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

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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 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

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	#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' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Los Angeles Galaxy for this crunch clash at Children's Mercy Park.
5' Nigeria international Willy Agada has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
20' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles Galaxy backline.
25' Miki Yamane needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
30' Over 30 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
34' Nemanja Radoja is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
39' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
44' 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 Julian Aude suffering a number of foals already.
48' Willy Agada adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
53' Erik Thommy catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 53.
58' It’s high time Greg Vanney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
62' Los Angeles Galaxy ring the changes. Edwin Cerrillo has done his job and it is now time for Gaston Brugman to step up.
67' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
69' Tim Leibold catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 69.
72' GOAL! Eriq Zavaleta scores on 72. Assisted by Riqui Puig
75' Brilliant from the ! Dejan Joveljic makes it 2-2 with a superb finish on 75.
80' The USA Marky Delgado breaks the deadlock on 80 minutes. 2-3!
83' Diego Fagundez gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Gabriel Pec and will look to change the dynamic.
84' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Dejan Joveljic is withdrawn and Miguel Berry gets his opportunity.
88' It’s gonna be a card for Gaston Brugman.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-3.

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
Gabriel Pec	2
Sebastian Lletget	2
Alan Pulido	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

1.66 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.01 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 75% + Over 2.5 goals 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw25% Los Angeles Galaxy42%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.67

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

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

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

58%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

67%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City26% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.3%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 3

5.5%

0 – 2

5.2%

0 – 1

4.6%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 0

3.8%

3 – 2

3.8%

3 – 1

3.8%

1 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	16%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	19%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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