Sporting KC vs LA Galaxy betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Children's Mercy Park (18467 seats)

Sporting KC look forward to clash heads with LA Galaxy in this Major League Soccer match. Everything you can know about the game is right here!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for LA Galaxy, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sporting KC form and stats

Zusi was the last player to score a league goal for Sporting KC and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sporting KC haven't scored in 219 minutes.

The Sporting KC coach Vermes and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Colorado Rapids (placed 11th). Defender Zusi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.14/10. Zusi hit three key passes and won 9 of 10 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Portland Timbers.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sporting KC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sporting KC as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Sporting KC has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

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LA Galaxy form and stats

Let's have a look at how LA Galaxy performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 8 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded {51 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 23/26 goals scored/conceded. 0-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for LA Galaxy in their Major League Soccer matches away.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Galaxy, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Dallas (placed 4th). Midfield player Delgado was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.32/10. Delgado hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 55 successful passes (of 58 total).

A 2-3 defeat away at Los Angeles FC before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with LA Galaxy playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 4 LA Galaxy wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

LA Galaxy have the goal stats of 1-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Sporting KC have managed a streak of 5 consecutive games without defeat (4-1-0) when playing LA Galaxy.

Top Goalscorers

LA GalaxyD. Joveljić
D. Joveljić
1 goals

Sporting KC missing players

LA Galaxy missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting KC LA Galaxy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 7
1.5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 13
7.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 17%
 
10 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 11
4 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Sporting KC Last season LA Galaxy
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 36
11 9   Won W   6 15
7 2   Drew D   4 8
16 6   Lost L   8 13
42 25   Scored S   25 61
54 17   Conceded C   29 54
91% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
71% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 75%
56% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 58%
29% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   44% 47%
15% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   28% 31%
53% 41%   BTTS BTTS   61% 61%
24% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 22%
32% 29%   Failed to Score F T   28% 19%
 
4.1 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.6
3.8 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.4
6 4   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.2 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 13.9
4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.9
31% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 34%
 
11.6 10.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.3 12
4.3 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.3

  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 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
2 Saint Louis City 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 6
3 Los Angeles FC 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Dallas 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Minnesota United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Portland Timbers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
7 SJ Earthquakes 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
8 Austin 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
9 Real Salt Lake 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 3
10 Sporting KC 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
11 Colorado Rapids 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
12 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
13 LA Galaxy 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Houston Dynamo 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0
Last season 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 34 21 4 9 66 38 17 13 2 2 39 15 17 8 2 7 27 23 28 67
2 Austin 34 16 8 10 65 49 17 8 6 3 42 23 17 8 2 7 23 26 16 56
3 Dallas 34 14 11 9 48 37 17 10 4 3 28 15 17 4 7 6 20 22 11 53
4 Nashville SC 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 6 6 5 30 21 17 7 5 5 22 20 11 50
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 8 12 58 51 17 8 4 5 35 25 17 6 4 7 23 26 7 50
6 Minnesota United 34 14 6 14 48 51 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 6 1 10 21 31 -3 48
7 Real Salt Lake 34 12 11 11 43 45 17 9 5 3 27 15 17 3 6 8 16 30 -2 47
8 Portland Timbers 34 11 13 10 53 53 17 8 6 3 28 19 17 3 7 7 25 34 0 46
9 Colorado Rapids 34 11 10 13 46 57 17 10 5 2 29 15 17 1 5 11 17 42 -11 43
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 7 15 40 57 17 10 3 4 25 20 17 2 4 11 15 37 -17 43
11 Seattle Sounders 34 12 5 17 47 46 17 9 3 5 29 19 17 3 2 12 18 27 1 41
12 Sporting KC 34 11 7 16 42 54 17 9 2 6 25 17 17 2 5 10 17 37 -12 40
13 Houston Dynamo 34 10 6 18 43 56 17 6 5 6 24 22 17 4 1 12 19 34 -13 36
14 SJ Earthquakes 34 8 11 15 52 69 17 7 6 4 31 27 17 1 5 11 21 42 -17 35

Table
  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 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
2 Saint Louis City 2 2 0 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 6
3 Los Angeles FC 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Dallas 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Minnesota United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
6 Portland Timbers 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
7 SJ Earthquakes 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
8 Austin 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
9 Real Salt Lake 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 3
10 Sporting KC 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
11 Colorado Rapids 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 1
12 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
13 LA Galaxy 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
14 Houston Dynamo 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0

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