Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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

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

Match Preview

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

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

10
2
5
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
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' Los Angeles FC have kicked off against Sporting Kansas City. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Los Angeles FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
  • 10' Jose Mauri has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 15' Remi Walter needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 18' Mamadou Fall adds to his 0 season tally! Los Angeles FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 19' Against the run of play, Mamadou Fall has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 24' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 29' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 34' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 39' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Los Angeles FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 41' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Sebastien Ibeagha.
  • 46' Daniel Musovski is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cal Jennings at the 46 minute mark.
  • 51' Daniel Crisostomo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
  • 56' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 58' Controversy at the stadium! Roger Espinoza argues furiously but the Red card stands.
  • 61' A goal from the Senegal international Mamadou Fall! He fires home on 61 to make it 3-0!
  • 66' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alan Pulido made 13 appearances and scored 39 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 68' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Jose Mauri is replaced by Cameron Duke on 68 minute.
  • 71' The deadlock is broken! Cristian Arango gets on the scoresheet on 71 minutes.
  • 76' Johnny Russell has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 23 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 77' Bryce Duke catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 77.
  • 80' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Eduard Atuesta.
  • 80' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Cristian Arango is withdrawn and Daniel Crisostomo gets his opportunity.
  • 85' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Tim Melia.
  • 86' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 86' A stunning finish from Eduard Atuesta — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 87' Brilliant from the ! Eduard Atuesta makes it 6-0 with a superb finish on 87.
  • 88' A change in the Los Angeles FC ranks — Jesus Murillo exits the field as Jordan Harvey enters on 88.
  • 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 Bob Bradley

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Denis Bouanga 5
Carlos Vela 3
Alan Pulido 3
Daniel Salloi 3
Cristian Arango 3
Mamadou Fall 3
Diego Rossi 2
Eduard Atuesta 2

Head to Head

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

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
2.57 Los Angeles FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.07 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Los Angeles FC to win 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles FC62% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City17%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.64
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
38%
Los Angeles FC or Sporting Kansas City
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles FC50% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City14%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
9%
2 – 0
8.7%
1 – 1
8%
3 – 1
7.6%
3 – 0
7.2%
1 – 0
6.5%
4 – 1
4.9%
2 – 2
4.8%
4 – 0
Actual
3 – 2
4.1%
0 – 0
3.9%
1 – 2
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap Los Angeles FC covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 28% — 72%
-2 28% 20% 53%
-1.5 47% — 53%
-1 47% 21% 32%
-0.5 68% — 32%
+0.5 87% — 13%
+1 87% 8% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
35% ✗
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
9% ✓

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