Sporting KC and LA Galaxy are both riding high in the Major League Soccer with their 2nd and 4th places respectively. Expect a great game!
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (54) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's no vacation for neither Sporting KC nor LA Galaxy as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sporting KC form and stats
8-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Sporting KC so far this season.
Sporting KC enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Seattle Sounders's place. The match ended 2-1 with Rémi Walter and Johnny Russell scoring. Rémi Walter (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Walter scored one goal and had 40 successful passes (of 45 total).
Heartbreak before that as Sporting KC lost 1-2 at Vancouver Whitecaps's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting KC handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and four defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting KC as they are travelling to their away game against Minnesota United in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
Sporting KC can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 30 times. 16 goals have been conceded.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Galaxy delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Dallas (placed 12th) in their previous match; a Major League Soccer game. The match against Dallas looked like a defeat for Galaxy, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Sebastian Lletget equalized in the 83rd minute. Goalkeeper Jonathan Bond made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Dallas. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. As mentioned above, LA Galaxy drew the match against Dallas. Manager G. Vanney brought on Sebastian Lletget to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. The attacker Samuel Grandsir got a match rating of 7.63 in that game. Grandsir served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Houston Dynamo at their stadium, the result 3-0.We have checked recent matches where LA Galaxy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, two draws and eight defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Galaxy have scored 20 goals in 15 league games away. Galaxy struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
These two sides met each other before this campaign: LA Galaxy - Sporting KC 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sporting KC five wins, three draws and LA Galaxy two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Salloi 16 goals |   J. Hernández Balcázar 13 goals | J. Russell 12 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Sporting KC | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 54 | 30 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 20 | 46 |
| 34 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 29 | 48 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 90% |
| 63% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 80% | 68% |
| 33% | 27% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 13% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 65% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 16% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 19% |
| 6.3 | 7.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 17.9 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 11.1 | 12.8 |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 34% | 31% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 34% | 32% |
- All of Sporting KC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting KC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (54) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting KC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sporting KC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sporting KC is in the best form (4-0-2)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 58 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 55 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 29 | -2 | 46 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 51 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -3 | 46 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | -2 | 45 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 27 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 25 | -7 | 37 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 32 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 30 | -15 | 30 |
| 12 | Dallas | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 34 | -9 | 29 |
| 13 | Austin | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | -19 | 28 |