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 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

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	#27
14	Points	22
18	Played	19
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
18	Scored	24
46	Conceded	29
-28	GD	-5
0.78	PPG	1.16
22%	Win %	26%

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 (14 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Children's Mercy Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Colombia international Dany Rosero has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
15' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles Galaxy backline.
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
30' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
34' Nemanja Radoja makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
39' Sporting Kansas City have won 439 goals from 285 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
44' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Dejan Joveljic scoring 1 goals.
48' Willy Agada doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
53' A meaty challenge results in booking for Erik Thommy on 53.
58' Jake Davis has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 285 appearances.
62' The crowd applauds Edwin Cerrillo as he leaves the pitch. Gaston Brugman steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
67' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
69' Tim Leibold picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
72' What a strike from Eriq Zavaleta! The score is 2-1.
75' The Serbia Dejan Joveljic breaks the deadlock on 75 minutes. 2-2!
80' Marky Delgado doubles the advantage! 2-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
83' Diego Fagundez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gabriel Pec at the 83 minute mark.
84' Miguel Berry gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Dejan Joveljic and will look to change the dynamic.
88' Gaston Brugman catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 88.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
Johnny Russell	2
Dejan Joveljic	2
Daniel Salloi	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

1.53 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.02 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 75% + Over 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City32% Draw25% Los Angeles Galaxy43%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.55

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

57%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

68%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy36%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.7%

1 – 2

8.6%

2 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

6.6%

0 – 2

5.9%

1 – 3

5.8%

0 – 1

5.2%

2 – 3

Actual

0 – 0

4.2%

0 – 3

3.9%

1 – 0

3.8%

2 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	15%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	52%	—	48%
+1	52%	20%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	15%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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