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

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MLS · 2021

Los Angeles Galaxy

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Sporting Kansas City

Mon 5 Jul 2021 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 32' Daniel Salloi

Jorge Villafana 45' Y

Overview

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Los Angeles Galaxy vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 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 Galaxy 16 games · Avg 3.6 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City 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
05 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
27 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W
24 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–1	W
20 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
29 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	W
22 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–0	W
26 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
24 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
20 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
12 Jun	Austin FC	H	1–1	D
30 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		Sporting Kansas City
#24	Position	#30
20	Points	11
15	Played	14
5 / 5 / 5	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
22	Scored	14
22	Conceded	36
+0	GD	-22
1.33	PPG	0.79
33%	Win %	21%

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

4/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/2

■ 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' Three points are at stake. Los Angeles Galaxy host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
5' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
10' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
15' Los Angeles Galaxy are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
20' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
25' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
30' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
32' Daniel Salloi has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 32.
32' Ranko Veselinovic is replacing Deiber Caicedo for the Sporting Kansas City side.
37' Los Angeles Galaxy have won 478 goals from 278 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
40' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Sega Coulibaly departs to be replaced by Adam Saldana.
45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jorge Villafana on 45.
50' Ethan Zubak is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
55' Los Angeles Galaxy 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.
60' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
65' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
68' Cameron Dunbar has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ethan Zubak on 68 minute.
73' Jorge Villafana is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles Galaxy so far.
78' Khiry Shelton, a USA , has 13 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
81' Brilliant from the ! Johnny Russell makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 81.
86' Jonathan Perez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Julian Araujo on 86 minute.
90' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Johnny Russell exits the field as Nicolas Isimat-Mirin enters on 90.
With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

48
Derrick Williams
33
Jonathan Klinsmann
16
Sacha Kljestan ↑ 86'
56
Jonathan Perez ↑ 86'
25
Cameron Dunbar ↑ 68'
43
Adam Saldana ↑ 40'

Coach Greg Vanney

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

36
Luis Martins
7
Johnny Russell ↓ Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 90'
8
Graham Zusi
29
Tim Melia
6
Ilie Sanchez
20
Daniel Salloi
10
Gianluca Busio
15
Roger Espinoza
11
Khiry Shelton
21
Felipe Hernandez
3
Andreu Fontas

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
Dejan Joveljic	2
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Gabriel Pec	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-06-27 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-06-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-06-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-05-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2021-05-22 Portland Timbers 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-06-20 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC D 2021-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.93 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.2 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy48% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City26%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.13

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

74%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

52%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Sporting Kansas City

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy39% Draw42% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

1 – 0

7.7%

3 – 1

0 – 0

1 – 2

5.9%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

0 – 1

4.5%

3 – 2

3.7%

0 – 2

Actual

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	22%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

15% ✗

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