It hasn't been easy for LA Galaxy so far, and you could say the same about Sporting KC. The bottom dwellers would trade their mothers for some crucial points here.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting KC have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sporting KC, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer.
LA Galaxy form and stats
With 2 Major League Soccer wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, LA Galaxy are certainly not brimming with confidence. When LA Galaxy hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United, LA Galaxy and Austin), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The home team returns to Dignity Health Sports Park after drawing with St. Louis City (placed 1st) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Aguirre was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against St. Louis City after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Costa got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Costa served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Real Salt Lake in the US Open Cup. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how LA Galaxy have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.
LA Galaxy are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Colorado Rapids awaits in three days.
Galaxy are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. LA Galaxy have conceded 11 from these games.
Sporting KC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting KC so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
Sporting KC's previous game was their home loss versus Los Angeles FC (1-2). That defeat was their first after four consecutive league rounds winning points. Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Pulido and that is impressive stuff! Pulido, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.53. Pulido scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-1 against Austin.Sporting KC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this club's 12 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
After this away game Sporting KC return home for a Major League Soccer game against Chicago Fire. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sporting KC as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sporting KC have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Sporting KC have won at least one point in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) against LA Galaxy.Sporting KC - LA Galaxy 0-0 was the product when this pair of participants previously did battle, some time ago this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 5 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals |   D. Joveljić 2 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| LA Galaxy | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 27 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 27 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 84% |
| 81% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 70% | 74% |
| 50% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 58% |
| 25% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 21% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 50% | 71% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 53% |
| 19% | 14% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 21% |
| 44% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 6.6 | 8.9 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.1 | 6 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15.3 | 19 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 11.6 | 13.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 11 | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| 18% | 22% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 13% | 22% |
| 14.1 | 11.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.5 | 11.1 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- LA Galaxy have won significantly more corners at 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.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | SJ Earthquakes | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Dallas | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Austin | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
