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

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

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

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
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' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Children's Mercy Park!
5' The referee has no hesitation. Kellyn Acosta is booked for Los Angeles FC — Yellow card on 5.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Graham Zusi is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles FC.
15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
35' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Eddie Segura has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' Los Angeles FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
45' It’s high time Steven Cherundolo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
46' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Graham Zusi is withdrawn and Kayden Pierre gets his opportunity.
51' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
53' John Pulskamp has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tim Melia on 53 minute.
56' A goal from the Colombia international Cristian Arango! He fires home on 56 to make it 0-1!
61' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 61 minute. Erik Thommy leaves to be changed by Cameron Duke.
64' The whistle greets Kwadwo Opoku as he departs to be replaced by Gareth Bale.
65' Gareth Bale is replacing Kwadwo Opoku for the Los Angeles FC side.
70' Los Angeles FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Denis Bouanga scoring 3 goals.
71' Carlos Vela is having his name booked by the referee on 71.
76' 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.
78' Latif Blessing gets the nod from Los Angeles FC. He replaces Carlos Vela and will look to change the dynamic.
82' Gareth Bale does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles FC surge ahead!
84' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Khiry Shelton by William Agada on 84 minute.
86' Another change for Los Angeles FC made on 86 minute. Cristian Arango leaves to be changed by Jhegson Mendez.
90' A moment of madness from Ryan Hollingshead on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Los Angeles FC will be frustrated.
Sporting Kansas City will have plenty to reflect on. Los Angeles FC were simply the better side today.

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
Cristian Arango	3
Mamadou Fall	3
Carlos Vela	3
Alan Pulido	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Eduard Atuesta	2
Aaron Long	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

1 / 4

0.87 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.02 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City19% Draw24% Los Angeles FC57%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.89

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

44%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

81%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City13% Draw43% Los Angeles FC44%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

10.7%

1 – 1

10.5%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 3

7.4%

0 – 0

7.3%

1 – 3

6.4%

2 – 2

4.1%

1 – 0

4.1%

2 – 1

4.1%

0 – 4

3.7%

1 – 4

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	4%	95%
-1.5	5%	—	95%
-1	5%	10%	86%
-0.5	14%	—	86%
+0.5	37%	—	63%
+1	37%	24%	39%
+1.5	61%	—	39%
+2	61%	19%	20%
+2.5	80%	—	20%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

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