Struggling Sporting KC will hope to pull off a small shock when they play hard-driving Los Angeles FC in the upcoming league match. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have so-so expectations.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (19) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Major League Soccer
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 and Los Angeles FC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Sporting KC have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games.
Sporting KC lost their last game at Real Salt Lake (placed 3rd) after a 0-3 scoreline. Sporting KC's goalkeeper Pulskamp was extremely busy against Real Salt Lake, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Before that, Sporting KC played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Minnesota United.The manager Vermes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sacramento Republic in only four days.
Sporting KC aren't scoring a lot here at Children's Mercy Park in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Los Angeles FC playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Two away games in a row for Los Angeles FC, whose coach Cherundolo could celebrate last time after the win against Nashville SC. Cifuentes got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Cifuentes scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 45 successful passes (of 54 total).
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus LA Galaxy.The travelling fans enjoy Los Angeles FC's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Angeles have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Los Angeles FC - Sporting KC 3-1 written in the official records. Numbers for the previous eight meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for Sporting KC, zero draws and four wins for Los Angeles FC. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: one game. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.Top Goalscorers
  C. Arango Duque 8 goals |   J. Russell 6 goals |  J. Cifuentes Charcopa 6 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Los Angeles FC missing players
| Sporting KC | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 14 | 40 |
| 38 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 91% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 44% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 89% | 95% |
| 55% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 60% |
| 23% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 35% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 55% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 65% |
| 18% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 22% | 10% |
| 3.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 6 |
| 4 | 3.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 11.9 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.4 | 15.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 31% | 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 35% | 36% |
| 11.9 | 10.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.8 | 11.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
- Los Angeles FC have scored more than double the goals of Sporting KC.
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Los Angeles FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting KC have the fewest points (11) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (19) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-1) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the the worst goal difference (-19) 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Austin | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 33 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Dallas | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
