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

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MLS · 2021

Los Angeles FC

4 – 0

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sat 4 Sep 2021 · 02:00 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Sebastien Ibeagha 41' Y

R 58' Roger Espinoza

Bryce Duke 77' Y

Eduard Atuesta 80' Y

Daniel Musovski 80' Y

Y 85' Tim Melia

Y 86' Tim Melia

Overview

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

Los Angeles FC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-04 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	4–0	W
28 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–3	D
22 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
15 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	0–1	L
08 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
05 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–4	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	0–4	L
29 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–1	D
21 Aug	Minnesota United FC	A	0–0	D
19 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
15 Aug	FC Dallas	A	2–0	W
08 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Sporting Kansas City
#21	Position	#30
47	Points	26
34	Played	34
12 / 11 / 11	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
52	Scored	40
40	Conceded	81
+12	GD	-41
1.38	PPG	0.76
35%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/5

16-30

6/6

31-45

10/8

46-60

7/7

61-75

7/6

76+

8/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	18 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Los Angeles FC welcome Sporting Kansas City for this crunch clash at Banc of California Stadium.
5' Daniel Crisostomo, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles FC and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Los Angeles FC in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
18' Brilliant from the ! Mamadou Fall makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 18.
19' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Mamadou Fall makes no mistake. 2-0!
24' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
29' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 301 games and scored 461 goals.
34' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
39' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
41' Sebastien Ibeagha is having his name booked by the referee on 41.
46' Los Angeles FC make a change. Cal Jennings trudges off to be replaced by Daniel Musovski on 46 minutes.
51' Los Angeles FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
56' Ilie Sanchez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles FC tonight.
58' The referee has no hesitation. Roger Espinoza is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Red card on 58.
61' Mamadou Fall is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
66' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
68' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Jose Mauri departs to be replaced by Cameron Duke.
71' Cristian Arango makes no mistake. The score reads 4-0 and Los Angeles FC are in front.
76' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
77' Poor challenge from Bryce Duke. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
80' A moment of madness from Eduard Atuesta on 80 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Los Angeles FC will be frustrated.
80' Los Angeles FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daniel Crisostomo is hanging Cristian Arango on the field on 80 minute.
85' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Tim Melia.
86' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Tim Melia gets a Yellow card.
86' Eduard Atuesta doubles the advantage! 5-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
87' Eduard Atuesta doubles the advantage! 6-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
88' Los Angeles FC ring the changes. Jesus Murillo has done his job and it is now time for Jordan Harvey to step up.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

29
Cristian Arango ↓ Daniel Crisostomo 80'
20
Eduard Atuesta
7
Latif Blessing
44
Raheem Edwards
25
Sebastien Ibeagha
8
Francisco Ginella
26
Cal Jennings ↓ Daniel Musovski 46'
19
Bryce Duke ↓ Marco Farfan 88'
94
Jesus Murillo ↓ Jordan Harvey 88'
30
Tomas Romero
5
Mamadou Fall

Bench

32
Marco Farfan ↑ 88'
2
Jordan Harvey ↑ 88'
23
Pablo Sisniega
16
Daniel Musovski ↑ 46'
15
Daniel Crisostomo ↑ 80'

Coach Bob Bradley

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2021-09-04 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-08-28 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2021-08-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-08-15 Atlanta United FC 1–0 Los Angeles FC L 2021-08-08 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-08-05 Los Angeles FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-09-04 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-08-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2021-08-21 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2021-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2021-08-15 FC Dallas 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-08-08 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.53 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.1 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC61% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.63

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

82%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

39%

Los Angeles FC or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC50% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City13%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

8.6%

1 – 1

8.2%

3 – 1

7.5%

3 – 0

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

4.9%

4 – 1

4.8%

4 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

4.2%

1 – 2

0 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	27%	—	73%
-2	27%	19%	54%
-1.5	46%	—	54%
-1	46%	21%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	9%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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