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 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

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	#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' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host Los Angeles Galaxy — let the battle begin!
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Logan Ndenbe, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
13' GOAL! Maya Yoshida scores on 13.
18' Mauricio Cuevas has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
23' Sporting Kansas City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
28' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
31' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Logan Ndenbe is withdrawn and Tim Leibold gets his opportunity.
36' Jansen Miller has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 285 appearances.
38' It’s gonna be a card for Joseph Paintsil.
42' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
45' Controversy at the stadium! Carlos Garces argues furiously but the card stands.
46' The whistle greets Andrew Brody as he departs to be replaced by Jake Davis.
51' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
56' Manu Garcia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles Galaxy so far.
59' Zorhan Bassong is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jacob Bartlett at the 59 minute mark.
63' The supporters are chanting for Miguel Berry. He replaces Christian Ramirez on 63 minute.
68' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
71' The supporters are chanting for Mauricio Cuevas. He replaces Diego Fagundez on 71 minute.
76' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
77' A tactical swap from Los Angeles Galaxy — Julian Aude on, John Nelson off on 77 minutes.
79' The whistle greets Joseph Paintsil as he departs to be replaced by Matheus Nascimento.
82' Memo Rodriguez is replacing Manu Garcia for the Sporting Kansas City side.
87' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

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
Felipe Gutierrez	2
Gabriel Pec	2
Sebastian Lletget	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

1.27 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.51 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 74% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City38% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy36%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

65%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

62%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw46% Los Angeles Galaxy30%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

1 – 2

8.6%

0 – 1

8.4%

0 – 0

8.1%

2 – 1

7.3%

0 – 2

6.9%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

5.5%

2 – 0

4.9%

1 – 3

4.4%

0 – 3

3.4%

3 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	17%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	20%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	13%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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