Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Sun 12 Mar 2023 · 01:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

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

2023-03-12 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2022-09-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D
05 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–0	D
28 Feb	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
09 Oct	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
02 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
18 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–1	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–0	D
05 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–3	L
21 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	2–3	L
15 Oct	Nashville SC	H	1–0	W
09 Oct	Houston Dynamo	A	3–1	W
02 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	D

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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with Los Angeles Galaxy.
5' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 285 games and scored 439 goals.
20' Jalen Neal needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
25' Sporting Kansas City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
30' The 30-year-old Memo Rodriguez has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
40' Remi Walter, a France , has 8 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
45' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
50' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Martin Caceres made 511 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
60' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's 4-5-1 shape.
63' The whistle greets Khiry Shelton as he departs to be replaced by Marinos Tzionis.
67' Nemanja Radoja gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Roger Espinoza and will look to change the dynamic.
72' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
77' The supporters are chanting for Ben Sweat. He replaces Tim Leibold on 77 minute.
81' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Memo Rodriguez trudges off to be replaced by Daniel Aguirre on 81 minutes.
86' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
The final score is 0-0.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

4-5-1

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

2023-03-12 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-03-05 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-02-28 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-09 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-10-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-09-18 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2023-03-12 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-03-05 FC Dallas 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-10-21 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Nashville SC W 2022-10-09 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-10-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Real Salt Lake D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.41 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.36 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City41% Draw27% Los Angeles Galaxy32%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

68%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

59%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City28% Draw46% Los Angeles Galaxy26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.9%

0 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 2

7.9%

1 – 0

7.8%

0 – 1

7.5%

2 – 0

6.1%

0 – 2

5.7%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

3.8%

1 – 3

3.6%

3 – 0

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	19%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	19%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

25% ✗

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