Los Angeles FC favourites for feisty fight facing Sporting KC

This could be an engaging fixture with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Bring it on!

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.

Los Angeles FC form and stats

4 victories, 5 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Los Angeles FC, who have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Major League Soccer, have to build on here at Banc of California Stadium in the Major League Soccer.

The spoils were shared in Angeles's previous game, also at home. Visiting LA Galaxy (placed 4th) travelled back with a draw after a 3-3 scoreline. The attacker Brian Rodríguez was "man of the match" for Angeles with a rating of 8.14/10. Rodríguez scored two goals, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 8 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Prior to that, an away loss at Vancouver Whitecaps.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Los Angeles FC handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Los Angeles FC have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Banc of California Stadium with 19 goals in 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Angeles defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

Sporting KC form and stats

As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Sporting KC, who have the most scored goals (37) in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 6-2-3 so far. With three draws in a row for Sporting KC the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

There were no winners in Sporting KC's previous match, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 1-1 vs Colorado Rapids (placed 3rd). Graham Zusi was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Zusi hit two key passes and won 4 of 4 duels.

A 0-0 draw at Minnesota United's stadium before that.

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 two wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Sporting KC's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Sporting KC as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded match involving both these crews is the Angeles - Sporting KC 1-4 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - zero - four (Angeles wins - draws - Sporting KC wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

D. Salloi 12 goals

A. Pulido Izaguirre 8 goals

D. Rossi Marachlian 6 goals

Los Angeles FC missing players

Sporting KC missing players