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

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MLS · 2026

Sporting Kansas City

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Los Angeles FC

Thu 4 Jul 2019 · 00:30 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+6'

Matt Besler 14' Y

Seth Sinovic 34' Y

Ilie Sanchez 38' Y

Y 45' Latif Blessing

Felipe Gutierrez 48' Y

Y 57' Mark-Anthony Kaye

Y 80' Steven Beitashour

Tim Melia 89' Y

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ted Unkel
Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
Referee Adam Garner
Referee Jeremy Kieso
Referee Kevin Stott

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-07-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–5 Los Angeles FC 2019-03-04 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2018-08-12 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	1–5	L
30 Jun	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
23 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–0	W
07 Jun	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
02 Jun	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
30 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–2	L

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	5–1	W
29 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–1	L
02 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	3–2	W
25 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	4–2	W
19 May	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
17 May	FC Dallas	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Los Angeles FC
#30	Position	#21
26	Points	47
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	12 / 11 / 11
40	Scored	52
81	Conceded	40
-41	GD	+12
0.76	PPG	1.38
21%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/5

16-30

6/6

31-45

10/8

46-60

7/7

61-75

7/6

76+

8/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	18 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at . Sporting Kansas City are looking to make home advantage count against Los Angeles FC.
5' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
10' Los Angeles FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
14' The referee calls foul for Matt Besler. He receives a Yellow card.
19' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
24' Los Angeles FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
28' Christian Ramirez puts Los Angeles FC on the lead.
33' The energy levels are beginning to show. Bob Bradley might look to freshen things up shortly.
34' Seth Sinovic has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 34.
38' Ilie Sanchez was booked on 38.
43' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
45' Poor challenge from Latif Blessing. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
48' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 48.
50' What composure from Diego Rossi! The Uruguay international strokes it home. 0-2.
55' Mohamed El Mounir needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
57' The referee shows Los Angeles FC player a Yellow card on 57.
62' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
63' A goal from the Mexico international Carlos Vela! He fires home on 63 to make it 0-3!
65' The crowd applauds Benny Feilhaber as he leaves the pitch. Gedion Zelalem steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
66' Lee Nguyen is ready to make an impact after coming on for Eduard Atuesta at the 66 minute mark.
69' Felipe Gutierrez makes way for Yohan Croizet at the 69 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
74' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
75' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Krisztian Nemeth exits the field as Gianluca Busio enters on 75.
76' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gianluca Busio is hanging Krisztian Nemeth on the field on 76 minute.
78' The Los Angeles FC manager makes a substitution. Christian Ramirez departs to be replaced by Rodolfo Zelaya.
80' Controversy at the stadium! Steven Beitashour argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
83' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Jordan Harvey is withdrawn and Mohamed El Mounir gets his opportunity.
85' Yohan Croizet is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
89' The referee has no hesitation. Tim Melia is booked for Sporting Kansas City — Yellow card on 89.
89' Rodolfo Zelaya adds to his 0 season tally! Los Angeles FC lead 1-4 — and this changes everything.
The final score is 1-5.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

10
Carlos Vela C
20
Eduard Atuesta ↓ Lee Nguyen 66'
21
Christian Ramirez ↓ Rodolfo Zelaya 78'
3
Steven Beitashour
2
Jordan Harvey ↓ Mohamed El Mounir 83'
9
Diego Rossi
7
Latif Blessing
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye
27
Tristan Blackmon
4
Eddie Segura
23
Pablo Sisniega

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Denis Bouanga	5
Carlos Vela	3
Alan Pulido	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Cristian Arango	3
Mamadou Fall	3
Aaron Long	2
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-07-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–5 Los Angeles FC L 2019-06-30 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-06-23 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-06-07 Toronto FC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2019-06-02 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2019-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Los Angeles FC Form

2019-07-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–5 Los Angeles FC W 2019-06-29 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Los Angeles FC L 2019-06-02 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles FC W 2019-05-25 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Montreal Impact FC W 2019-05-19 FC Dallas 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2019-05-17 Los Angeles FC 2–0 FC Dallas W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.1 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.52 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw22% Los Angeles FC58%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.62

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

42%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

80%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City14% Draw37% Los Angeles FC49%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–5 not predicted

1 – 5

Actual

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 2

8.6%

1 – 1

8.2%

1 – 3

7.5%

0 – 3

0 – 1

6.5%

2 – 2

4.9%

1 – 4

4.8%

0 – 4

4.4%

2 – 3

4.2%

2 – 1

0 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	9%	86%
-0.5	14%	—	86%
+0.5	33%	—	67%
+1	33%	21%	46%
+1.5	54%	—	46%
+2	54%	19%	26%
+2.5	74%	—	26%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

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