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

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

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	#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' 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 is having his name booked by the referee on 5.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 285 games and scored 439 goals.
30' Sporting Kansas City have won 439 goals from 285 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
35' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
40' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
45' The energy levels are beginning to show. Steven Cherundolo might look to freshen things up shortly.
46' Kayden Pierre has so much to prove this time. He replaces Graham Zusi on 46 minute.
51' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles FC backline.
53' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Tim Melia exits the field as John Pulskamp enters on 53.
56' Cristian Arango has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 56 minutes.
61' Erik Thommy makes way for Cameron Duke at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
64' Los Angeles FC make a change. Kwadwo Opoku trudges off to be replaced by Gareth Bale on 64 minutes.
65' Gareth Bale is ready to make an impact after coming on for Kwadwo Opoku at the 65 minute mark.
70' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
71' Carlos Vela picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
76' Gareth Bale needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
78' A change in the Los Angeles FC ranks — Carlos Vela exits the field as Latif Blessing enters on 78.
82' Goal! Gareth Bale scores his 43 goal in 545 matches.
84' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. William Agada is hanging Khiry Shelton on the field on 84 minute.
86' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Cristian Arango is replaced by Jhegson Mendez on 86 minute.
90' Ryan Hollingshead was booked on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Los Angeles FC take all three points.

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	4
Cristian Arango	3
Mamadou Fall	3
Carlos Vela	3
Alan Pulido	3
Daniel Salloi	3
Aaron Long	2
Eduard Atuesta	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

0.73 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.35 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 63% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw21% Los Angeles FC63%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 3.08

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

37%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

84%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City9% Draw39% Los Angeles FC52%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

10.5%

0 – 3

9.5%

1 – 2

1 – 1

8.6%

1 – 3

0 – 0

6.1%

0 – 4

5.6%

1 – 4

4.2%

2 – 2

3.3%

2 – 1

2.8%

1 – 0

2.8%

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%	7%	91%
-0.5	9%	—	91%
+0.5	28%	—	72%
+1	28%	23%	50%
+1.5	50%	—	50%
+2	50%	21%	28%
+2.5	72%	—	28%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

48% ✗

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