Los Angeles FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Los Angeles FC

4 – 0

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 26 Jul 2026 · 02:30 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Heung-min Son 5' 1–0

Denis Bouanga 37' 2–0

David Martinez 45+4' 3–0

Denis Bouanga 85' 4–0

Y 2' Manu Garcia

Y 75' Calvin Harris

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles FC vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Banc of California Stadium.

Los Angeles FC 28 games · 41 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 27 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Chicago Fire FC	27	45
5	Charlotte FC	27	43
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	27	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	27	50
17	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Seattle Sounders FC	27	38
23	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	27	21

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2026-07-26 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City 2025-06-09 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC 2024-10-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Los Angeles FC 2024-03-10 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	4–0	W
23 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	3–1	W
18 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–0	W
25 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
18 May	Nashville SC	A	2–3	L
14 May	St. Louis City	A	1–2	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	0–4	L
23 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	2–1	W
17 Jul	St. Louis City	A	2–3	L
24 May	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
17 May	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
14 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Sporting Kansas City
#21	Position	#30
41	Points	21
28	Played	27
11 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 18
43	Scored	32
30	Conceded	65
+13	GD	-33
1.46	PPG	0.78
39%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

46% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Los Angeles FC are 21st (41 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

9/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/5

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

6/8

46-60

2/7

61-75

4/11

76+

4/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	14 G	5 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
2' Manu Garcia has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 2.
5' Heung-min Son doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
10' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
15' Los Angeles FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Hugo Lloris, as he is very good at scoring at Banc of California Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
37' Denis Bouanga adds to his 14 season tally! Los Angeles FC lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
42' Yevgen Cheberko needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
47' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Andre Luiz scoring 1 goals.
49' GOAL! David Martinez fires home to make it 3-0!
54' Mathieu Choiniere has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
59' It is a cagey affair so far. Los Angeles FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
62' Kwaku Agyabeng is replacing Manu Garcia for the Sporting Kansas City side.
67' Dejan Joveljic has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 1 appearances with only 8 goals this season.
72' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
75' The referee calls foul for Calvin Harris. He receives a card.
78' Ryan Raposo is replacing Ryan Hollingshead for the Los Angeles FC side.
83' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
85' GOAL! Denis Bouanga scores on 85. Assisted by Tyler Boyd
85' The crowd applauds Heung-min Son as he leaves the pitch. Jeremy Ebobisse steps in for Los Angeles FC.
90' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Stefan Cleveland has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
Sporting Kansas City will have plenty to reflect on. Los Angeles FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Denis Bouanga	5
Carlos Vela	3
Alan Pulido	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Cristian Arango	3
Mamadou Fall	3
Aaron Long	2
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2026-07-26 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-07-23 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake W 2026-07-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–3 Los Angeles FC W 2026-05-25 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2026-05-18 Nashville SC 3–2 Los Angeles FC L 2026-05-14 St. Louis City 2–1 Los Angeles FC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-07-26 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-07-23 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Minnesota United FC W 2026-07-17 St. Louis City 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-24 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2026-05-17 Austin FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.74 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.65 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 75% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC75% Draw16% Sporting Kansas City9%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 3.39

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

91%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

25%

Los Angeles FC or Sporting Kansas City

84%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC59% Draw34% Sporting Kansas City7%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

12.7%

3 – 0

11.2%

1 – 0

9.3%

2 – 1

4 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

7.3%

1 – 1

6.6%

4 – 1

0 – 0

4.6%

5 – 0

4.2%

5 – 1

2.8%

2 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	38%	—	62%
-2	38%	22%	41%
-1.5	59%	—	41%
-1	59%	20%	20%
-0.5	80%	—	20%
+0.5	94%	—	6%
+1	94%	4%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

52% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.