Los Angeles FC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Los Angeles FC

3 – 1

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 17 Apr 2022 · 20:00 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 6' Roger Espinoza

Jesus Murillo 8' Y

Mamadou Fall 25' Y

Mamadou Fall 26' Y

Y 43' Johnny Russell

Kwadwo Opoku 51' Y

Diego Palacios 51' Y

Y 80' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin

Overview

Match Preview

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

Los Angeles FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

Standings

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

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 15 games · Avg 3.1 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2022-04-17 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
09 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
02 Apr	Orlando City SC	A	4–2	W
21 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–1	W
12 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–0	W
07 Mar	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
10 Apr	Nashville SC	H	1–2	L
03 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–1	L
26 Mar	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W
19 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–3	L
13 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Sporting Kansas City
#20	Position	#30
24	Points	11
15	Played	14
7 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
24	Scored	14
17	Conceded	36
+7	GD	-22
1.60	PPG	0.79
47%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Los Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

4/2

31-45

2/2

46-60

1/5

61-75

3/2

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
6' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 6.
8' Poor challenge from Jesus Murillo. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
13' Los Angeles FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
18' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
23' Over 23 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' Mamadou Fall was booked on 25.
26' A moment of madness from Mamadou Fall on 26 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Los Angeles FC will be frustrated.
31' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Remi Walter made 442 appearances and scored 11 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
38' A goal from the Ecuador international Diego Palacios! He fires home on 38 to make it 0-1!
43' Poor challenge from Johnny Russell. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
44' GOAL! Cristian Arango scores on 44.
49' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 281 games and scored 435 goals.
51' Poor challenge from Kwadwo Opoku. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
56' Los Angeles FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
61' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
66' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Felipe Hernandez comes on to replace Roger Espinoza.
70' What composure from Ismael Tajouri-Shradi! The Libya international strokes it home. 2-1.
71' Goal! Ismael Tajouri-Shradi scores his 10 goal in 286 matches.
74' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Daniel Musovski comes on to replace Cristian Arango.
77' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Nikola Vujnovic comes on to replace Khiry Shelton.
78' A goal from the Ecuador international Jose Cifuentes! He fires home on 78 to make it 4-1!
80' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin will be fuming at that decision.
81' Kellyn Acosta makes way for Francisco Ginella at the 81 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
86' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 86 minute. Andreu Fontas leaves to be changed by Robert Voloder.
Game over. The scoreline of 3-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios
9
Cristian Arango ↓ Daniel Musovski 74'
6
Ilie Sanchez
24
Ryan Hollingshead
10
Carlos Vela
7
Latif Blessing ↓ Jose Cifuentes 66'
23
Kellyn Acosta ↓ Francisco Ginella 81'
16
Maxime Crepeau
22
Kwadwo Opoku ↓ Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 66'
3
Jesus Murillo
5
Mamadou Fall

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

5
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin
54
Remi Walter
7
Johnny Russell
8
Graham Zusi
29
Tim Melia
20
Daniel Salloi
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 66'
11
Khiry Shelton ↓ Nikola Vujnovic 77'
18
Logan Ndenbe
27
Marinos Tzionis ↓ Cameron Duke 77'
3
Andreu Fontas ↓ Robert Voloder 86'

Bench

21
Felipe Hernandez ↑ 66'
12
Kortne Ford
2
Ben Sweat
28
Cameron Duke ↑ 77'
4
Robert Voloder ↑ 86'
1
John Pulskamp
19
Nikola Vujnovic ↑ 77'

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-04-17 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-04-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2022-04-02 Orlando City SC 2–4 Los Angeles FC W 2022-03-21 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2022-03-12 Internacional CF Miami 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-03-07 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-04-17 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-04-10 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC L 2022-04-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2022-03-19 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-03-13 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.77 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.9 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 71% + Over 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC71% Draw17% Sporting Kansas City12%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.67

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

88%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

29%

Los Angeles FC or Sporting Kansas City

83%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC56% Draw34% Sporting Kansas City10%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

9.9%

3 – 0

8.8%

2 – 1

8.6%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

7.1%

1 – 0

4 – 0

6.1%

4 – 1

5.4%

2 – 2

3.8%

0 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.5%

5 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	34%	—	66%
-2	34%	21%	45%
-1.5	55%	—	45%
-1	55%	20%	25%
-0.5	75%	—	25%
+0.5	91%	—	9%
+1	91%	6%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

41% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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