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

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MLS · 2022

Los Angeles Galaxy

2 – 2

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Mon 5 Sep 2022 · 00:00 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Riqui Puig 47' Y

Y 84' Remi Walter

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

2022-09-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City 2022-08-07 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City 2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–2	D
31 Aug	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
29 Aug	New England Revolution	A	2–1	W
20 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–3	D
14 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	5–2	W
07 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–4	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
28 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	W
21 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
14 Aug	Austin FC	A	3–4	L
07 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	4–2	W
31 Jul	Austin FC	H	0–2	L

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' Los Angeles Galaxy have kicked off against Sporting Kansas City. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
4' Javier Hernandez puts Los Angeles Galaxy on the lead.
5' What composure from Javier Hernandez! The Mexico international strokes it home. 2-0.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Logan Ndenbe is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Sporting Kansas City winning 100% of all matches.
20' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Raheem Edwards has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' It is a cagey affair so far. Los Angeles Galaxy in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
35' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
40' 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.
45' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
47' The referee calls foul for Riqui Puig. He receives a Yellow card.
52' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
57' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
58' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Victor Vazquez is withdrawn and Sacha Kljestan gets his opportunity.
63' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Dejan Joveljic scoring 1 goals.
64' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Roger Espinoza has done his job and it is now time for Felipe Hernandez to step up.
66' Johnny Russell has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 66 minutes.
71' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Gaston Brugman departs to be replaced by Douglas Costa.
73' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Erik Thommy by Oriol Rosell on 73 minute.
76' Felipe Hernandez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
81' Supporters expect more eagerness from Julian Araujo, as he is very good at scoring at Dignity Health Sports Park with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
84' Remi Walter picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
85' Another change for Los Angeles Galaxy made on 85 minute. Marky Delgado leaves to be changed by Kevin Cabral.
88' Javier Hernandez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
89' Khiry Shelton gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Daniel Salloi and will look to change the dynamic.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Los Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

5
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin
54
Remi Walter
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Oriol Rosell 73'
7
Johnny Russell
20
Daniel Salloi ↓ Khiry Shelton 89'
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 64'
18
Logan Ndenbe
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada
3
Andreu Fontas
24
Kayden Pierre

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

2022-09-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-08-31 Toronto FC 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2022-08-29 New England Revolution 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-08-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Seattle Sounders FC D 2022-08-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 5–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2022-08-07 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-09-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-08-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-08-21 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2022-08-14 Austin FC 4–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-08-07 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-07-31 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Austin FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.69 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.66 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 75%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy53% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes75% 0% No25%

Avg goals/match: 4.35

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	62%	38%
± 4.5	43%	57%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

75%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

47%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy45% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City20%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.7%

3 – 1

6.7%

1 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

Actual

3 – 2

5.5%

2 – 0

4.9%

1 – 2

4.8%

4 – 1

4.5%

3 – 0

4.2%

4 – 2

3.7%

2 – 3

3.4%

1 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	17%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	19%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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