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 19 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 16 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
#17	Position	#30
34	Points	14
19	Played	18
10 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
35	Scored	18
19	Conceded	46
+16	GD	-28
1.79	PPG	0.78
53%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Los Angeles FC and Sporting Kansas City has kicked off!
5' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Johnny Russell has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
6' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 6.
8' Jesus Murillo was booked on 8.
13' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles FC that had 289 games and scored 582 goals.
18' Over 18 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
23' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
25' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Mamadou Fall.
26' The referee has no hesitation. Mamadou Fall is booked for Los Angeles FC — Yellow card on 26.
31' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
36' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 36 minutes.
38' Diego Palacios doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
43' Johnny Russell catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 43.
44' A goal from the Colombia international Cristian Arango! He fires home on 44 to make it 1-1!
49' Supporters expect more eagerness from Roger Espinoza, as he is very good at scoring at Banc of California Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
51' Kwadwo Opoku was booked on 51.
56' 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.
61' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
66' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 66 minute. Roger Espinoza leaves to be changed by Felipe Hernandez.
70' GOAL! Ismael Tajouri-Shradi scores on 70.
71' GOAL! Ismael Tajouri-Shradi scores on 71.
74' A change in the Los Angeles FC ranks — Cristian Arango exits the field as Daniel Musovski enters on 74.
77' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Khiry Shelton is withdrawn and Nikola Vujnovic gets his opportunity.
78' A stunning finish from Jose Cifuentes — that came from absolutely nowhere!
80' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Nicolas Isimat-Mirin will be fuming at that decision.
81' Francisco Ginella gets the nod from Los Angeles FC. He replaces Kellyn Acosta and will look to change the dynamic.
86' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Andreu Fontas trudges off to be replaced by Robert Voloder on 86 minutes.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

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	4
Cristian Arango	3
Mamadou Fall	3
Carlos Vela	3
Alan Pulido	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Diego Rossi	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

3.02 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.87 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 74% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC74% Draw16% Sporting Kansas City10%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

90%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

26%

Los Angeles FC or Sporting Kansas City

84%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC60% Draw32% Sporting Kansas City8%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

9.6%

3 – 0

9.3%

2 – 1

3 – 1

Actual

4 – 0

6.9%

1 – 0

6.2%

1 – 1

6.1%

4 – 1

5 – 0

4.2%

5 – 1

3.7%

3 – 2

3.4%

2 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	39%	—	61%
-2	39%	21%	40%
-1.5	60%	—	40%
-1	60%	19%	21%
-0.5	79%	—	21%
+0.5	93%	—	7%
+1	93%	5%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

42% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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