Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
- Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 May Los Angeles Galaxy H 3–1 W 10 May Portland Timbers A 0–6 L 02 May Seattle Sounders FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Chicago Fire FC A 0–5 L 18 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–3 L 12 Apr San Jose Earthquakes H 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 May Sporting Kansas City A 1–3 L 09 May Atlanta United FC A 0–0 D 03 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W 23 Apr Columbus Crew SC A 1–2 L 19 Apr FC Dallas A 2–2 D Season Stats
Sporting Kansas City Los Angeles Galaxy #30 Position #24 11 Points 20 14 Played 15 3 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 14 Scored 22 36 Conceded 22 -22 GD +0 0.79 PPG 1.33 21% Win % 33% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this seasonSporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ ConcededLos Angeles Galaxy0-151/116-302/–31-454/546-602/261-75–/276+5/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
- 5' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' 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 Calvin Harris suffering a number of foals already.
- 15' Joseph Paintsil needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 32' Capita puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
- 37' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 41' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 41.
- 46' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 49' It’s a booking for Los Angeles Galaxy player. Mauricio Cuevas gets a card.
- 49' Goal! Dejan Joveljic scores his 62 goal in 245 matches.
- 54' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles Galaxy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 59' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 64' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 276 games and scored 475 goals.
- 69' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Dejan Joveljic scoring 1 goals.
- 70' GOAL! Calvin Harris scores on 70.
- 75' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 80' The referee shows Los Angeles Galaxy player a card on 80.
- 85' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 87' Goal! Gabriel Pec scores his 35 goal in 284 matches.
- 89' What a strike from Gabriel Pec! The score is 3-2.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Los Angeles Galaxy.
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Lineups
Sporting Kansas City Lineups
Starting XI
- 9
- 30
- 22
- 7
- 11
- 4
- 8
- 99
- 19
- 28
- 2
Bench
- 6
- 93
- 1
- 23
- 13
- 17
- 14
- 16
- 57
Coach Raphaël WickyLos Angeles Galaxy Lineups
Starting XI
- 18
- 12
- 28
- 14
- 6
- 11
- 5
- 25
- 19
- 8
- 26
Bench
- 4
- 27
- 2
- 15
- 1
- 9
- 16
- 24
- 22
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Johnny Russell 6 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5 Javier Hernandez 5 Joseph Paintsil 4 William Agada 3 Sebastian Lletget 2 Alan Pulido 2 Johnny Russell 2 Head to Head
Sporting Kansas City Form
2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes LLos Angeles Galaxy Form
2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-05-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2026-04-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-04-19 FC Dallas 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 31.46 Sporting Kansas City xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.86 Los Angeles Galaxy xGI would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 76% + Both teams to score 65%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Sporting Kansas City winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.32Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 84% 16% ± 2.5 63% 37% ± 3.5 42% 58% ± 4.5 24% 76% Double Chance
Sporting Kansas City or Draw 60%Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy 64%Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 76%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✗ 3–1 not predicted3 – 1Actual1 – 1 10.7%1 – 2 8.8%2 – 1 6.9%2 – 2 6.4%0 – 2 6.3%0 – 1 6.1%1 – 3 5.4%0 – 0 5.1%1 – 0 4.6%2 – 3 4%2 – 0 3.9%0 – 3 3.8%Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City
Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 9% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 16% 71% -0.5 29% — 71% +0.5 54% — 46% +1 54% 20% 26% +1.5 74% — 26% +2 74% 14% 12% +2.5 88% — 12% Clean Sheet
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.