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Sporting Kansas City seeks to stop losing streak in matchup with Minnesota United

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Sporting Kansas City (6-21-4, 16th in the Western Conference) vs. Minnesota United FC (8-12-11, 13th in the Western Conference)

Saint Paul, Minnesota; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Minnesota United FC -253, Sporting Kansas City +530, Draw +406; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Sporting Kansas City looks to end a three-game losing streak with a win against Minnesota United.

United is 6-10-10 against Western Conference teams. United ranks sixth in the league drawing 166 corner kicks, averaging 5.4 per game.

Sporting KC is 6-17-3 in conference games. Sporting KC has scored 37 goals while conceding 77 for a -40 goal differential.

The matchup Wednesday is the second meeting this season between the two teams. Sporting KC won the last game 2-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kelvin Yeboah has 17 goals and one assist for United. Marcus Caldeira has scored six goals over the last 10 games.

Dejan Joveljic has scored eight goals with one assist for Sporting KC. Andre Luiz has seven goals and three assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: United: 14-8-8, averaging 6.0 goals, 13.5 shots on goal and 14.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 7.8 goals per game.

Sporting KC: 12-15-3, averaging 5.1 goals, 15.6 shots on goal and 13.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 7.8 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: United: Alec Smir (injured), Peter Stroud (injured).

Sporting KC: Justin Reynolds (injured), Diego Henrique Borges da Silva (injured), Or Blorian (injured).

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

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