Wednesday , 30 September 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 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

5
2
10
Sporting Kansas City 17 games · Avg 3.2 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 #21
21 Points 41
26 Played 28
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 11 / 8 / 9
31 Scored 43
63 Conceded 30
-32 GD +13
0.81 PPG 1.46
23% Win % 39%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
46% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (41 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/8
16-30
7/7
31-45
5/8
46-60
2/6
61-75
4/11
76+
4/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Los Angeles FC
0-15
4/4
16-30
6/5
31-45
9/4
46-60
4/5
61-75
4/5
76+
6/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC
Denis Bouanga 14 G 5 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' 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.
  • 10' The 35-year-old Ryan Hollingshead has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 11' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 11.
  • 16' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Manu Garcia suffering a number of foals already.
  • 18' Esteban David Martinez has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 18 minutes.
  • 23' Supporters expect more eagerness from Hugo Lloris, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 24' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a card on 24.
  • 29' Los Angeles FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Denis Bouanga scoring 2 goals.
  • 34' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 39' Sporting Kansas City 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.
  • 44' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 49' 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.
  • 54' What a moment for Aaron Long! That strike on 54 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 59' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 60' Los Angeles FC player sees a card in front of him.
  • 65' A moment of madness from Nemanja Radoja on 65 minutes earns him a card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
  • 66' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Erik Thommy departs to be replaced by Daniel Salloi.
  • 71' Yaw Yeboah is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 72' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Magomed Suleymanov trudges off to be replaced by Mason Toye on 72 minutes.
  • 75' Adrian Wibowo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Esteban David Martinez at the 75 minute mark.
  • 80' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 85' Nathan Ordaz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 86' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Jake Davis by Khiry Shelton on 86 minute.
  • 87' Nkosi Burgess has so much to prove this time. He replaces Marky Delgado on 87 minute.
  • 90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Yaw Yeboah.
  • 90' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Ryan Hollingshead is replaced by Artem Smoliakov.
  • 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

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Denis Bouanga 5
Alan Pulido 3
Daniel Salloi 3
Cristian Arango 3
Mamadou Fall 3
Carlos Vela 3
Diego Rossi 2
Eduard Atuesta 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
1.08 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.12 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 61% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City21% Draw23% Los Angeles FC56%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 3.2
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 83%
17%
± 2.5 61%
39%
± 3.5 40%
60%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
44%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
79%
Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles FC
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City16% Draw41% Los Angeles FC43%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.1%
1 – 2
9.5%
0 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
8%
1 – 3
6.7%
0 – 3
6.3%
0 – 0
5.6%
2 – 2
5.1%
2 – 1
4.9%
1 – 0
3.7%
2 – 3
3.7%
1 – 4
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 5% 93%
-1.5 7% — 93%
-1 7% 11% 82%
-0.5 18% — 82%
+0.5 40% — 60%
+1 40% 22% 38%
+1.5 62% — 38%
+2 62% 18% 19%
+2.5 81% — 19%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
34% ✗

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