Thursday , 2 July 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 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

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 #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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy has kicked off!
  • 5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 10' Over 10 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 20' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 30' USA international Jalen Neal has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 35' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 40' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 45' Daniel Salloi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles Galaxy so far.
  • 50' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Gaston Brugman suffering a number of foals already.
  • 55' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 60' 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.
  • 63' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Khiry Shelton by Marinos Tzionis on 63 minute.
  • 67' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Roger Espinoza trudges off to be replaced by Nemanja Radoja on 67 minutes.
  • 72' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 77' Ben Sweat is replacing Tim Leibold for the Sporting Kansas City side.
  • 81' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Memo Rodriguez is replaced by Daniel Aguirre.
  • 86' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a 4-3-3 today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's 4-5-1 shape.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

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
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5
Javier Hernandez 5
Joseph Paintsil 4
William Agada 3
Johnny Russell 2
Dejan Joveljic 2
Daniel Salloi 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
1.38 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.5 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 City39% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy35%
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 32%
68%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
65%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
61%
Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City26% Draw45% Los Angeles Galaxy29%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.6%
1 – 2
8.4%
2 – 1
7.7%
0 – 1
7.6%
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
6.9%
0 – 2
6.2%
2 – 2
5.8%
2 – 0
5.3%
1 – 3
4.2%
3 – 1
3.5%
0 – 3
3.1%

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% 18% 66%
-0.5 34% — 66%
+0.5 61% — 39%
+1 61% 20% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 12% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
23% ✗
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
26% ✗

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