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 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
#23	Position	#30
36	Points	21
28	Played	26
9 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
37	Scored	31
44	Conceded	63
-7	GD	-32
1.29	PPG	0.81
32%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

6/9

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/5

76+

9/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Marco Reus	7 G	7 A
Klauss	7 G
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Los Angeles Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City has kicked off!
4' Javier Hernandez does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
5' GOAL! Javier Hernandez fires home to make it 2-0!
10' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Dejan Joveljic scoring 1 goals.
15' Los Angeles Galaxy are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
20' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Johnny Russell, as he is very good at scoring at Dignity Health Sports Park with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
30' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 30 minutes.
35' Jonathan Bond has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
40' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Felipe Hernandez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
45' Over 45 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
47' The referee has no hesitation. Riqui Puig is booked for Los Angeles Galaxy — Yellow card on 47.
52' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
57' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
58' Victor Vazquez makes way for Sacha Kljestan at the 58 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles Galaxy.
63' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
64' The crowd applauds Roger Espinoza as he leaves the pitch. Felipe Hernandez steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
66' Magnificent from Johnny Russell! That is 73 goals in 290 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
71' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Douglas Costa is hanging Gaston Brugman on the field on 71 minute.
73' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Erik Thommy departs to be replaced by Oriol Rosell.
76' Magnificent from Felipe Hernandez! That is 4 goals in 290 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
81' Los Angeles Galaxy have won 486 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
84' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Remi Walter.
85' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kevin Cabral is hanging Marky Delgado on the field on 85 minute.
88' Javier Hernandez has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 88 minutes.
89' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Daniel Salloi trudges off to be replaced by Khiry Shelton on 89 minutes.
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

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
Gabriel Pec	2
Sebastian Lletget	2
Alan Pulido	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

2.52 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.79 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy49% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City28%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.31

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	61%	39%
± 4.5	42%	58%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

71%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

51%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Sporting Kansas City

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy41% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City23%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

7.5%

1 – 1

6.9%

2 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

6.2%

3 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

5.4%

2 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

3.9%

4 – 1

3.9%

3 – 0

3.6%

4 – 2

3.5%

3 – 3

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	15%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	19%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	13%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	8%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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