Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, 2018

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Sun 7 Oct 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jair Marrufo
Referee Sorin Stoica
Referee Adam Garner
Referee Caleb Mendez
Referee Jose Da Silva

4 games this season 🟨 0.5/game ⚽ 1.8 goals/game

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 16 games · Avg 3.6 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2018-10-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-04-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
30 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	D
23 Sep	Philadelphia Union	A	0–2	L
16 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	5–1	W
09 Sep	Orlando City SC	H	1–0	W
01 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–3	L

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
30 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
23 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–0	W
15 Sep	Toronto FC	A	3–5	L
02 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–6	L
25 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	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 history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 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 Galaxy

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

4/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy is underway.
5' 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.
10' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
15' Sporting Kansas City have won 435 goals from 281 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
30' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
35' Jorgen Skjelvik is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Sporting Kansas City winning 100% of all matches.
45' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
50' Roger Espinoza has been relatively quiet despite scoring 10 goals in his last 281 appearances.
55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
60' Johnny Russell is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
65' A quiet spell here at . Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
70' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
75' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Zlatan Ibrahimovic has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
80' 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 Matt Besler suffering a number of foals already.
85' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact .
90' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

9
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
29
Sheanon Williams ↓ Jorgen Skjelvik 74'
8
Jonathan dos Santos ↓ Servando Carrasco 90'
3
Ashley Cole C
17
Sebastian Lletget
11
Ola Kamara
7
Romain Alessandrini ↓ Perry Kitchen 85'
1
David Bingham
5
Daniel Steres
4
David Romney
24
Ema Boateng

Bench

Coach Dominic Kinnear

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	6
Javier Hernandez	5
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	5
Joseph Paintsil	4
William Agada	3
Dejan Joveljic	2
Daniel Salloi	2
Dejan Joveljic	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.52 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.61 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City39% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy35%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.13

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

65%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

61%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy30%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

7.8%

2 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

6.3%

0 – 0

1 – 0

5.8%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 0

1 – 3

4.5%

3 – 1

2 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	18%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	19%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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

Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Clean Sheet