Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Sun 24 Mar 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Erik Thommy 53' Y

Tim Leibold 69' Y

Y 88' Gaston Brugman

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

2024-03-24 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-06-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–3	L
17 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
10 Mar	Los Angeles FC	A	0–0	D
03 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	1–1	D
25 Feb	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
22 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	3–1	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	3–2	W
17 Mar	St. Louis City	H	3–3	D
10 Mar	Nashville SC	A	2–2	D
03 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W
26 Feb	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–1	D
22 Oct	FC Dallas	H	1–4	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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with Los Angeles Galaxy.
5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
10' 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 Tim Leibold suffering a number of foals already.
15' 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.
20' Marky Delgado is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles Galaxy tonight.
25' With 0 assists to his name this season, Tim Melia is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
30' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
34' Magnificent from Nemanja Radoja! That is 2 goals in 320 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
39' Over 39 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
44' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
48' The deadlock is broken! Willy Agada gets on the scoresheet on 45 minutes.
53' It’s gonna be a card for Erik Thommy.
58' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
62' The crowd applauds Edwin Cerrillo as he leaves the pitch. Gaston Brugman steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
67' 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.
69' Tim Leibold picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
72' Against the run of play, Eriq Zavaleta has scored! This game has turned on its head.
75' Dejan Joveljic does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
80' A goal from the USA international Marky Delgado! He fires home on 80 to make it 2-3!
83' Diego Fagundez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gabriel Pec at the 83 minute mark.
84' The supporters are chanting for Miguel Berry. He replaces Dejan Joveljic on 84 minute.
88' Controversy at the stadium! Gaston Brugman argues furiously but the card stands.
Los Angeles Galaxy celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

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
Daniel Salloi	2
Dejan Joveljic	2
Felipe Gutierrez	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-03-24 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-03-17 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-03-10 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2024-03-03 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2024-02-25 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-10-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Minnesota United FC W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2024-03-24 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-03-17 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 St. Louis City D 2024-03-10 Nashville SC 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2024-03-03 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-02-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Internacional CF Miami D 2023-10-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–4 FC Dallas L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.5 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.15 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City30% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy46%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.65

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

54%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

70%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw39% Los Angeles Galaxy39%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.2%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 2

6.4%

1 – 3

6.2%

2 – 1

6.1%

0 – 2

6.1%

0 – 1

5.1%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 3

4.2%

0 – 0

3.9%

1 – 4

3.4%

1 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	14%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	49%	—	51%
+1	49%	20%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	16%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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