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 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 34 games · 44 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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	#26
26	Points	44
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	11 / 11 / 12
40	Scored	50
81	Conceded	57
-41	GD	-7
0.76	PPG	1.29
21%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 26th (44 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

6/9

16-30

5/6

31-45

9/12

46-60

6/8

61-75

4/6

76+

10/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Klauss	10 G
Marco Reus	8 G	11 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. Los Angeles Galaxy get us underway at Children's Mercy Park.
5' 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.
10' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
20' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
25' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact .
30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 297 games and scored 504 goals.
34' Nemanja Radoja doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
39' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 39.
44' It’s high time Greg Vanney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
48' Willy Agada makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
53' That is a card for Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy will be fuming at that decision.
58' Tim Melia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
62' Gaston Brugman gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Edwin Cerrillo and will look to change the dynamic.
67' The 23-year-old Julian Aude has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
69' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 69.
72' Eriq Zavaleta adds to his 0 season tally! Los Angeles Galaxy lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
75' What a moment for Dejan Joveljic! That strike on 75 puts his side firmly in control.
80' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Marky Delgado makes it 2-3.
83' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Gabriel Pec trudges off to be replaced by Diego Fagundez on 83 minutes.
84' The crowd applauds Dejan Joveljic as he leaves the pitch. Miguel Berry steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
88' Gaston Brugman catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 88.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Los Angeles Galaxy take all three points.

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
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Gabriel Pec	2
Sebastian Lletget	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

1.69 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.09 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 75% + Over 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw25% Los Angeles Galaxy42%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.78

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	33%	67%

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 City25% Draw39% Los Angeles Galaxy36%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.9%

1 – 2

8.2%

2 – 2

6.8%

2 – 1

6.6%

1 – 3

5.6%

0 – 2

5.1%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

3.8%

3 – 1

3.7%

0 – 0

3.5%

0 – 3

3.5%

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%	15%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	19%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	14%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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