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 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

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	#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' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Los Angeles Galaxy for this crunch clash at Children's Mercy Park.
5' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Erik Thommy has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' Erik Thommy has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 10 minutes.
15' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
20' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
24' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 24.
26' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Chase Gasper.
31' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact .
36' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
40' Brilliant from the ! William Agada makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 40.
44' What a moment for William Agada! That strike on 44 puts his side firmly in control.
46' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Chase Gasper trudges off to be replaced by Raheem Edwards on 46 minutes.
50' William Agada doubles the advantage! 4-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
55' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
56' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
59' Samuel Grandsir gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Kevin Cabral and will look to change the dynamic.
63' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Javier Hernandez on 63 minutes.
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' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
76' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
81' Adam Saldana gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Gaston Brugman and will look to change the dynamic.
85' What composure from Javier Hernandez! The Mexico international strokes it home. 4-1.
88' The crowd applauds William Agada as he leaves the pitch. Marinos Tzionis steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sporting Kansas City 4-2 Los Angeles Galaxy.

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
Dejan Joveljic	2
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Gabriel Pec	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

2 / 4

1.56 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.01 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 77% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City38% Draw23% Los Angeles Galaxy39%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.57

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

61%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

62%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy36%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.6%

1 – 2

8.6%

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

6.6%

0 – 2

5.7%

1 – 3

5.7%

0 – 1

5.1%

2 – 3

4.5%

0 – 0

4.1%

1 – 0

3.8%

0 – 3

3.7%

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	20%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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