Los Angeles Galaxy vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Los Angeles Galaxy

7 – 2

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Mon 16 Sep 2019 · 02:00 UTC HT 45+4' · FT 45+3'

Rolf Feltscher 14' Y

Y 43' Graham Smith

Y 45' Gerso Fernandes

Y 76' Ilie Sanchez

Joe Corona 89' Y

Overview

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Los Angeles Galaxy vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ted Unkel
Referee David Gantar
Referee Eduardo Mariscal
Referee Mike Rottersman
Referee

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 Galaxy 16 games · Avg 3.6 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City 2019-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-10-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-04-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	7–2	W
12 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
01 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	3–4	L
26 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	3–3	D
18 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–2	D
15 Aug	FC Dallas	H	2–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–7	L
08 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
01 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
23 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–0	W
18 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
14 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		Sporting Kansas City
#27	Position	#30
22	Points	14
19	Played	18
5 / 7 / 7	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
24	Scored	18
29	Conceded	46
-5	GD	-28
1.16	PPG	0.78
26%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ 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 Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Los Angeles Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City.
5' 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.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
14' Los Angeles Galaxy player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
19' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
24' Felipe Gutierrez adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
29' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
32' The deadlock is broken! Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets on the scoresheet on 32 minutes.
37' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
42' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Guillermo Schelotto will be considering his options from the bench.
43' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Gerso Fernandes on 45.
48' Joe Corona does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
51' GOAL! Zlatan Ibrahimovic fires home to make it 3-1!
56' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
61' The energy levels are beginning to show. Guillermo Schelotto might look to freshen things up shortly.
66' Roger Espinoza makes way for Gianluca Busio at the 66 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
69' What a strike from Uriel Antuna! The score is 4-1.
74' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Erik Hurtado by Krisztian Nemeth on 74 minute.
75' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Gerso Fernandes has done his job and it is now time for Daniel Salloi to step up.
76' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Ilie Sanchez.
77' Sebastian Lletget does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
79' Sebastian Lletget does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
80' Efrain Alvarez is replacing Uriel Antuna for the Los Angeles Galaxy side.
83' It is a substitution in Los Angeles Galaxy team. Cristian Pavon is replaced by Chris Pontius on 83 minute.
85' Against the run of play, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored! This game has turned on its head.
86' A stunning finish from Felipe Gutierrez — that came from absolutely nowhere!
87' Servando Carrasco is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jonathan dos Santos at the 87 minute mark.
89' Los Angeles Galaxy player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Los Angeles Galaxy players.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

18
Uriel Antuna ↓ Efrain Alvarez 80'
25
Rolf Feltscher
9
Zlatan Ibrahimovic C
8
Jonathan dos Santos ↓ Servando Carrasco 87'
17
Sebastian Lletget
1
David Bingham
5
Daniel Steres
4
David Romney
10
Cristian Pavon ↓ Chris Pontius 83'
3
Diego Polenta
14
Joe Corona

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	6
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	5
Javier Hernandez	5
Joseph Paintsil	4
William Agada	3
Johnny Russell	2
Dejan Joveljic	2
Daniel Salloi	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-09-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-09-01 Seattle Sounders FC 4–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-08-26 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2019-08-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2019-08-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 FC Dallas W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-08 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-09-01 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2019-08-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2019-08-18 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2019-08-14 Orlando City SC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

3 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.15 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Los Angeles Galaxy to win 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy68% Draw18% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 4.15

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

85%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

32%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Sporting Kansas City

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy55% Draw32% Sporting Kansas City13%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 7–2 not predicted

7 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

8.1%

3 – 1

7.9%

2 – 0

7.4%

3 – 0

7.1%

1 – 1

6.2%

4 – 1

5.9%

4 – 0

5.2%

1 – 0

4.7%

2 – 2

4.5%

3 – 2

4.5%

5 – 1

3.6%

4 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	35%	—	65%
-2	35%	20%	46%
-1.5	54%	—	46%
-1	54%	19%	27%
-0.5	73%	—	27%
+0.5	89%	—	11%
+1	89%	7%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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