Sunday , 16 August 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Sporting Kansas City
0 – 2
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Sun 23 Mar 2025 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Logan Ndenbe 11' Y
Memo Rodriguez 24' Y
Y 60' Sergi Palencia
Nemanja Radoja 65' Y
Y 90' Yaw Yeboah

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

4
2
10
Sporting Kansas City 16 games · Avg 3.1 goals Los Angeles FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC 2024-10-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Los Angeles FC 2024-03-10 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2023-06-18 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Los Angeles FC 2023-05-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Mar Los Angeles FC H 0–2 L
16 Mar Minnesota United FC H 3–3 D
09 Mar D.C. United SC A 1–2 L
02 Mar San Jose Earthquakes H 1–2 L
23 Feb Austin FC A 0–1 L
20 Oct FC Dallas A 1–2 L
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Mar Sporting Kansas City A 2–0 W
15 Mar Austin FC H 0–1 L
08 Mar Seattle Sounders FC A 2–5 L
02 Mar New York City FC H 1–0 W
22 Feb Minnesota United FC H 1–0 W
20 Oct San Jose Earthquakes H 3–1 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' Sporting Kansas City have kicked off against Los Angeles FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Los Angeles FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Steven Cherundolo will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 11' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 11.
  • 16' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 18' What composure from Esteban David Martinez! The Venezuela international strokes it home. 0-1.
  • 23' Los Angeles FC is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 24' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Memo Rodriguez.
  • 29' Over 29 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 34' Supporters expect more eagerness from Erik Thommy, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 10 goals in the last 9 games.
  • 39' Los Angeles FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 44' Manu Garcia needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • 49' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 54' The USA Aaron Long breaks the deadlock on 54 minutes. 0-2!
  • 59' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 60' Los Angeles FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 60.
  • 65' Nemanja Radoja was booked on 65.
  • 66' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Erik Thommy departs to be replaced by Daniel Salloi.
  • 71' Los Angeles FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 72' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Magomed Suleymanov has done his job and it is now time for Mason Toye to step up.
  • 75' Adrian Wibowo gets the nod from Los Angeles FC. He replaces Esteban David Martinez and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 80' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 85' With 0 assists to his name this season, Nemanja Radoja is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles FC.
  • 86' Khiry Shelton is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jake Davis at the 86 minute mark.
  • 87' The supporters are chanting for Nkosi Burgess. He replaces Marky Delgado on 87 minute.
  • 90' It’s gonna be a card for Yaw Yeboah.
  • 90' Los Angeles FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Artem Smoliakov is hanging Ryan Hollingshead on the field on 90 minute.
  • With this win, Los Angeles FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
Denis Bouanga 4
Carlos Vela 3
Alan Pulido 3
Daniel Salloi 3
Cristian Arango 3
Mamadou Fall 3
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 2
Diego Rossi 2

Head to Head

2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC 2024-10-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Los Angeles FC 2024-03-10 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City 2023-06-18 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Los Angeles FC 2023-05-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2025-03-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Minnesota United FC D 2025-03-09 D.C. United SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-02-23 Austin FC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-10-20 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Los Angeles FC Form

2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2025-03-15 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Austin FC L 2025-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Los Angeles FC L 2025-03-02 Los Angeles FC 1–0 New York City FC W 2025-02-22 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2024-10-20 Los Angeles FC 3–1 San Jose Earthquakes W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
0.98 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.42 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Los Angeles FC to win 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City17% Draw21% Los Angeles FC62%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 3.4
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 44%
56%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
39%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
83%
Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City13% Draw38% Los Angeles FC49%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 2
Actual
1 – 2
9.3%
1 – 1
8.7%
0 – 1
7.7%
0 – 3
7.6%
1 – 3
7.4%
0 – 0
4.7%
0 – 4
4.6%
1 – 4
4.5%
2 – 2
4.5%
2 – 1
3.8%
2 – 3
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 95%
-1.5 5% — 95%
-1 5% 8% 87%
-0.5 13% — 87%
+0.5 32% — 68%
+1 32% 22% 46%
+1.5 54% — 46%
+2 54% 20% 26%
+2.5 74% — 26%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
10% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
38% ✗

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