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Sporting Kansas
MLS Playoffs | Regular Season
May 5, 2025 at 12am UK
Children's Mercy Park
LA Galaxy

Kansas
1 - 0
LA Galaxy

Yoshida (13' og.)
Leibold (42')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Paintsil (38'), Emiro Garces Torres (45+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Cincinnati 2-1 Kansas
Saturday, April 26 at 7.30pm in Major League Soccer
Last Game: LA Galaxy 2-4 Portland
Monday, April 28 at 2am in Major League Soccer

We said: Sporting Kansas City 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy

It is hard to pinpoint how the Galaxy have been this poor even without Puig, but that leaky backline could be in for another tough match against an improved attacking side in Kansas City and a highly motivated Dejan Joveljic. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 47.14%. A win for Los Angeles Galaxy had a probability of 29.45% and a draw had a probability of 23.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.34%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.01%) and 2-0 (6.99%). The likeliest Los Angeles Galaxy win was 1-2 (7.15%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.7%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with an 8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sporting Kansas City would win this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas CityDrawLos Angeles Galaxy
47.14% (0.0039999999999978 0) 23.41% (0.0070000000000014 0.01) 29.45% (-0.010999999999999 -0.01)
Both teams to score 60.84% (-0.033000000000001 -0.03)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
59.48% (-0.039000000000001 -0.04)40.52% (0.040000000000006 0.04)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
37.1% (-0.039000000000001 -0.04)62.9% (0.038000000000004 0.04)
Sporting Kansas City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
82.54% (-0.013999999999996 -0.01)17.46% (0.013999999999999 0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
52.07% (-0.023000000000003 -0.02)47.92% (0.022999999999996 0.02)
Los Angeles Galaxy Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
73.71% (-0.027000000000001 -0.03)26.29% (0.026999999999997 0.03)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
38.58% (-0.036999999999999 -0.04)61.41% (0.036999999999999 0.04)
Score Analysis
    Sporting Kansas City 47.14%
    Los Angeles Galaxy 29.45%
    Draw 23.4%
Sporting Kansas CityDrawLos Angeles Galaxy
2-1 @ 9.34% (0.00099999999999945 0)
1-0 @ 8.01% (0.011 0.01)
2-0 @ 6.99% (0.0059999999999993 0.01)
3-1 @ 5.43% (-0.0019999999999998 -0)
3-0 @ 4.07% (0.0019999999999998 0)
3-2 @ 3.63% (-0.004 -0)
4-1 @ 2.37% (-0.0010000000000003 -0)
4-0 @ 1.78%
4-2 @ 1.58% (-0.0029999999999999 -0)
Other @ 3.93%
Total : 47.14%
1-1 @ 10.7% (0.0099999999999998 0.01)
2-2 @ 6.24% (-0.0040000000000004 -0)
0-0 @ 4.59% (0.008 0.01)
3-3 @ 1.62% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
Other @ 0.26%
Total : 23.4%
1-2 @ 7.15% (-0.0020000000000007 -0)
0-1 @ 6.13% (0.0070000000000006 0.01)
0-2 @ 4.1% (0.00099999999999945 0)
1-3 @ 3.18% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
2-3 @ 2.78% (-0.004 -0)
0-3 @ 1.82% (-0.00099999999999989 -0)
1-4 @ 1.06% (-0.002 -0)
2-4 @ 0.93% (-0.002 -0)
Other @ 2.3%
Total : 29.45%

How you voted: Kansas vs LA Galaxy

Sporting Kansas City
50.0%
Draw
41.7%
Los Angeles Galaxy
8.3%
12
Head to Head
Jun 16, 2024 3.30am
LA Galaxy
4-2
Kansas
Joveljic (40'), Pec (54'), Paintsil (75'), Berry (90+2')
Joveljic (44'), Neal (49'), Paintsil (68')
Afrifa (66'), Castellanos (82')
Davis (90+3')
Mar 24, 2024 12.30am
Kansas
2-3
LA Galaxy
Radoja (34'), Agade (45+3')
Thommy (53'), Leibold (69')
Zavaleta (72'), Joveljic (75'), Delgado (80')
Brugman (88')
Jun 22, 2023 3.30am
LA Galaxy
2-2
Kansas
Caceres (24'), Judd (64')
Aguirre (90')
Pulido (12', 90+1')
Thommy (17'), Rosero (23')
Mar 12, 2023 1.30am
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