Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 26 Jun 2021 · 21:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 12' Tristan Blackmon

Andreu Fontas 44' Y

Ilie Sanchez 44' Y

R 58' Tristan Blackmon

Y 65' Tomas Romero

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 28 games · 41 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

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC 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
26 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
24 Jun	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
20 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L
12 Jun	Austin FC	H	1–1	D
30 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–2	W
23 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
24 Jun	FC Dallas	H	2–0	W
20 Jun	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
29 May	New York City FC	H	1–2	L
23 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–1	W
17 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Los Angeles FC
#30	Position	#21
21	Points	41
26	Played	28
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	11 / 8 / 9
31	Scored	43
63	Conceded	30
-32	GD	+13
0.81	PPG	1.46
23%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

46% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (41 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

9/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/5

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	14 G	5 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Children's Mercy Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC.
5' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' Los Angeles FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Denis Bouanga scoring 2 goals.
12' Los Angeles FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
17' Diego Rossi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
22' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
24' A goal from the Korea Republic international Kim Moonhwan! He fires home on 24 to make it 0-1!
29' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
34' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
39' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
40' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Jaylin Lindsey is withdrawn and Graham Zusi gets his opportunity.
44' Controversy at the stadium! Andreu Fontas argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
46' Los Angeles FC make a change. Jose Cifuentes trudges off to be replaced by Mark-Anthony Kaye on 46 minutes.
51' It’s high time Bob Bradley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
56' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
57' The supporters are chanting for Carlos Vela. He replaces Latif Blessing on 57 minute.
58' Tristan Blackmon was booked on 58.
61' Goal! Alan Pulido scores his 39 goal in 13 matches.
65' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Tomas Romero.
70' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
75' Over 75 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
77' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Khiry Shelton is hanging Alan Pulido on the field on 77 minute.
82' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Diego Rossi is replaced by Bryce Duke on 82 minute.
85' Wilson Harris is replacing Roger Espinoza for the Sporting Kansas City side.
87' What a strike from Daniel Salloi! The score is 2-1.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

32
Marco Farfan
20
Eduard Atuesta
9
Diego Rossi ↓ Bryce Duke 82'
7
Latif Blessing ↓ Carlos Vela 57'
33
Kim Moonhwan
27
Tristan Blackmon
4
Eddie Segura
11
Jose Cifuentes ↓ Mark-Anthony Kaye 46'
16
Daniel Musovski ↓ Corey Baird 46'
94
Jesus Murillo
30
Tomas Romero

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

2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-06-20 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-06-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Austin FC D 2021-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2021-05-23 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W

Los Angeles FC Form

2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-06-24 Los Angeles FC 2–0 FC Dallas W 2021-06-20 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-05-29 Los Angeles FC 1–2 New York City FC L 2021-05-23 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-05-17 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Los Angeles FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.46 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.77 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC 76% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City39% Draw24% Los Angeles FC37%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.23

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

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

63%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

61%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City25% Draw43% Los Angeles FC32%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

6.3%

0 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

5.6%

1 – 3

5.1%

1 – 0

5.1%

2 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

0 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	16%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	20%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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