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 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

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
#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' KICK OFF: Los Angeles FC gets underway.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
6' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza will be fuming at that decision.
8' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jesus Murillo on 8.
13' Los Angeles FC is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
18' 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.
23' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Andreu Fontas has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Mamadou Fall.
26' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles FC. Mamadou Fall will be fuming at that decision.
31' Los Angeles FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
36' Los Angeles FC have won 599 goals from 304 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
38' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Diego Palacios makes no mistake. 0-1!
43' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Johnny Russell on 43 minutes.
44' Goal! Cristian Arango scores his 73 goal in 172 matches.
49' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles FC and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
51' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles FC. Kwadwo Opoku will be fuming at that decision.
56' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kwadwo Opoku, as he is very good at scoring at Banc of California Stadium with 8 goals in the last 6 games.
61' Nikola Vujnovic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
66' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Roger Espinoza departs to be replaced by Felipe Hernandez.
70' What a moment for Ismael Tajouri-Shradi! That strike on 70 puts his side firmly in control.
71' The deadlock is broken! Ismael Tajouri-Shradi gets on the scoresheet on 71 minutes.
74' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Daniel Musovski comes on to replace Cristian Arango.
77' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nikola Vujnovic is hanging Khiry Shelton on the field on 77 minute.
78' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jose Cifuentes makes it 4-1.
80' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin gets a Yellow card.
81' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Francisco Ginella on, Kellyn Acosta off on 81 minutes.
86' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 86 minute. Andreu Fontas leaves to be changed by Robert Voloder.
3-1 the final result. Sporting Kansas City will be bitterly disappointed.

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

2.63 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.98 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 68% + Over 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC68% Draw18% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.61

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

87%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

32%

Los Angeles FC or Sporting Kansas City

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC53% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City11%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

9.5%

2 – 1

8.9%

3 – 0

1 – 1

7.7%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

6.9%

4 – 0

5.2%

4 – 1

5.1%

2 – 2

4.3%

0 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

3.8%

1 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	30%	—	70%
-2	30%	20%	50%
-1.5	50%	—	50%
-1	50%	21%	29%
-0.5	71%	—	29%
+0.5	89%	—	11%
+1	89%	7%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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