The home side Sporting KC should be the favourites in this game, but Los Angeles FC have shown both skill and courage. Read more about the game!
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Major League Soccer
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Los Angeles FC have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC, who have the most scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer, are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Children's Mercy Park. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
Sporting KC's last game was hosting Colorado Rapids (placed 4th) and winning 3-1. Dániel Sallói, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 9.25 (out of 10). Sallói scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Portland Timbers.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sporting KC have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Sporting KC's attacking play is working. 6 goals have been conceded.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Los Angeles FC with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Angeles has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Angeles had fun at their own home (Children's Mercy Park) last time out, beating Dallas 2-0. Latif Blessing and Carlos Vela scored. The attacker Carlos Vela got a match rating of 8.22 in that game. Vela scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Houston Dynamo.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Los Angeles FC in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Angeles, one draw and five defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Angeles as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Angeles have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between the teams: Sporting KC won two, Los Angeles FC won two and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Salloi 6 goals |  A. Pulido Izaguirre 5 goals | G. Kinda 3 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Los Angeles FC missing players
| Sporting KC | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 36% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 9% | 17% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 67% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 11% |
| 7.6 | 8.5 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 7.3 | 4.7 |
| 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.7 | 21 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12 | 14.4 |
| 5.7 | 7.3 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 22% | 26% |
- All of Los Angeles FC's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Sporting KC's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (9) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have yet to win a game away.
- Los Angeles FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting KC have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sporting KC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sporting KC have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Los Angeles FC have scored away.
- Sporting KC have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sporting KC have the most points from losing position (13) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (13) at home in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting KC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Dallas | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 7 |