Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

MLS · 2022
Sporting Kansas City
0 – 2
Full Time
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

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

4
2
9
Sporting Kansas City 15 games · Avg 3.1 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 #20
11 Points 24
14 Played 15
3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 7 / 3 / 5
14 Scored 24
36 Conceded 17
-22 GD +7
0.79 PPG 1.60
21% Win % 47%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Los Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/6
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/5
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Los Angeles FC
0-15
1/3
16-30
4/2
31-45
2/2
46-60
1/5
61-75
3/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Los Angeles FC for this crunch clash at Children's Mercy Park.
  • 5' Kellyn Acosta was booked on 5.
  • 10' USA international Felipe Hernandez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 30' Los Angeles FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 35' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 40' Graham Zusi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 45' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 46' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Graham Zusi by Kayden Pierre on 46 minute.
  • 51' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 53' The whistle greets Tim Melia as he departs to be replaced by John Pulskamp.
  • 56' Cristian Arango doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 61' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Erik Thommy by Cameron Duke on 61 minute.
  • 64' Los Angeles FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gareth Bale is hanging Kwadwo Opoku on the field on 64 minute.
  • 65' Los Angeles FC make a change. Kwadwo Opoku trudges off to be replaced by Gareth Bale on 65 minutes.
  • 70' 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.
  • 71' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Carlos Vela.
  • 76' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles FC's compact .
  • 78' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Carlos Vela is replaced by Latif Blessing.
  • 82' What composure from Gareth Bale! The Wales international strokes it home. 0-2.
  • 84' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Khiry Shelton has done his job and it is now time for William Agada to step up.
  • 86' Jhegson Mendez gets the nod from Los Angeles FC. He replaces Cristian Arango and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 90' Poor challenge from Ryan Hollingshead. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • It finishes all square. Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC share the spoils 0-2.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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

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
0.77 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.14 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City17% Draw23% Los Angeles FC60%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes48% 0% No52%
Avg goals/match: 2.91
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 55%
45%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
40%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
83%
Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City11% Draw41% Los Angeles FC48%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
11.2%
1 – 1
9.7%
1 – 2
9.3%
0 – 3
8.5%
0 – 0
7.1%
1 – 3
6.6%
0 – 4
4.6%
1 – 4
3.6%
2 – 2
3.6%
1 – 0
3.5%
2 – 1
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 97%
-1.5 3% — 97%
-1 3% 8% 89%
-0.5 11% — 89%
+0.5 33% — 67%
+1 33% 24% 44%
+1.5 56% — 44%
+2 56% 21% 23%
+2.5 77% — 23%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
47% ✗

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