Atlanta United 2-1 Sporting KC result, stats and report

Sporting KC rescued a point at home against an in-form St. Louis City side, but the statistics tell a story the scoreline flatters to conceal. This was a game the visitors controlled in structure, even if Kansas City's volume of shot attempts clouded that picture.

Atlanta United took all three points at Minnesota despite being second-best for much of the contest, converting three of their ten shots while Minnesota squandered six big chances and hit the woodwork twice.

Houston Dynamo have conceded just twice in their last five MLS matches and they host a Sporting KC side that has lost four of their last five. This one looks settled before a ball is kicked.

Atlanta United host New York City in a late Saturday night MLS clash with both sides carrying defensive frailties and unfinished business. Connor Maguire breaks down what matters.

Portland Timbers host Atlanta United at Providence Park in a fixture that every piece of data points toward goals, with both sides carrying defensive vulnerabilities and a combined inability to keep clean sheets across the entire season.

Sporting KC host Philadelphia Union on Sunday carrying one of the worst defensive records in the Western Conference, but the visitors arrive with their own away form telling a troubling story. Something has to give, and the patterns in the data point toward a specific kind of match.

Sporting KC host Los Angeles FC at the bottom of the Western Conference, carrying a defensive record that has conceded 51 goals in 21 games. LAFC arrive in Kansas City with their own away-form concerns, but the structural problems on show here point clearly in one direction.

DC United have not kept a single clean sheet in their last ten home games, and Atlanta United arrive at Audi Field carrying three injured players and a momentum slope that is beginning to flatten. Something has to give.