Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 4 May 2025 · 23:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 38' Joseph Paintsil

Tim Leibold 42' Y

Y 45' Carlos Garces

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

2025-05-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2024-06-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–0	W
26 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L
20 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	5–3	W
13 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	2–4	L
06 Apr	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W
30 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
28 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	2–4	L
19 Apr	Austin FC	A	0–1	L
13 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
05 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
30 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	1–2	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' Sporting Kansas City have kicked off against Los Angeles Galaxy. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Magomed Suleymanov has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 3 cards already picked up this season.
10' Marco Reus is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
13' Los Angeles Galaxy is taking the lead after the goal scored by Maya Yoshida on 13.
18' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 18 minutes.
23' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
28' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
31' Tim Leibold is replacing Logan Ndenbe for the Sporting Kansas City side.
36' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
38' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a card for a hard tackle on 38.
42' Tim Leibold is having his name booked by the referee on 42.
45' Carlos Garces catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 45.
46' The supporters are chanting for Jake Davis. He replaces Andrew Brody on 46 minute.
51' With 1 assists to his name this season, Carlos Garces is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
56' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Manu Garcia has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
59' Zorhan Bassong has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jacob Bartlett on 59 minute.
63' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Christian Ramirez departs to be replaced by Miguel Berry.
68' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Sporting Kansas City winning 100% of all matches.
71' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Diego Fagundez exits the field as Mauricio Cuevas enters on 71.
76' John Pulskamp, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
77' The crowd applauds John Nelson as he leaves the pitch. Julian Aude steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
79' A tactical swap from Los Angeles Galaxy — Matheus Nascimento on, Joseph Paintsil off on 79 minutes.
82' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Manu Garcia departs to be replaced by Memo Rodriguez.
87' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
Sporting Kansas City celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

26
Erik Thommy ↑ 59'
14
Tim Leibold ↑ 31'
8
Memo Rodriguez ↑ 82'
22
Zorhan Bassong ↑ 59'
7
Santiago Munoz
17
Jake Davis ↑ 46'
5
Dany Rosero
30
Stephen Afrira
36
Ryan Schewe

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

4
Maya Yoshida
18
Marco Reus
7
Diego Fagundez ↓ Mauricio Cuevas 71'
77
John McCarthy
17
Christian Ramirez ↓ Miguel Berry 63'
28
Joseph Paintsil ↓ Matheus Nascimento 79'
2
Miki Yamane
14
John Nelson ↓ Julian Aude 77'
6
Edwin Cerrillo
11
Gabriel Pec
25
Carlos Garces

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

2025-05-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2025-04-26 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-04-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–5 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers L 2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City W 2025-03-30 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2025-05-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2025-04-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–4 Portland Timbers L 2025-04-19 Austin FC 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2025-04-13 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2025-04-05 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2025-03-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Orlando City SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.39 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 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City41% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.89

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

66%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

59%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City26% Draw45% Los Angeles Galaxy29%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

1 – 2

8.3%

2 – 1

7.8%

0 – 1

7.4%

0 – 0

7.4%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 2

6.1%

2 – 2

5.8%

2 – 0

5.3%

1 – 3

4.2%

3 – 1

3.6%

0 – 3

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%	19%	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.