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

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MLS · 2025

Sporting Kansas City

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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

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

Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

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

Sporting Kansas City 15 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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	#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' Sporting Kansas City have kicked off against Los Angeles FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
10' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles FC's shape.
11' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Logan Ndenbe gets a card.
16' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
18' Los Angeles FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Esteban David Martinez on 18.
23' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
24' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 24.
29' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
34' Ryan Hollingshead, a USA , has 29 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
39' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 281 games and scored 435 goals.
44' John Pulskamp is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
49' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
54' GOAL! Aaron Long scores on 54.
59' 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.
60' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Sergi Palencia on 60 minutes.
65' The referee calls foul for Nemanja Radoja. He receives a card.
66' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Erik Thommy by Daniel Salloi on 66 minute.
71' Jake Davis has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 281 appearances.
72' The whistle greets Magomed Suleymanov as he departs to be replaced by Mason Toye.
75' Los Angeles FC make a change. Esteban David Martinez trudges off to be replaced by Adrian Wibowo on 75 minutes.
80' 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.
85' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
86' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Jake Davis has done his job and it is now time for Khiry Shelton to step up.
87' Another change for Los Angeles FC made on 87 minute. Marky Delgado leaves to be changed by Nkosi Burgess.
90' Yaw Yeboah picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' The Los Angeles FC manager makes a substitution. Ryan Hollingshead departs to be replaced by Artem Smoliakov.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Tim Leibold ↑ 86'
10
Daniel Salloi ↑ 66'
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 86'
13
Mason Toye ↑ 72'
23
Willy Agada ↑ 66'
30
Stephen Afrira
36
Ryan Schewe
16
Jacob Bartlett

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

1
Hugo Lloris
14
Sergi Palencia
11
Timothy Tillman
22
Cengiz Under ↓ Yaw Yeboah 75'
24
Ryan Hollingshead ↓ Artem Smoliakov 90'
33
Aaron Long
8
Marky Delgado ↓ Nkosi Burgess 87'
4
Eddie Segura
6
Igor
27
Nathan Ordaz ↓ Odin Holm 87'
30
Esteban David Martinez ↓ Adrian Wibowo 75'

Bench

20
Yaw Yeboah ↑ 75'
17
Jeremy Ebobisse
25
Maxime Chanot
12
Thomas Hasal
91
Nkosi Burgess ↑ 87'
43
Adam Saldana
80
Odin Holm ↑ 87'
77
Adrian Wibowo ↑ 75'
29
Artem Smoliakov ↑ 90'

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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

1.02 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.21 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 62% + Los Angeles FC to win 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City19% Draw23% Los Angeles FC58%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.23

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

42%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

81%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City14% Draw40% Los Angeles FC46%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.7%

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 1

8.2%

1 – 3

0 – 3

6.9%

0 – 0

5.4%

2 – 2

4.8%

2 – 1

4.4%

1 – 4

3.9%

0 – 4

3.8%

2 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	10%	84%
-0.5	16%	—	84%
+0.5	37%	—	63%
+1	37%	22%	41%
+1.5	59%	—	41%
+2	59%	19%	22%
+2.5	78%	—	22%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

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