Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC Match Analysis and Prediction

Two teams at the opposite ends of the table go head to head as Los Angeles FCwill take a trip to Children’s Mercy Park for a meeting with Sporting Kansas in the MLS action taking place on Sunday. Showdown scheduled for July 23, 2022 17:30 EAT.

The hosts currently sit at the bottom of the Western Conference standings with 20 points from 22 matches played. They’ve recorded 5 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses. They’ve failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 9 goals during that time.

Sporting Kansas City will be looking for an improved result here after a 3-0 MLS defeat last time out to Real Salt Lake.In that game, Sporting Kansas City had 44% possession, 6 shots with 1 of them on target. Real Salt Lake had 19 shots with 10 on target and goals scored by Sergio Córdova (50′), Pablo Ruíz (64′) and Jefferson Savarino (71′).

Meanwhile, the visitors are currently at the top of the Western Conference standing with 42 points from 20 games played. Of the games played, they’ve recorded 13 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. They’ve been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 6 goals overall.

Steve Cherundolo’s men will hope for a similar result following a 1-2 MLS win versus Nashville in their previous match.In that match, Los Angeles FC managed 50% possession, 13 shots with 5 of them on target and goals scored by Cristián Arango (27′) and José Cifuentes (46′). Nashville got 12 shots with 3 on target and a goal scored by Hany Mukhtar (43′).

Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeleshead to head

These two teams have equal number of victories, 4, from the 8 games played between them since 2018.

• Los Angeles 3-1 Kansas City17/04/22      
• Los Angeles 4-0 Kansas City04/09/21      
• Los Angeles 1-4 Kansas City05/08/21      
• Kansas City 2-1 Los Angeles27/06/21      
• Kansas City 1-5 Los Angeles04/07/19

Home

• Salt Lake 3-0 Kansas City
• Minnesota 1-1 Kansas City
• Montreal 1-2 Kansas City
• Kansas City 0-1 New York
• Seattle 3-0 Kansas City

Away

• Nashville 1-2 Los Angeles
• Los Angeles 3-2 LA Galaxy
• Vancouver 1-0 Los Angeles
• Los Angeles 3-1 Dallas
• Los Angeles 2-0 New York           

Sporting Kansas City team news

Peter Vermes will miss the services of Gadi Kindaand Alan Pulido due to injuries.

Los Angeles FC team news

Steve Cherundolo will miss the service of ErikDueñasdue to injury.

Prediction and Odds

• Los Angeles FC win
• Both teams to score
• Goals over 2.5