Colorado Rapids vs Minnesota United predictions for this MLS clash on Thursday at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Both Colorado and Minnesota will be looking for a win to move closer to the top three in the Western Conference. Read on for our free predictions and betting tips.
Colorado Rapids
Colorado are currently in fourth place in the Western Conference with five wins, two draws and three losses. It is important to note that they have played fewer games than the three teams above them.
Colorado are on a good run of home matches, having now gone four straight games without a loss at home, three of them victories.
Colorado won 3-2 in the last meeting between the two teams, which was about two months ago.
Minnesota United
Minnesota come into this match in sixth place, with four wins, three draws and four losses. They are the only team in one of the play-off positions to have conceded more goals than they have managed to score.
Minnesota is also one of the lowest-scoring teams in their conference, which indicates that they are a team used to winning by the narrowest of margins.
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Colorado Rapids vs Minnesota United Predictions
Minnesota’s last few games have shown that they are not an easy team to beat, but Colorado has gone four straight home games without a loss, including three straight-forward wins. We think that Minnesota can continue their home with this game as well.
We think that this match will be tightly-fought and Minnesota will make it hard for the Coloardo team to score. Therefore we think that the match will have less than 2.5 total goals.