Match Report
12 points and 5 places separated them: Sporting KC 15th with 18, LA Galaxy 10th with 30. On recent form Sporting KC sat only 24th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 15th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Sporting KC 1.08 scored and 2.46 conceded per game, LA Galaxy 1.19 and 1.54, with the league averaging 1.6.
A win had eluded Sporting KC for 8 matches. The last-five ledger: Sporting KC 1/15, LA Galaxy 8/15.
Across 9 recorded meetings, Sporting KC have 5 wins to LA Galaxy's 3, with 1 draw, at 2.89 goals per meeting. Recent editions have opened up: 4 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.89 historically.
The match was played at Children's Mercy Park (capacity 18,467). Sporting KC led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sporting KC: Capita (32'), Dejan Joveljić (45'), Calvin Harris (70') · LA Galaxy: Gabriel Pec (89')
Key stats
Possession: Sporting KC 40% · LA Galaxy 60% · Total shots: 15-18 · On target: 7-7 · Corners: 4-8