Thursday , 2 July 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Sporting Kansas City
0 – 2
Full Time
Los Angeles Galaxy
Thu 30 May 2019 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 33' Giancarlo Gonzalez
Ilie Sanchez 59' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Robert Sibiga
  • Referee Ian Anderson
  • Referee Adam Garner
  • Referee Edvin Jurisevic
  • Referee Luis Guardia

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

7
4
5
Sporting Kansas City 16 games · Avg 3.6 goals Los Angeles Galaxy
Last 5 meetings
2019-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 May Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–2 L
26 May Seattle Sounders FC H 3–2 W
19 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–1 D
12 May D.C. United SC A 0–1 L
06 May Atlanta United FC H 0–3 L
28 Apr New England Revolution H 4–4 D
Los Angeles Galaxy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 May Sporting Kansas City A 2–0 W
24 May Orlando City SC A 1–0 W
20 May Colorado Rapids SC H 0–1 L
11 May New York City FC H 0–2 L
08 May Columbus Crew SC A 1–3 L
04 May New York Red Bulls A 2–3 L

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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sporting Kansas City to score. At the same time, Los Angeles Galaxy does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 10' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 15' United States international Joe Corona has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 20' Graham Zusi needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 25' Daniel Steres has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 30' 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.
  • 33' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Giancarlo Gonzalez.
  • 38' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
  • 43' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 46' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Matt Besler comes on to replace Botond Barath.
  • 51' Chris Pontius, a United States , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 55' GOAL! Fabio Alvarez fires home to make it 0-1!
  • 59' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Ilie Sanchez.
  • 64' Ilie Sanchez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 19 goals in his last 281 appearances.
  • 65' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Daniel Salloi on, Kelyn Rowe off on 65 minutes.
  • 70' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact .
  • 72' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Fabio Alvarez is replaced by Joe Corona.
  • 77' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Seth Sinovic by Jimmy Medranda on 77 minute.
  • 82' Fontas has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 86' Magnificent from Zlatan Ibrahimovic! That is 112 goals in 278 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 88' Sebastian Lletget makes way for Chris Pontius at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles Galaxy.
  • 90' The supporters are chanting for Ema Boateng. He replaces Uriel Antuna on 90 minute.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sporting Kansas City.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Johnny Russell 6
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5
Javier Hernandez 5
Joseph Paintsil 4
William Agada 3
Felipe Gutierrez 2
Gabriel Pec 2
Sebastian Lletget 2

Head to Head

2019-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-10-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-04-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-05-26 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2019-05-19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2019-05-12 D.C. United SC 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Atlanta United FC L 2019-04-28 Sporting Kansas City 4–4 New England Revolution D

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2019-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-05-24 Orlando City SC 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-05-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2019-05-11 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 New York City FC L 2019-05-08 Columbus Crew SC 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-05-04 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.11 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.89 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City26% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy48%
Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 3
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
52%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
74%
Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City18% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy39%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.3%
1 – 2
9.5%
0 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
8.7%
0 – 0
6.7%
1 – 3
6%
2 – 1
5.6%
0 – 3
5.4%
2 – 2
5.3%
1 – 0
4.7%
2 – 3
3.4%
2 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 6% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 13% 79%
-0.5 21% — 79%
+0.5 46% — 54%
+1 46% 22% 32%
+1.5 68% — 32%
+2 68% 17% 15%
+2.5 85% — 15%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
16% ✓
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
34% ✗

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