LOS ANGELES. Los Angeles FC managed to turn the tables against Sporting KC. It was Sporting KC to score first with a goal from D. Palacios. Nonetheless, later Los Angeles FC found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with C. Arango (44′), I. Tajouri (70′) and J. Cifuentes (78′).

The match was played at the Banc of California Stadium stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Armando Villarreal who was helped by Frank Anderson and Jeffrey Greeson. The 4th official was Víctor Rivas. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.4 degrees Celsius or 70.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Los Angeles FC

3 - 1

Sporting KC

  • 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
  • 16 Total 11
  • 4 On Target 3
  • 12 Off Target 8
  • 3 Shots blocked 3
  • 111 Attack 103
  • 48 Dangerous attack 45
  • 87 Ball safe 96
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 1
Fouls
  • 19 Total 17
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Los Angeles FC was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Sporting KC that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Los Angeles FC was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Los Angeles FC won the match​.

Los Angeles FC shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Sporting KC shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Los Angeles FC received 4 yellow cards (J. Murillo, M. Fall, S. Cherundolo and D. Palacios). Regarding the opposition, Sporting KC received 3 yellow cards (R. Espinoza, J. Russell and N. Isimat-Mirin).

Match Timeline

6'
Róger Espinoza- Yellow
Jesús Murillo- Yellow
8'
Mamadou Fall- Yellow
25'
38'
43'
Johnny Russell - Yellow
44'
51'
66'
Felipe Hernández- sub ->R. Espinoza
66'
66'
70'
74'
77'
77'
Cameron Duke- sub ->M. Tzionis
78'
80'
81'
86'
Robert Voloder- sub ->A. Fontas

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Philadelphia Union
67
34
CF Montréal
65
34
New York City
55
34
New York RB
53
34
Cincinnati
49
34
Inter Miami
48
34
Orlando City
48
34
Columbus Crew
46
34
New England
42
34
Charlotte
42
34
Atlanta United
40
34
Chicago Fire
39
34
Toronto
34
34
DC United
27
34

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Los Angeles FC
67
34
Austin
56
34
Dallas
53
34
Nashville SC
50
34
LA Galaxy
50
34
Minnesota United
48
34
Real Salt Lake
47
34
Portland Timbers
46
34
Colorado Rapids
43
34
Vancouver Whitecaps
43
34
Seattle Sounders
41
34
Sporting KC
40
34
Houston Dynamo
36
34
SJ Earthquakes
35
34

After this match, Los Angeles FC will have 16 points like Philadelphia Union to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Sporting KC will stay with 6 points like DC United and Cincinnati to remain in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Los Angeles FC will host Nashville SC on the 9th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Sporting KC will play away agasint Dallas on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head record in favor of Dallas (9 draws).

Los Angeles FC – Formation

Los Angeles FC
G
Maxime Crépeau 16.Canada
6.7
D
Jesús Murillo 3.Colombia
7.0
8'
D
R. Hollingshead 24.United States
7.1
D
D. Palacios 12.Ecuador
7.4
51'
D
Mamadou Fall 5.Senegal
7.2
25'
M
Ilie Sánchez 6.Spain
7.1
M
Kellyn Acosta 23.United States
6.8
81'
M
Carlos Vela 10.Mexico
6.2
M
Latif Blessing 7.Ghana
7.1
66'
M
K. Opoku 22.Ghana
7.0
66'
F
Cristian Arango 9.Colombia
7.4
74' 44'
Substitutes
G
John McCarthy 77.United States
D
Doneil Henry 44.Canada
D
Franco Escobar 2.Argentina
D
Sebastien Ibeagha 25.United States
M
Francisco Ginella 8.Uruguay
6.5
81'
M
J. Cifuentes 11.Ecuador
7.4
66' 78'
F
Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 19.Libya
7.2
66' 70'
F
Danny Musovski 29.United States
6.5
74'

Los Angeles FC started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Steven Cherundolo decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Los Angeles FC made 4 changes: L. Blessing for J. Cifuentes (66′), K. Opoku for I. Tajouri (66′), C. Arango for D. Musovski (74′) and K. Acosta for F. Ginella (81′).

Sporting KC – Formation

Sporting KC
G
Tim Melia 29.United States
5.5
D
Graham Zusi 8.United States
6.2
D
Andreu Fontàs 3.Spain
6.9
86'
D
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 5.France
7.0
80'
D
Logan Ndenbe 18.Belgium
6.2
M
Róger Espinoza 15.Honduras
6.8
66' 6'
M
Rémi Walter 54.France
6.2
M
Marinos Tzionis 27.Cyprus
6.7
77'
M
Johnny Russell 7.Scotland
7.1
43'
M
Dániel Sallói 20.Hungary
6.7
F
Khiry Shelton 11.United States
6.4
77'
Substitutes
G
John Pulskamp 1.United States
D
Robert Voloder 4.Germany
6.5
86'
D
Ben Sweat 2.United States
D
Kortne Ford 12.United States
M
Felipe Hernández 21.Colombia
6.1
66'
M
Cameron Duke 28.United States
6.5
77'
F
Nikola Vujnovic 19.Montenegro
7.1
77'

Sporting KC started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Peter Vermes played with: .

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 4 changes: R. Espinoza for F. Hernandez (66′), K. Shelton for N. Vujnovic (77′), M. Tzionis for C. Duke (77′) and A. Fontas for R. Voloder (86′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​