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

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MLS · 2026

Sporting Kansas City

1 – 5

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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

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 19 games · 34 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	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

Sporting Kansas City 16 games · Avg 3.1 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	#17
14	Points	34
18	Played	19
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 5
18	Scored	35
46	Conceded	19
-28	GD	+16
0.78	PPG	1.79
22%	Win %	53%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at as Sporting Kansas City face off against Los Angeles FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
14' Matt Besler catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 14.
19' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
24' Los Angeles FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
28' Los Angeles FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Christian Ramirez on 28.
33' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles FC backline.
34' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 34.
38' Ilie Sanchez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 38.
43' United States international Lee Nguyen has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
45' Latif Blessing was booked on 45.
48' Felipe Gutierrez picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
50' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Diego Rossi makes it 0-2.
55' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
57' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Mark-Anthony Kaye.
62' Los Angeles FC is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
63' The Mexico Carlos Vela breaks the deadlock on 63 minutes. 0-3!
65' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Gedion Zelalem on, Benny Feilhaber off on 65 minutes.
66' Los Angeles FC ring the changes. Eduard Atuesta has done his job and it is now time for Lee Nguyen to step up.
69' Yohan Croizet is ready to make an impact after coming on for Felipe Gutierrez at the 69 minute mark.
74' The 36-year-old Fontas has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
75' Gianluca Busio gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Krisztian Nemeth and will look to change the dynamic.
76' The crowd applauds Krisztian Nemeth as he leaves the pitch. Gianluca Busio steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
78' Los Angeles FC make a change. Christian Ramirez trudges off to be replaced by Rodolfo Zelaya on 78 minutes.
80' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Steven Beitashour.
83' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Jordan Harvey by Mohamed El Mounir on 83 minute.
85' Against the run of play, Yohan Croizet has scored! This game has turned on its head.
89' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Tim Melia will be fuming at that decision.
89' Rodolfo Zelaya doubles the advantage! 1-4 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 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	4
Carlos Vela	3
Alan Pulido	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Cristian Arango	3
Mamadou Fall	3
Diego Rossi	2
Aaron Long	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

0.96 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.84 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Los Angeles FC to win 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City17% Draw20% Los Angeles FC63%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 3.8

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

37%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

83%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City10% Draw34% Los Angeles FC56%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–5 not predicted

1 – 5

Actual

0 – 2

9.1%

1 – 2

8.5%

0 – 3

8.4%

1 – 3

7.9%

1 – 1

6.8%

0 – 1

6.2%

0 – 4

5.9%

1 – 4

5.6%

2 – 2

2 – 3

3.8%

0 – 5

3.4%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	2%	97%
-1.5	3%	—	97%
-1	3%	6%	90%
-0.5	10%	—	90%
+0.5	25%	—	75%
+1	25%	20%	55%
+1.5	45%	—	55%
+2	45%	20%	35%
+2.5	65%	—	35%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✓

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