Los Angeles Galaxy vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles Galaxy

2 – 2

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Thu 22 Jun 2023 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 12' Alan Pulido

Martin Caceres 24' 1–1

Preston Judd 64' 2–1

2–2 90' Alan Pulido pen

Y 17' Erik Thommy

Y 23' Dany Rosero

Daniel Aguirre 90' Y

Overview

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

Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 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 Galaxy 16 games · Avg 3.6 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2023-06-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City 2023-03-12 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 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

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–2	D
11 Jun	St. Louis City	A	1–1	D
01 Jun	Real Salt Lake	A	3–2	W
28 May	Charlotte FC	H	0–1	L
20 May	D.C. United SC	A	0–3	L
17 May	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
18 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
11 Jun	Austin FC	H	4–1	W
04 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
01 Jun	FC Dallas	H	2–1	W
28 May	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W

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' It’s Showtime! The match between Los Angeles Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
5' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
12' Alan Pulido doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
17' Erik Thommy picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
22' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Roger Espinoza has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
23' Dany Rosero was booked on 23.
24' GOAL! Martin Caceres fires home to make it 1-1!
29' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles Galaxy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
34' Los Angeles Galaxy have won 480 goals from 282 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
39' Los Angeles Galaxy are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
44' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Los Angeles Galaxy side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
49' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
54' Douglas Costa, a Brazil , has 20 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
59' Tyler Boyd is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles Galaxy tonight.
62' The whistle greets Julian Aude as he departs to be replaced by Raheem Edwards.
64' The deadlock is broken! Preston Judd gets on the scoresheet on 64 minutes.
65' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Khiry Shelton exits the field as Johnny Russell enters on 65.
70' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 70 minutes.
75' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Erik Thommy is replaced by Roger Espinoza on 75 minute.
76' Daniel Aguirre is ready to make an impact after coming on for Douglas Costa at the 76 minute mark.
81' Julian Aude has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
86' Los Angeles Galaxy are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's 4-3-3 shape.
90' Alan Pulido doubles the advantage! 2-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
90' That is a card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Daniel Aguirre will be fuming at that decision.
The points are shared — Los Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Sporting Kansas City. Honours even.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	6
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	5
Javier Hernandez	5
Joseph Paintsil	4
William Agada	3
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Gabriel Pec	2
Sebastian Lletget	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2023-06-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-11 St. Louis City 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-06-01 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2023-05-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Charlotte FC L 2023-05-20 D.C. United SC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-05-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-06-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-18 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2023-06-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Austin FC W 2023-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-06-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 FC Dallas W 2023-05-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Portland Timbers W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.85 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Sporting Kansas City 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy45% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City29%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.22

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

71%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

55%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Sporting Kansas City

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy35% Draw42% Sporting Kansas City23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.8%

1 – 2

6.7%

1 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

5.6%

3 – 1

5.5%

0 – 1

4.7%

3 – 0

4.1%

3 – 2

3.8%

0 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	21%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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