Wednesday , 30 September 2026

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

MLS · 2023
Sporting Kansas City
0 – 0
Full Time
Los Angeles Galaxy
Sun 12 Mar 2023 · 01:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

7
4
5
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 #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' It’s Showtime! The match between Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy is underway.
  • 5' Sporting Kansas City currently sit 22 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 10' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 15' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 20' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's 4-5-1 shape.
  • 25' Sporting Kansas City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 287 games and scored 486 goals.
  • 35' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked 26 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 40' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 45' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 45.
  • 50' Gaston Brugman has been relatively quiet despite scoring 6 goals in his last 382 appearances.
  • 55' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 60' Los Angeles Galaxy is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles Galaxy are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 63' The whistle greets Khiry Shelton as he departs to be replaced by Marinos Tzionis.
  • 67' The whistle greets Roger Espinoza as he departs to be replaced by Nemanja Radoja.
  • 72' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 77' Ben Sweat is ready to make an impact after coming on for Tim Leibold at the 77 minute mark.
  • 81' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Daniel Aguirre is hanging Memo Rodriguez on the field on 81 minute.
  • 86' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their 4-3-3 trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact 4-5-1.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 0-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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

PlayerGoals
Johnny Russell 6
Javier Hernandez 5
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5
Joseph Paintsil 4
William Agada 3
Daniel Salloi 2
Dejan Joveljic 2
Felipe Gutierrez 2

Head to Head

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

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
1.53 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.35 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City44% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy30%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.88
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 54%
46%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
70%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
56%
Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City30% Draw45% Los Angeles Galaxy25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.5%
2 – 1
8.5%
1 – 0
7.7%
1 – 2
7.5%
0 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
6.6%
2 – 0
6.5%
2 – 2
5.8%
0 – 2
5%
3 – 1
4.4%
1 – 3
3.4%
3 – 0
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 12% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 20% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 68% — 32%
+1 68% 17% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 10% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
27% ✗
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
22% ✗

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