Major League Soccer MISSED 3–1
Sun, Sep 13 · 02:30 · Children's Mercy Park
Sporting Kansas City Home
VS
Los Angeles FC Away
Sporting Kansas City vs Los Angeles FC — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick Under 3.5 Goals
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.62 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate62%
This price needs62%
Expert analysis

Defensive Records Point to Low Scoring Affair

Sporting Kansas City have posted a string of results where matches rarely open up into goal fests. Their recent form shows repeated low output in attack alongside a leaky back line that still limits total goals. Los Angeles FC bring a stronger defensive record this season and have kept clean sheets in over half their games. Head to head meetings often see LAFC control proceedings without producing high totals. Both sides average modest goal numbers per game lately and favor structured play over open exchanges. The visitors recent away form keeps scoring opportunities limited for the hosts. Overall trends suggest the game will stay measured rather than explosive.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
3–1 MISSED

Our pick “Under 3.5 Goals” at odds 1.62 didn’t land — final score 3–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. André Luiz assist Justin Reynolds 18'
  3. Sergi Palencia 19'
  4. Taylor Calheira 31'
  5. Kwaku Agyabeng 44'
  6. Marky Delgado ↓ Igor Jesus 45'
  7. Jacob Shaffelburg ↓ Jude Terry 45'
  8. Second half
  9. Denis Bouanga assist Jacob Shaffelburg 47'
  10. Jacob Bartlett ↓ Kwaku Agyabeng 61'
  11. Ryan Hollingshead ↓ Sergi Palencia 67'
  12. Tyler Boyd ↓ Armindo Sieb 67'
  13. Jacob Bartlett 71'
  14. Evgen Cheberko 80'
  15. Jeremy Ebobisse ↓ Evgen Cheberko 81'
  16. Calvin Harris 82'
  17. Seymour Garfield-Reid ↓ Stephen Afrifa 85'
  18. Shapi Suleymanov ↓ André Luiz 85'
  19. Jayden Reid ↓ Calvin Harris 87'
This season
Sporting Kansas City Los Angeles FC
Over 2.5 goals 9% 20%
Clean sheet 0% 52%
Failed to score 39% 20%
Scored per game 1.0 1.6
Conceded per game 2.5 1.0
Scored home / away 1.1 / 0.9 1.9 / 1.3

Across 23 and 25 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
2 HOU Houston Dynamo 24 13 4 7 43
3 LOS Los Angeles FC ▲ 25 11 7 7 40
4 FCD FC Dallas 24 11 7 6 40
5 SAN San Jose Earthquakes 24 11 5 8 38
6 STL St. Louis City 24 10 8 6 38
7 COL Colorado Rapids 24 10 2 12 32
8 POR Portland Timbers 24 9 5 10 32
9 SAN San Diego 24 8 6 10 30
10 REA Real Salt Lake 23 8 5 10 29
11 MIN Minnesota United FC 24 7 8 9 29
12 LOS Los Angeles Galaxy 25 7 8 10 29
13 SEA Seattle Sounders 22 7 6 9 27
14 AUS Austin 24 6 8 10 26
15 SPO Sporting Kansas City ▲ 23 4 3 16 15
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Sporting Kansas City LDLLL
L @ Colorado Rapids 0–2 Aug 16
D vs St. Louis City 1–1 Aug 20
L @ Atlanta United FC 1–2 Aug 23
L vs Vancouver Whitecaps 0–3 Aug 30
L @ FC Dallas 3–4 Sep 6
Los Angeles FC LDDDW
L @ Colorado Rapids 0–1 Aug 20
D vs Portland Timbers 1–1 Aug 23
D @ DC United 0–0 Aug 29
D @ Real Salt Lake 2–2 Sep 6
W vs New York Red Bulls 2–0 Sep 10
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Sporting Kansas City
Scored 1.0 avg
0 1 1 0 3
Conceded 2.4 avg
2 1 2 3 4
Los Angeles FC
Scored 1.0 avg
0 1 0 2 2
Conceded 0.8 avg
1 1 0 2 0
Head-to-head · last meetings
0 Sporting Kansas City
2 Draws
8 Los Angeles FC
Jul 2026 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Sporting Kansas City Los Angeles FC
Jun 2025 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Los Angeles FC
Mar 2025 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC Los Angeles FC
Oct 2024 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Los Angeles FC Los Angeles FC
Sep 2024 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Los Angeles FC

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Sporting Kansas City 4-4-2
  • 30 S. Cleveland G
  • 13 J. Reynolds D
  • 3 M. Mosquera D
  • 28 Wyatt Meyer D
  • 18 E. Karić D
  • 11 André Luiz M
  • 4 L. Johnsen M
  • 20 K. Agyabeng M
  • 14 C. Harris M
  • 17 S. Afrifa F
  • 19 T. Calheira F
Bench J. Bartlett, Diego Borges, Jansen Miller, J. Pulskamp, R. Ramos, J. Reid, S. Reid, M. Suleymanov, Alexander Cunningham

R. Wicky

Los Angeles FC 4-3-3
  • 1 H. Lloris G
  • 14 Sergi Palencia D
  • 4 E. Segura D
  • 91 N. Tafari D
  • 23 Y. Cheberko D
  • 66 M. Choinière M
  • 6 Igor Jesus M
  • 22 Jude Terry M
  • 9 A. Sieb F
  • 7 Son Heung-Min F
  • 99 D. Bouanga F
Bench R. Hollingshead, A. Long, Kenny Nielsen, R. Raposo, J. Shaffelburg, J. Ebobisse, M. Delgado, Cabral Carter, T. Boyd

M. Dos Santos

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Sporting Kansas City
  • OUT O. Blorian Chest Injury
  • OUT J. Davis Injury
  • OUT O. Wolff Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT Z. Bassong Calf Injury
  • DOUBT C. Harris Knee Injury
  • DOUBT I. James Knee Injury
  • OUT O. Blorian Chest Injury
  • OUT J. Davis Injury
  • OUT O. Wolff Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT Z. Bassong Calf Injury
  • DOUBT C. Harris Knee Injury
  • DOUBT I. James Knee Injury
Los Angeles FC
  • OUT T. Hasal Arm Injury
  • OUT R. Porteous Leg Injury
  • OUT T. Tillman Injury
  • DOUBT E. Segura Leg Injury
  • OUT T. Hasal Arm Injury
  • OUT R. Porteous Leg Injury
  • OUT T. Tillman Injury
  • DOUBT E. Segura Leg Injury