Sporting KC Shots on Target Stats 2026

Sporting KC Shots on Target Stats 2026 - season overview

Sporting KC are averaging 4.9 shots on target per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 11.8 total SOT on average. That puts them 21st of 30 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Austin, and a full match-by-match log.

Sporting KC Shots on Target Questions

Which Sporting KC players hit the most shots on target?

André Luiz leads with 15 shots on target across 9 qualifying appearances (1.67/g, 78% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Sporting KC player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Sporting KC's SOT profile look this season?

Sporting KC are averaging 4.9 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 6.9 for a match-total of 11.8. That ranks 21st of 30 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 13.2 shots per game and create 9.1 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Austin, the page weights each Sporting KC attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Sporting KC take 13.2 shots per game and put 4.9 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Sporting KC fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Sporting KC are currently converting 35% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Sporting KC player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
André Luiz	attacker	9	15	1.67	78%
Stephen Afrifa	attacker	9	6	0.67	56%
Taylor Calheira	attacker	10	9	0.9	50%
Calvin Harris	attacker	9	8	0.89	44%
Justin Reynolds	defender	8	2	0.25	25%
Wyatt Meyer	defender	8	2	0.25	25%
Capita	attacker	4	2	0.5	25%
Shapi Suleymanov	attacker	4	1	0.25	25%
Jacob Bartlett	midfielder	5	1	0.2	20%
Lasse Berg Johnsen	midfielder	7	1	0.14	14%
Stefan Cleveland	goalkeeper	10	0	0	0%
Emir Karic	defender	9	0	0	0%
Kwaku Agyabeng	defender	9	0	0	0%
Moisés Mosquera	defender	5	0	0	0%
Jansen Miller	defender	5	0	0	0%
Zorhan Bassong	midfielder	4	0	0	0%
Jake Davis	defender	3	0	0	0%
Seymour Reid	attacker	3	0	0	0%
Jayden Reid	defender	2	0	0	0%
Ian James	defender	2	0	0	0%
Or Blorian	defender	2	0	0	0%
R. Ramos	midfielder	2	0	0	0%
Owen Wolff	midfielder	1	0	0	0%

Sporting KC shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
18 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Real Salt Lake	Home	1-3	3	8	11	Ian James (1)
15 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Nashville SC	Away	4-0	1	11	12	Shapi Suleymanov (1)
11 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Portland Timbers	Home	3-3	5	5	10	André Luiz (3)
2 Oct 2026	Major League Soccer	Seattle Sounders	Away	2-1	11	7	18	Calvin Harris (4)
27 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Houston Dynamo	Away	0-2	4	3	7	Calvin Harris (2)
20 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Philadelphia Union	Home	3-4	6	8	14	André Luiz (3)
13 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Los Angeles FC	Home	3-1	8	8	16	André Luiz (3)
6 Sep 2026	Major League Soccer	Dallas	Away	4-3	10	9	19	Taylor Calheira (3)
30 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Vancouver Whitecaps	Home	0-3	0	6	6
23 Aug 2026	Major League Soccer	Atlanta United	Away	2-1	1	4	5	Stephen Afrifa (1)

Sporting KC shots on target 2026: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 4.9
Shots on target against per game: 6.9
Match total shots on target per game: 11.8
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 10 of 30

Sporting KC Shots on target for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	4.4	80%	60%	60%	40%	20%
Away	5	5.4	60%	60%	40%	40%	40%
Overall	10	4.9	70%	60%	50%	40%	30%

Sporting KC Shots on target against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	7	100%	100%	100%	80%	60%
Away	5	6.8	100%	80%	60%	60%	60%
Overall	10	6.9	100%	90%	80%	70%	60%

Sporting KC Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	5	11.4	80%	80%	80%	80%	60%
Away	5	12.2	80%	60%	60%	60%	60%
Overall	10	11.8	80%	70%	70%	70%	60%

Sporting KC Team shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	4.9	4.4	5.4
Total shots / match	13.2	11.4	15
Share of shots on target	37%	39%	36%
Goals per shot on target	35%	45%	26%
Shots on target per goal	2.9	2.2	3.9
Shots on target over 2.5	70%	80%	60%
Shots on target over 3.5	60%	60%	60%
Shots on target over 4.5	50%	60%	40%
Shots on target over 5.5	40%	40%	40%
Shots on target over 6.5	30%	20%	40%

Sporting KC Shots on target against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	6.9	7	6.8
Shots on target against over 2.5	100%	100%	100%
Shots on target against over 3.5	90%	100%	80%
Shots on target against over 4.5	80%	100%	60%
Shots on target against over 5.5	70%	80%	60%
Shots on target against over 6.5	60%	60%	60%

Sporting KC Match shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	11.8	11.4	12.2
Match shots on target over 6.5	80%	80%	80%
Match shots on target over 7.5	70%	80%	60%
Match shots on target over 8.5	70%	80%	60%
Match shots on target over 9.5	70%	80%	60%
Match shots on target over 10.5	60%	60%	60%

