Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC

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Los Angeles FC

🕒 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:30 Europe/London 📍 Children's Mercy Park 🧑‍⚖️ Ismir Pekmic 🔁 Regular Season - 5 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 5

Regular Season Table

Sporting Kansas City 27 · Los Angeles FC 6

Referee Stats

Ismir Pekmic

17 matches · 5.35 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	5.35
Reds avg	0.18
Penalties avg	0.35
Over 4.5 cards	59%
Home wins	47%
Draws	24%
Away wins	29%

How the match was won

Shots were tight (11-8).
Possession was balanced (51%-49%).
Physical contest: 5 yellows.

Team Overview

Sporting Kansas City (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-5-8

Goals For / Against

25 / 32

Avg: 1.47 / 1.88

Points

Avg: 1.00

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Los Angeles FC (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 7-8-4

Goals For / Against

40 / 30

Avg: 2.11 / 1.58

Points

Avg: 1.53

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this MLS fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.00

PPG

1.53

1.47

2.11

1.88

1.58

53%

O2.5

65%

BTTS

65%

24%

Score 1st

53%

League-position context

Sporting Kansas City rank27th

Los Angeles FC rank6th

Sporting Kansas City points28

Los Angeles FC points60

Sporting Kansas City: #27 · 28 pts · GD -24

37 pts off the top 2. 30 pts off the play-off line. 2 pts from safety.

Los Angeles FC: #6 · 60 pts · GD +25

5 pts off the top 2. 4 pts above the play-off edge. 32 pts clear of the relegation zone.

32-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 home

D L L W L

Points4/15

Weighted index24

Goals5-8

Record1-1-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Los Angeles FC last 5 away

D L W W W

Points10/15

Weighted index51

Goals13-6

Record3-1-1

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.553%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.535%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 88% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Los Angeles FC trend breakdown

Over 2.565%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.559%

1H Over 0.553%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 59% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Sporting Kansas City score at home76%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet at home18%

Los Angeles FC score away88%

Los Angeles FC clean sheet away24%

First-goal patterns

Sporting Kansas City score first24%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first50%

Los Angeles FC score first53%

Los Angeles FC win after scoring first67%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Sporting Kansas City 54% · Los Angeles FC 50%

Avg first goal minute: Sporting Kansas City 24.3' · Los Angeles FC 20.7'

Vs league average

Sporting Kansas City score at home1.47 vs 1.64

Sporting Kansas City concede at home1.88 vs 1.36

Los Angeles FC score away2.11 vs 1.36

Los Angeles FC concede away1.58 vs 1.64

Sporting Kansas City score 10% below league average, while Los Angeles FC score 55% above league average.

Defensive side: Sporting Kansas City are 38% above league average at home, and Los Angeles FC are 4% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.40

BTTS40%

Over 2.580%

At this venue setup: 2.80 goals on average across the last 5.

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (home)

1H scored: 31% 2H scored: 69% Danger: 61-75 Vulnerable: 0-15

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

61-75 8

76-90+ 8

16-30 5

46-60 4

0-15 3

31-45 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

0-15 8

16-30 8

31-45 7

76-90+ 5

46-60 4

61-75 4

Los Angeles FC goal timing (away)

1H scored: 54% 2H scored: 46% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 12

31-45 9

0-15 8

16-30 4

46-60 4

61-75 2

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 8

0-15 6

16-30 5

61-75 5

31-45 3

46-60 2

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

51%

49%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

488

495

Passes Accurate

401

417

Passes %

82%

84%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

11'

11' L. Ndenbe

18' ⚽

⚽

18' ⚽ Goal · 0-1

D. Martínez

Normal Goal · Assist: M. Delgado

24'

24' M. Rodríguez

54' ⚽

⚽

54' ⚽ Goal · 0-2

A. Long

Normal Goal

60'

60' Sergi Palencia

65'

65' N. Radoja

66' ↑↓

↑↓

66' ⇄ E. Thommy

1st substitution · For: D. Sallói

66' ↑↓

↑↓

66' ⇄ D. Joveljić

2nd substitution · For: W. Agada

71' ⚽

⚽

71' ⚽ VAR

M. Suleymanov

Penalty cancelled

72' ↑↓

↑↓

72' ⇄ M. Suleymanov

3rd substitution · For: M. Toye

75' ↑↓

↑↓

75' ⇄ C. Ünder

1st substitution · For: Y. Yeboah

75' ↑↓

↑↓

75' ⇄ D. Martínez

2nd substitution · For: A. Wibowo

86' ↑↓

↑↓

86' ⇄ J. Davis

4th substitution · For: K. Shelton

87' ↑↓

↑↓

87' ⇄ L. Ndenbe

5th substitution · For: T. Leibold

87' ↑↓

↑↓

87' ⇄ M. Delgado

3rd substitution · For: N. Tafari

87' ↑↓

↑↓

87' ⇄ N. Ordaz

4th substitution · For: O. Holm

90+2'

90+2' Y. Yeboah

90+5' ↑↓

↑↓

90+5' ⇄ R. Hollingshead

5th substitution · For: A. Smolyakov

Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC 0-2: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Los Angeles FC beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0 on Sunday, 23 March 2025 in MLS. The match was refereed by Ismir Pekmic. It was played at Children's Mercy Park.

First half: L. Ndenbe received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 11'. Los Angeles FC took the lead at 18' when D. Martínez scored, with the assist credited to M. Delgado, making the score 0-1. M. Rodríguez received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 24'.

Second half: Los Angeles FC extended the lead at 54' when A. Long scored, making the score 0-2. Sergi Palencia received a yellow card for Los Angeles FC at 60'. N. Radoja received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 65'. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 66', with E. Thommy replacing D. Sallói. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 66', with D. Joveljić replacing W. Agada. VAR intervened at 71' for Sporting Kansas City (Penalty cancelled). Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 72', with M. Suleymanov replacing M. Toye. Los Angeles FC made their 1st substitution at 75', with C. Ünder replacing Y. Yeboah. Los Angeles FC made their 2nd substitution at 75', with D. Martínez replacing A. Wibowo. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 86', with J. Davis replacing K. Shelton. Sporting Kansas City made their 5th substitution at 87', with L. Ndenbe replacing T. Leibold. Los Angeles FC made their 3rd substitution at 87', with M. Delgado replacing N. Tafari. Los Angeles FC made their 4th substitution at 87', with N. Ordaz replacing O. Holm. Y. Yeboah received a yellow card for Los Angeles FC at 90+2'. Los Angeles FC made their 5th substitution at 90+5', with R. Hollingshead replacing A. Smolyakov.

Sporting Kansas City used 5 substitutions while Los Angeles FC used 5 substitutions. Sporting Kansas City got 3 yellow cards, while Los Angeles FC got 2 yellow cards.