Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Sporting Kansas City

4 – 2

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Sun 7 Aug 2022 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 24' Derrick Williams

Y 26' Chase Gasper

Roger Espinoza 56' Y

Y 63' Javier Hernandez

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 16 games · Avg 3.6 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2022-08-07 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City 2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City 2019-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	4–2	W
31 Jul	Austin FC	H	0–2	L
24 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	0–2	L
18 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
14 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	1–1	D
09 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–1	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–4	L
31 Jul	FC Dallas	A	0–1	L
25 Jul	Atlanta United FC	H	2–0	W
17 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
14 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–3	L
09 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	2–3	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Los Angeles Galaxy
#30	Position	#27
14	Points	22
18	Played	19
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
18	Scored	24
46	Conceded	29
-28	GD	-5
0.78	PPG	1.16
22%	Win %	26%

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 (14 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

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' 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.
10' Erik Thommy puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' It’s high time Greg Vanney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
24' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Derrick Williams.
26' Poor challenge from Chase Gasper. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
31' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
36' Jonathan Bond has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 377 appearances.
40' William Agada makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
44' William Agada makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
46' The crowd applauds Chase Gasper as he leaves the pitch. Raheem Edwards steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
50' What a moment for William Agada! That strike on 45 puts his side firmly in control.
55' Kelvin Leerdam has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
56' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza will be fuming at that decision.
59' The whistle greets Kevin Cabral as he departs to be replaced by Samuel Grandsir.
63' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Javier Hernandez will be fuming at that decision.
66' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Erik Thommy has done his job and it is now time for Oriol Rosell to step up.
71' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
76' 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.
81' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Gaston Brugman exits the field as Adam Saldana enters on 81.
85' A goal from the Mexico international Javier Hernandez! He fires home on 85 to make it 4-1!
88' The supporters are chanting for Marinos Tzionis. He replaces William Agada on 88 minute.
The points are shared — Sporting Kansas City 4-2 Los Angeles Galaxy. Honours even.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

5
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin
54
Remi Walter
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Oriol Rosell 66'
7
Johnny Russell
8
Graham Zusi
20
Daniel Salloi
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 59'
2
Ben Sweat
1
John Pulskamp
23
William Agada ↓ Marinos Tzionis 88'
3
Andreu Fontas

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-08-07 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-07-31 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Austin FC L 2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-07-14 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-07-09 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2022-08-07 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-07-31 FC Dallas 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-07-25 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Atlanta United FC W 2022-07-17 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2022-07-09 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.6 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.88 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 77% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City40% Draw23% Los Angeles Galaxy37%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.48

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

63%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

60%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City26% Draw41% Los Angeles Galaxy33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

10.1%

1 – 2

8.4%

2 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.6%

0 – 2

5.5%

1 – 3

5.2%

0 – 1

5.2%

0 – 0

4.5%

1 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

3 – 1

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	16%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	19%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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