Sporting KC shots on target match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Major League Soccer	RSL (H)	1-3	3	8	11	-
15 Oct	Major League Soccer	Nashville SC (A)	4-0	1	11	12	-
11 Oct	Major League Soccer	Portland (H)	3-3	5	5	10	-
2 Oct	Major League Soccer	Seattle (A)	2-1	11	7	18	-
27 Sep	Major League Soccer	Houston (A)	0-2	4	3	7	-
20 Sep	Major League Soccer	Philadelphia (H)	3-4	6	8	14	-
13 Sep	Major League Soccer	LAFC (H)	3-1	8	8	16	-
6 Sep	Major League Soccer	Dallas (A)	4-3	10	9	19	-
30 Aug	Major League Soccer	Vancouver (H)	0-3	0	6	6	-
23 Aug	Major League Soccer	Atlanta (A)	2-1	1	4	5	3

Major League Soccer shots on target table 2026: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Orlando City	30	5.1	6.63	11.73	70%
2	Cincinnati	29	6	5.48	11.48	76%
3	Inter Miami	30	6.17	4.53	10.7	67%
4	Charlotte	30	4.8	5.9	10.7	70%
5	Austin	30	4.07	6.37	10.43	73%
6	LA Galaxy	31	5.39	5.03	10.42	74%
7	New York RB	30	4.87	5.47	10.33	67%
8	Portland Timbers	30	4.47	5.87	10.33	67%
9	San Diego	30	4.6	5.63	10.23	70%
10	Sporting KC	30	4.2	6.03	10.23	60%
11	Seattle Sounders	30	5.1	5.1	10.2	67%
12	New England	30	4.87	5.3	10.17	70%
13	Minnesota United	30	4.97	5	9.97	73%
14	SJ Earthquakes	30	4.93	4.93	9.87	53%
15	DC United	29	4.41	5.41	9.83	62%
16	Toronto	30	4.43	5.3	9.73	60%
17	Real Salt Lake	30	5.37	4.3	9.67	70%
18	Chicago Fire	30	5.23	4.4	9.63	60%
19	Dallas	30	4.67	4.97	9.63	63%
20	CF Montréal	30	4.73	4.87	9.6	67%
21	New York City	30	4.6	4.77	9.37	63%
22	Columbus Crew	30	4.57	4.7	9.27	60%
23	Vancouver Whitecaps	30	5.87	3.3	9.17	53%
24	Philadelphia Union	30	5.37	3.63	9	53%
25	St. Louis City	30	5	3.97	8.97	50%
26	Los Angeles FC	31	4.77	4.1	8.87	52%
27	Nashville SC	30	5.3	3.5	8.8	57%
28	Houston Dynamo	30	4.4	4	8.4	50%
29	Colorado Rapids	30	4.27	4.03	8.3	43%
30	Atlanta United	30	4.07	4.1	8.17	40%

Sporting KC shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	29	3.48	5.76	9.24	48%
Vs top half	64	4.13	5.94	10.06	63%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Sporting KC shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Major League Soccer	2026	30	4.2	6.03	10.23	60%
Major League Soccer	2025	34	4.06	5.85	9.91	65%
Major League Soccer	2024	34	4.41	4.56	8.97	50%

Sporting KC next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sun 25 Oct 00:30	Austin (home)	10.43	4.07	6.37	11.4	3.4	8
Thu 29 Oct 00:30	Minnesota (away)	9.97	4.97	5	9.07	5	4.07
Sat 31 Oct 19:00	Dallas (home)	9.63	4.67	4.97	10.38	4.94	5.44

Sporting KC players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Dejan Joveljić	attacker	15	20	75%
2	Calvin Harris	attacker	12	29	41%
3	Taylor Calheira	attacker	9	22	41%
4	Stephen Afrifa	attacker	9	25	36%
5	André Luiz	attacker	7	9	78%

Sporting KC players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Dejan Joveljić	attacker	6	20	30%
2	André Luiz	attacker	5	9	56%
3	Calvin Harris	attacker	5	29	17%
4	Taylor Calheira	attacker	4	22	18%
5	Shapi Suleymanov	attacker	2	24	8%

Sporting KC players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	André Luiz	attacker	3	9	33%
2	Calvin Harris	attacker	3	29	10%
3	Dejan Joveljić	attacker	1	20	5%
4	Taylor Calheira	attacker	1	22	5%

Austin shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
18 Oct	Major League Soccer	Vancouver (H)	1-2	5	3	8	-
15 Oct	Major League Soccer	LAFC (A)	3-1	4	11	15	-
11 Oct	Major League Soccer	Nashville SC (H)	1-4	5	11	16	-
27 Sep	Major League Soccer	San Diego (H)	3-3	6	5	11	-
20 Sep	Major League Soccer	Dallas (A)	0-0	3	4	7	-
13 Sep	Major League Soccer	Vancouver (A)	1-2	2	6	8	-
10 Sep	Major League Soccer	Colorado (H)	1-1	2	5	7	-
6 Sep	Major League Soccer	San Jose (H)	1-1	3	3	6	-
30 Aug	Major League Soccer	Portland (A)	1-2	3	5	8	-
23 Aug	Major League Soccer	Philadelphia (H)	1-1	6	3	9	4