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

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

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	#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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with Los Angeles Galaxy.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Erik Thommy makes it 1-0.
15' Adam Saldana has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
20' 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.
24' Derrick Williams was booked on 24.
26' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Chase Gasper on 26 minutes.
31' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
36' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
40' The deadlock is broken! William Agada gets on the scoresheet on 40 minutes.
44' A stunning finish from William Agada — that came from absolutely nowhere!
46' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Chase Gasper trudges off to be replaced by Raheem Edwards on 46 minutes.
50' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. William Agada makes it 4-0.
55' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 289 games and scored 440 goals.
56' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 56.
59' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Kevin Cabral trudges off to be replaced by Samuel Grandsir on 59 minutes.
63' Los Angeles Galaxy player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
66' The supporters are chanting for Oriol Rosell. He replaces Erik Thommy on 66 minute.
71' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
76' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
81' Adam Saldana gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Gaston Brugman and will look to change the dynamic.
85' Javier Hernandez adds to his 0 season tally! Los Angeles Galaxy lead 4-1 — and this changes everything.
88' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. William Agada departs to be replaced by Marinos Tzionis.
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
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

3 / 4

1.72 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.87 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 77% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City42% Draw23% Los Angeles Galaxy35%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.59

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	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

65%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

58%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City28% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy32%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.7%

1 – 2

2 – 1

7.4%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 3

0 – 2

4.9%

0 – 1

4.6%

2 – 3

4.3%

3 – 1

4.2%

1 – 0

4.1%

2 – 0

4.1%

0 – 0

4.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	17%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	18%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	12%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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