheira replaced by S. AfrifaSubstitution 3Team: Sporting Kansas City
62'Substitution. Fafà Picault replaced by William ReillySubstitution 1Team: Atlanta United FC
62'Substitution. Adrian Gill replaced by L. BrennanSubstitution 2Team: Atlanta United FC
70'2-1Goal. S. AfrifaNormal GoalTeam: Sporting Kansas City
72'Yellow card. L. BrennanYellow CardTeam: Atlanta United FC
73'Substitution. Paulo Díaz replaced by Stian GregersenSubstitution 3Team: Atlanta United FC
76'Yellow card. E. BáezYellow CardTeam: Atlanta United FC
77'Substitution. C. Sanchez replaced by Steven AlzateSubstitution 4Team: Atlanta United FC
78'Substitution. L. Brennan replaced by Matthew EdwardsSubstitution 5Team: Atlanta United FC
87'Substitution. Capita replaced by J. BartlettSubstitution 4Team: Sporting Kansas City
2-1Full time

Line-ups

Atlanta United FC

Formation 4-2-3-1

L. Hoyos6.7

E. Báez6.5

Junior Alonso7.2

Paulo Díaz7.3

T. Jacob7.2

T. Muyumba6.7

Miguel Almirón7.9

Adrian Gill6.6

C. Sanchez7.0

Aleksei Miranchuk6.7

Fafà Picault7.5

Sporting Kansas City

Formation 4-4-2

Stefan Cleveland6.6

Moises Mosquera6.7

J. Davis6.3

Emir Karić6.3

Wyatt Meyer6.3

L. Johnsen6.9

Capita5.9

C. Harris6.5

Z. Bassong6.6

T. Calheira6.5

M. Suleymanov6.7

Atlanta United FC

4-2-3-1

Substitutes

2R. Hernández
4E. Mihaj
5Stian Gregersen
7Steven Alzate
19Sergio Santos
20L. Brennan
28William Reilly
42Jayden Hibbert
47Matthew Edwards

Coach: Gerardo Martino

Sporting Kansas City

4-4-2

Substitutes

1J. Pulskamp
2I. James
13Justin Reynolds
15Jansen Miller
16J. Bartlett
17S. Afrifa
20K. Agyabeng
57Diego Borges
99J. Reid

Coach: Raphael Wicky

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Match statistics

49%
Possession: 51%; 8
Shots: 8; 3
Shots on target: 1; 4
Shots off target: 5; 1
Shots blocked: 2; 7
Shots inside the box: 5; 1
Shots outside the box: 3; 0
Saves: 1; 2
Corners: 6; 1
Offsides: 1; 8
Fouls: 13; 2
Yellow cards: 1; 521
Passes: 526; 448
Accurate passes: 468; 86%
Pass accuracy: 89%

Major League Soccer

Eastern Conference
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Nashville SC	28	19	6	3	+37	63
2Inter Miami	28	13	10	5	+18	49
3Chicago Fire	28	14	6	8	+11	48
4Charlotte	28	13	7	8	+10	46
5New England Revolution	28	14	4	10	+6	46
6Philadelphia Union	28	12	6	10	+11	42
7Orlando City SC	28	11	4	13	-15	37
8FC Cincinnati	27	9	9	9	-7	36
9New York Red Bulls	28	10	6	12	-14	36
10New York City FC	28	8	9	11	+4	33
11Toronto FC	28	7	11	10	-11	32
12DC United	27	6	12	9	-12	30
13Columbus Crew	28	8	5	15	-5	29
14Atlanta United FC	28	7	6	15	-15	27
15CF Montreal	28	6	6	16	-21	24

Western Conference
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Vancouver Whitecaps	28	15	6	7	+31	51
2St. Louis City	28	14	8	6	+16	50
3FC Dallas	28	13	8	7	+7	47
4San Jose Earthquakes	28	13	7	8	+10	46
5Houston Dynamo	28	13	6	9	+2	45
6Los Angeles FC	29	11	9	9	+13	42
7Seattle Sounders	28	11	8	9	+3	41
8Colorado Rapids	28	11	4	13	0	37
9Los Angeles Galaxy	29	9	9	11	-11	36
10Portland Timbers	28	9	6	13	-3	33
11San Diego	28	8	8	12	-3	32
12Real Salt Lake	28	9	5	14	-5	32
13Austin	28	7	10	11	-15	31
14Minnesota United FC	28	7	9	12	-9	30
15Sporting Kansas City	28	6	4	18	-33	22

Head to head

Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.

Atlanta United FC: 2
Drawn: 1
Sporting Kansas City: 1

The record over the 4 meetings listed below.

Sun 27 Feb8:00 pm UTCAtlanta United FCSporting Kansas CityFTMajor League Soccer
Mon 6 May1:00 am UTCSporting Kansas CityAtlanta United FCFTMajor League Soccer
Wed 9 May11:30 pm UTCAtlanta United FCSporting Kansas CityFTMajor League Soccer
Mon 7 Aug12:00 am UTCSporting Kansas CityAtlanta United FCFTMajor League Soccer

Atlanta United FC beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 in the Major League Soccer on Sunday 23 August. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

Times are shown in UTC.