Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Sporting Kansas City

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Los Angeles FC

Sun 24 Jul 2022 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 5' Kellyn Acosta

Y 71' Carlos Vela

Y 90' Ryan Hollingshead

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

2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC 2022-04-17 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2021-09-04 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City 2021-08-05 Los Angeles FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City 2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	0–2	L
18 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
14 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	1–1	D
09 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–1	W
04 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	0–1	L
25 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–0	W
18 Jul	Nashville SC	A	2–1	W
09 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–2	W
03 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–1	L
30 Jun	FC Dallas	H	3–1	W
26 Jun	New York Red Bulls	H	2–0	W

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' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host Los Angeles FC — let the battle begin!
5' A moment of madness from Kellyn Acosta on 5 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Los Angeles FC will be frustrated.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles FC that had 293 games and scored 583 goals.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Steven Cherundolo will be considering his options from the bench.
20' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
25' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles FC's compact .
30' 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.
35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
40' Over 40 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
45' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
46' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 46 minute. Graham Zusi leaves to be changed by Kayden Pierre.
51' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
53' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Tim Melia trudges off to be replaced by John Pulskamp on 53 minutes.
56' Los Angeles FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Cristian Arango on 56.
61' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy is replaced by Cameron Duke.
64' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Gareth Bale comes on to replace Kwadwo Opoku.
65' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Kwadwo Opoku is replaced by Gareth Bale on 65 minute.
70' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
71' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Carlos Vela.
76' Giorgio Chiellini has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
78' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Latif Blessing on, Carlos Vela off on 78 minutes.
82' Gareth Bale does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles FC surge ahead!
84' William Agada is ready to make an impact after coming on for Khiry Shelton at the 84 minute mark.
86' A change in the Los Angeles FC ranks — Cristian Arango exits the field as Jhegson Mendez enters on 86.
90' Ryan Hollingshead is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

2
Ben Sweat
6
Oriol Rosell ↑ 65'
28
Cameron Duke ↑ 61'
4
Robert Voloder
1
John Pulskamp ↑ 53'
23
William Agada ↑ 84'
27
Marinos Tzionis ↑ 84'
24
Kayden Pierre ↑ 46'

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios
14
Giorgio Chiellini ↓ Eddie Segura 46'
9
Cristian Arango ↓ Jhegson Mendez 86'
6
Ilie Sanchez
10
Carlos Vela ↓ Latif Blessing 78'
23
Kellyn Acosta
2
Franco Escobar ↓ Ryan Hollingshead 65'
16
Maxime Crepeau
20
Jose Cifuentes
22
Kwadwo Opoku ↓ Gareth Bale 65'
3
Jesus Murillo

Bench

11
Gareth Bale ↑ 65'
24
Ryan Hollingshead ↑ 65'
77
John McCarthy
7
Latif Blessing ↑ 78'
25
Sebastien Ibeagha
32
Jhegson Mendez ↑ 86'
4
Eddie Segura ↑ 46'
5
Mamadou Fall

Coach Steven Cherundolo

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

2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-07-14 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-07-09 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-07-04 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 New York Red Bulls L 2022-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-07-18 Nashville SC 1–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-07-09 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-07-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Los Angeles FC L 2022-06-30 Los Angeles FC 3–1 FC Dallas W 2022-06-26 Los Angeles FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.83 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.05 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City19% Draw24% Los Angeles FC57%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

43%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

81%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City12% Draw42% Los Angeles FC46%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

10.9%

1 – 1

10.3%

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 3

7.7%

0 – 0

7.3%

1 – 3

6.5%

0 – 4

2 – 2

3.9%

1 – 0

3.9%

2 – 1

3.8%

1 – 4

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	3%	96%
-1.5	4%	—	96%
-1	4%	9%	87%
-0.5	13%	—	87%
+0.5	36%	—	64%
+1	36%	24%	41%
+1.5	59%	—	41%
+2	59%	20%	21%
+2.5	79%	—	21%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

44% ✗

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