Major League Soccer

Jun 18, 2023 at 1.30am UK

Children's Mercy Park

Kansas
1 - 2
Los Angeles

Pulido (17' pen.)
Rosero (50')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Maldonado (48'), Vela (90')
Bogusz (59'), Biuk (65')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Kansas City

All competitions

Last Game: Kansas 4-1 Austin
Sunday, June 11 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Los Angeles FC

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Los Angeles 0-1 Houston
Thursday, June 15 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Los Angeles FC

Sporting are catching LAFC at a good time as the reigning MLS Cup champs are still getting over their CCL defeat and have not got much time to rest ahead of this match. While Cherundolo has plenty of dependable attacking players, the best one, Bouanga, is unlikely to see the field, and the international window should enable the home team to face a weaker squad.

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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 45.78%. A win for Los Angeles FC had a probability of 29.52% and a draw had a probability of 24.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.46%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.27%) and 2-0 (7.53%). The likeliest Los Angeles FC win was 0-1 (7.31%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.64%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.2% likelihood.

Result
Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Los Angeles FC
45.78% ( 1.21)	24.7% ( -0.35)	29.52% ( -0.85)

Both teams to score 56.4% (

0.68)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.62% (

1.11)

46.39% (

-1.11)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.33% (

1.04)

68.67% (

-1.03)

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.66% (

0.99)

20.34% (

-0.99)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.27% (

1.55)

52.74% (

-1.55)

Los Angeles FC Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.8% (

-0.02)

29.2% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.85% (

-0.03)

65.15% (

0.04)

Score Analysis

Sporting Kansas City 45.78%

Los Angeles FC 29.52%

Draw 24.7%

Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Los Angeles FC
1-0 @ 9.46% ( -0.16) 2-1 @ 9.27% ( 0.12) 2-0 @ 7.53% ( 0.11) 3-1 @ 4.92% ( 0.21) 3-0 @ 4% ( 0.17) 3-2 @ 3.03% ( 0.13) 4-1 @ 1.96% ( 0.14) 4-0 @ 1.59% ( 0.11) 4-2 @ 1.21% ( 0.09) Other @ 2.81% Total : 45.78%	1-1 @ 11.64% ( -0.2) 0-0 @ 5.94% ( -0.28) 2-2 @ 5.71% ( 0.07) 3-3 @ 1.24% ( 0.05) Other @ 0.17% Total : 24.7%	0-1 @ 7.31% ( -0.35) 1-2 @ 7.17% ( -0.13) 0-2 @ 4.5% ( -0.22) 1-3 @ 2.94% ( -0.06) 2-3 @ 2.34% ( 0.03) 0-3 @ 1.85% ( -0.09) 1-4 @ 0.91% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.51% Total : 29.52%