Sporting Kansas City vs LA Galaxy FC Prediction: A close game no doubt.

Sporting Kansas City and LA Galaxy are both competing in the Western Conference of the MLS. Sporting Kansas City faces LA Galaxy in the 5th round of the league. The game will take place at the Children's Mercy Park, home to Sporting Kansas City.

Sporting Kansas City ranks 4th in the Western Conference with a total of 6 points and a record of 1 win and 3 draws. While LA Galaxy ranks in 6th with a total of 6 points and a record of 1 win and 3 draws. Both clubs are separated by goal difference.

Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City are yet to lose a game after playing 4 games already this season. That sounds like an achievement but they have dropped a total of 6 points as a result. They had 1 win and 3 draws in the opening 4 games.

Sporting Kansas City won their first game last week against San Jose Earthquakes and the game ended 2-1. They conceded a goal in just 11 minutes but they responded 7 minutes later through Daniel Rosero Valencia and in the 29th minute Alan Pulido put them ahead with the 2nd goal. The rest of the game was quiet and they held onto the scoreline until the end.

According to the stats, Sporting Kansas City had 51% possession, 3 shots on target and 3 corner kicks. They also created 2 big chances during the game.

Sporting Kansas will need to be at their best against LA Galaxy in the upcoming game as there's really nothing to separate both sides at the moment.

LA Galaxy

LA Galaxy have 1 win and 3 draws in their first 4 matches. They will be confident with the result but they are aware dropping more points can prove costly.

Their last game against St. Louis City ended in a draw at home. Both clubs played a 3-3 draw at the end of the game. Dejan Joveljic, Joseph Paintsil and Maya Yoshida were the goalscorers for LA Galaxy in the game. Martin Caceres will miss the upcoming game as he picked up a red card at the end of the last game against St. Louis City.

The LA Galaxy had a much better game according to stats. They had 67% possession, 8 shots on target and 4 corner kicks. They created 6 big chances and missed 3 of them.

LA Galaxy will be confident ahead of the coming game against Sporting Kansas City, so we expect a close encounter between both clubs.

Head to Head

In the last 20 meetings between LA Galaxy and Sporting Kansas City, Sporting Kansas City won 9 matches while LA Galaxy won 4 matches and 7 matches ended in a draw.

Analysis and Predictions

Both clubs are evenly matched and this will be a very tight contest. All advantage is thrown out to the wind as both clubs are going to come all out to win irrespective of any form of advantage.

According to the h2h, Sporting Kansas City have not lost the last 7 meetings, while Real Salt Lake have not lost the last 3. Sporting Kansas City scored first in 6 of the last 8 meetings and there were less than 4.5 cards in the last 7 meetings.

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