By The Numbers presented by KDOT: #COLvSKC

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Two teams on the opposite ends of the form table square off Wednesday as Sporting KC (4-5-2, 14 points) faces Supporters' Shield leaders Colorado Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Sporting KC enters the midweek clash on a six-game winless skid, while the Rapids are riding a five-game unbeaten run and off to their best 10-game start in club history.

Wednesday's game will kick off at 8 p.m. CT with three hours of television coverage on 38 The Spot and SKCTV beginning at 7:30 p.m. CT. Radio broadcasts will be available on 99.3 FM and 1340 AM, and fans can use the Sporting KC Uphoria mobile app for live stats and updates. We take a closer look at the matchup in our By The Numbers preview...

Head-to-head

• Colorado owns three straight wins over Sporting KC, including a 2-1 result on April 13 at Children's Mercy Park in which Luis Solignac and Shkelzen Gashi scored on either side of Dom Dwyer's 77th-minute goal.
• Sporting KC held an 11-game unbeaten streak against Colorado in all competitions between 2009 and 2015, but the Rapids have won the last three.
• Colorado is 15-5-8 at home in the regular season series, but Sporting KC has suffered just one defeat in their last six visits to Dick's Sporting Goods Park (2-1-3 including playoffs).
• Sporting KC winger Graham Zusi has three goals and four assists in 13 MLS appearances against Colorado. (including postseason).
• Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer has three goals in six career appearances against Colorado, including a goal in each of his last two visits to Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
• Colorado goalkeeper Zac MacMath is 6-3-2 vs. Sporting KC in the regular season.
• Sporting KC's 71st meeting with the Rapids on Wednesday makes Colorado the most frequent opponent in Kansas City history. Sporting KC leads the all-time series 29-25-16, including a 23-20-13 mark in the regular season.

Colorado Rapids

• 2016 MLS record: 6-2-2, 20 points (1st in West)
• 2016 MLS home record: 5-0-0 (8 GF, 2 GA)
• Last five games: 4-0-1, 13 points (W-W-W-T-W)
• With 20 points, Colorado is off to its best 10-game start in club history.
• Colorado is a perfect 5-0-0 at home, including three wins by a 1-0 scoreline. The team hasn't trailed at Dick's Sporting Goods Park all year.
• Colorado ranks second in MLS with a 0.80 goals against average and has allowed just one first-half goal all season.
• Colorado has eight different goal scorers (second most in MLS) and 10 different players with an assist (most in MLS).
• Midfielder Jermaine Jones has three goals and two assists in four appearances since debuting on April 16.
• Midfielder Micheal Azira leads MLS with 43 interceptions, ranks seventh with 33 tackles and eighth with 420 successful passes.
• Forward Shkelzen Gashi is one of four MLS players to rank in the top 10 of MLS in both shots (10th, 29) and chances created (10, 22).

Sporting Kansas City

• 2016 MLS record: 4-5-2, 14 points (6th in West)
• 2016 MLS road record: 2-3-1 (5 GF, 6 GA)
• Last five games: 0-3-2, 2 points (L-L-T-T-L)
• SKC ranks fourth in MLS with a 1.09 goals against average and has faced a league-low 10.7 shots per game.
• SKC's six-game winless streak is its longest since 2011, when the club went 10 matches without a win.
• During its current winless run, SKC has out-shot and out-possessed all six opponents while creating more chances in five.
• In their last three games, SKC has put six of 44 shot attempts on target.
• Defender Nuno Coelho leads MLS with 990 minutes played while ranking second with 547 successful passes, fifth with 37 interceptions and 10th with 44 clearances.
• Forward Dom Dwyer leads MLS with 29 fouls suffered and ranks sixth with 33 shots.
• Goalkeeper Tim Melia ranks fourth in MLS with 35 saves.

Milestones and Miscellany

• Manager Peter Vermes is one shy of his 100th MLS coaching win (including playoffs). He would become the sixth coach in MLS history to reach the milestone with a single team.
• Dom Dwyer is one shy of his 50th goal for Sporting KC in all competitions.
• Matt Besler is exactly 90 minutes shy of reaching 20,000 minutes played for Sporting KC in all competitions.
• Brad Davis has made 377 career MLS regular season appearances, one shy of tying Steve Ralston for second-most all-time among field players behind Kyle Beckerman (387).

Team stats (2016 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis (source: WhoScored.com)

Recent #COLvSKC regular season meetings

• Regular season record vs. Colorado: 23-20-13
• Regular season road record at Colorado: 5-15-8 (36 GF, 47 GA)