Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Sporting Kansas City

3 – 1

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Thu 14 May 2026 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Capita 32' 1–0

Dejan Joveljic 45+4' 2–0

Calvin Harris 70' 3–0

3–1 89' Gabriel Pec

Zorhan Bassong 41' Y

Y 49' Mauricio Cuevas

Y 80' Gabriel Pec

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

2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2026-03-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Sporting Kansas City 2025-09-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–1 Sporting Kansas City 2025-05-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2024-06-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–1	W
10 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–6	L
02 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–5	L
18 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–3	L
12 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–3	L

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 May	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–3	L
09 May	Atlanta United FC	A	0–0	D
03 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
23 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
19 Apr	FC Dallas	A	2–2	D

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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy has kicked off!
5' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ian James made 281 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jake Davis, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
20' 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.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' 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.
32' Sporting Kansas City is taking the lead after the goal scored by Capita on 32.
37' Harbor Miller needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
41' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Zorhan Bassong gets a card.
46' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
49' It’s a booking for Los Angeles Galaxy player. Mauricio Cuevas gets a card.
49' What a strike from Dejan Joveljic! The score is 2-0.
54' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
59' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 59.
64' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Jacob Glesnes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
69' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
70' GOAL! Calvin Harris scores on 70.
75' 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.
80' Gabriel Pec was booked on 80.
85' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
87' GOAL! Gabriel Pec scores on 87.
89' Goal! Gabriel Pec scores his 36 goal in 286 matches.
The final score is 3-1.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

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
Daniel Salloi	2
Dejan Joveljic	2
Felipe Gutierrez	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-05-10 Portland Timbers 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-04-12 Sporting Kansas City 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-05-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2026-04-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-04-19 FC Dallas 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 3

1.46 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.86 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy 76% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City36% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy40%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.32

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

60%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

64%

Sporting Kansas City or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw42% Los Angeles Galaxy34%

Correct Score

✗ 3–1 not predicted

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

10.7%

1 – 2

8.8%

2 – 1

6.9%

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

6.1%

1 – 3

5.4%

0 – 0

5.1%

1 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

2 – 0

3.9%

0 – 3

3.8%

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%	16%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	20%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	14%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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