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 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

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	#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' 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.
10' Los Angeles Galaxy seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
13' Brilliant from the ! Maya Yoshida makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 13.
18' Supporters expect more eagerness from Manu Garcia, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
23' John McCarthy has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
28' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matheus Nascimento made 341 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
31' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Logan Ndenbe trudges off to be replaced by Tim Leibold on 31 minutes.
36' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
38' The referee shows Los Angeles Galaxy player a card on 38.
42' A moment of madness from Tim Leibold on 42 minutes earns him a card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
45' It’s a booking for Los Angeles Galaxy player. Carlos Garces gets a card.
46' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jake Davis is hanging Andrew Brody on the field on 46 minute.
51' Sporting Kansas City looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Dejan Joveljic scoring 1 goals.
56' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
59' Zorhan Bassong has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jacob Bartlett on 59 minute.
63' Another substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy to replace Christian Ramirez by Miguel Berry on 63 minute.
68' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
71' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Diego Fagundez departs to be replaced by Mauricio Cuevas.
76' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
77' Julian Aude gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces John Nelson and will look to change the dynamic.
79' It is a substitution in Los Angeles Galaxy team. Joseph Paintsil is replaced by Matheus Nascimento on 79 minute.
82' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Memo Rodriguez comes on to replace Manu Garcia.
87' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 87 minutes.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sporting Kansas City to claim maximum points.

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
Daniel Salloi	2
Dejan Joveljic	2
Felipe Gutierrez	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

0 / 4

1.24 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.64 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City36% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy38%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

62%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

64%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw45% Los Angeles Galaxy33%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

1 – 2

0 – 1

8.4%

0 – 2

7.5%

0 – 0

7.4%

2 – 1

6.8%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

5.6%

1 – 3

4.9%

2 – 0

4.2%

0 – 3

2 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	16%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	55%	—	45%
+1	55%	21%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	14%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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