A total of 27 rounds of fixtures are finished and LA Galaxy are 9 points in front of Sporting KC. What will happen?
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (31) in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for Sporting KC when visiting LA Galaxy as the cities are 2600 kilometers apart.
Galaxy have less rest than Sporting KC in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Major League Soccer game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Toronto.
LA Galaxy form and stats
7-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for LA Galaxy so far this season.
LA Galaxy travelled for their previous game, a trip to Toronto that ended 2-2. Midfield player Puig got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, the max score being 10. Puig scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 70 successful passes (of 78 total).
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting New England.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from LA Galaxy's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Goal party? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 latest league matches with this team has contained three or more goals.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Galaxy defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sporting KC form and stats
There's been little loot from Sporting KC's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the Major League Soccer. Sporting KC only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.
Sporting KC won their last game, 1-0 versus SJ Earthquakes played at home. Midfield player Thommy was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.41/10. Thommy hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 56 successful passes (of 58 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Portland Timbers.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sporting KC playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.
The Sporting KC manager Vermes has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The 4 latest fixtures featuring these teams have all finished as Sporting KC victories. Will history repeat itself?Sporting KC - Galaxy 4-2 was the outcome when this pair of teams formerly met, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 12 goals |  D. Joveljić 10 goals |   J. Russell 7 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| LA Galaxy | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 44 | 28 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 40 | 21 | 9 | Conceded | C | 12 | 33 | 49 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 70% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | 71% |
| 56% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | 54% |
| 44% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | 29% |
| 30% | 36% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 14% |
| 56% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 54% |
| 26% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 18% |
| 22% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 6.1 | 7.1 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 13.6 | 14.6 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.8 | 11.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 35% | 39% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | 34% |
| 12 | 11.1 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13.1 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (31) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 57 |
| 2 | Austin | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 51 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 44 |
| 4 | Dallas | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 42 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 42 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 30 | 1 | 39 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 30 | -17 | 34 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 24 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 50 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 37 | -12 | 32 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 28 | -11 | 29 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -18 | 29 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | -13 | 27 |
