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 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

6 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

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

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	#23
21	Points	36
26	Played	28
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	9 / 9 / 10
31	Scored	37
63	Conceded	44
-32	GD	-7
0.81	PPG	1.29
23%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 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 Galaxy

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

6/9

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/5

76+

9/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Marco Reus	7 G	7 A
Klauss	7 G
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Los Angeles Galaxy for this crunch clash at .
5' United States international David Romney has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Graham Zusi, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
15' A quiet spell here at . Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' The 36-year-old David Bingham has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
25' 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.
30' It’s high time Dominic Kinnear made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
35' Sebastian Lletget has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
40' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
45' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
50' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
55' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
60' 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.
65' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
70' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Ola Kamara has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
75' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
80' Los Angeles Galaxy have won 486 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
85' 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.
90' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles Galaxy backline.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	5
Javier Hernandez	5
Joseph Paintsil	4
William Agada	3
Gabriel Pec	2
Sebastian Lletget	2
Alan Pulido	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.68 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 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 City44% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.15

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

69%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

56%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City31% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy26%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

7.5%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.3%

2 – 0

0 – 0

5.9%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.6%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	19%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	17%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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)

Top Scorers (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