By The Associated Press

Sporting Kansas City (8-3-3) vs. Seattle Sounders FC (9-1-5)

Seattle; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Seattle +129, Sporting Kansas City +201, Draw +247; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Sporting Kansas City and the Seattle Sounders square off.

The Sounders finished 11-5-6 overall and 8-1-3 at home a season ago. Seattle scored 52 goals a season ago and registered 35 assists.

Sporting Kansas City went 12-6-3 overall during the 2020 season while going 6-2-2 on the road. Sporting Kansas City scored 42 goals a season ago and registered 26 assists.

The teams meet Sunday for the first time this season.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Seattle: Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou Tolo (injured), Cristian Roldan, Jordy Delem (injured), Nicolas Lodeiro (injured), Jordan Morris (injured), Alex Roldan, Will Bruin (injured), Stefan Frei (injured), Shane O’Neill (injured).

Sporting Kansas City: Roberto Puncec, Alan Pulido, Gianluca Busio, Felipe Hernandez.

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