Los Angeles FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Los Angeles FC

1 – 4

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Thu 5 Aug 2021 · 02:30 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Tomas Romero 20' Y

Y 25' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin

Jose Cifuentes 33' Y

Y 41' Graham Zusi

Y 57' Ilie Sanchez

Francisco Ginella 62' Y

Bryce Duke 85' Y

Y 90' Andreu Fontas

Overview

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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 26 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	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
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	26	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	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
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	26	21

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-05 Los Angeles FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City 2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2019-07-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–5 Los Angeles FC 2019-03-04 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–4	L
29 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	2–2	D
25 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–2	D
22 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
18 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
08 Jul	Austin FC	A	2–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	4–1	W
01 Aug	FC Dallas	H	1–2	L
26 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–1	W
22 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–1	D
05 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–0	W
26 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Sporting Kansas City
#21	Position	#30
41	Points	21
28	Played	26
11 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
43	Scored	31
30	Conceded	63
+13	GD	-32
1.46	PPG	0.81
39%	Win %	23%

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

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	14 G	5 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Los Angeles FC to score. At the same time, Sporting Kansas City does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Bob Bradley might look to freshen things up shortly.
10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
15' Los Angeles FC have won 585 goals from 294 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' What composure from Alan Pulido! The Mexico international strokes it home. 0-1.
20' Tomas Romero is having his name booked by the referee on 20.
25' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin gets a Yellow card.
28' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Luis Martins makes no mistake. 0-2!
33' Jose Cifuentes was booked on 33.
36' Against the run of play, Daniel Salloi has scored! This game has turned on its head.
41' Poor challenge from Graham Zusi. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
46' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Marco Farfan by Mamadou Fall on 46 minute.
51' Andreu Fontas, a Spain , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
56' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
57' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
58' Gadi Kinda makes no mistake. The score reads 0-4 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
62' Los Angeles FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
64' A change in the Los Angeles FC ranks — Brian Rodriguez exits the field as Daniel Musovski enters on 64.
68' Bryce Duke is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jose Cifuentes at the 68 minute mark.
69' The Los Angeles FC manager makes a substitution. Kim Moonhwan departs to be replaced by Alvaro Quezada.
71' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Alan Pulido is replaced by Wilson Harris on 71 minute.
76' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
78' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jaylin Lindsey is hanging Gadi Kinda on the field on 78 minute.
82' Against the run of play, Daniel Musovski has scored! This game has turned on its head.
85' Bryce Duke picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Andreu Fontas.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Los Angeles FC.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios
32
Marco Farfan ↓ Mamadou Fall 46'
10
Carlos Vela
20
Eduard Atuesta
9
Diego Rossi
33
Kim Moonhwan ↓ Alvaro Quezada 69'
44
Raheem Edwards ↓ Francisco Ginella 46'
27
Tristan Blackmon
17
Brian Rodriguez ↓ Daniel Musovski 64'
11
Jose Cifuentes ↓ Bryce Duke 68'
30
Tomas Romero

Bench

2
Jordan Harvey
23
Pablo Sisniega
8
Francisco Ginella ↑ 46'
16
Daniel Musovski ↑ 64'
19
Bryce Duke ↑ 68'
18
Erik Duenas
24
Alvaro Quezada ↑ 69'
5
Mamadou Fall ↑ 46'

Coach Bob Bradley

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2021-08-05 Los Angeles FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-07-29 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Minnesota United FC D 2021-07-25 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-07-22 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-07-18 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-07-08 Austin FC 0–2 Los Angeles FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-08-05 Los Angeles FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-08-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 FC Dallas L 2021-07-26 Seattle Sounders FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-07-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.12 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.69 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC or Sporting Kansas City 76% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC43% Draw24% Sporting Kansas City33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

57%

Los Angeles FC or Sporting Kansas City

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC36% Draw39% Sporting Kansas City25%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–4 not predicted

1 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

8.8%

2 – 1

8.2%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

5.7%

2 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.8%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

1 – 3

3.6%

3 – 0

3.5%

0 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	19%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	15%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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