Los Angeles FC surprises Sporting KC with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

KANSAS CITY. Los Angeles FC had a surprising win over Sporting KC with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Arango (56') and a goal from G. Bale (82').

By
Mark Hall
-
Los Angeles FC surprises Sporting KC with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

KANSAS CITY. Los Angeles FC had a surprising win over Sporting KC with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. Arango (56′) and a goal from G. Bale (82′). Sporting KC lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Children’s Mercy Park stadium in Kansas City on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Lukasz Szpala with the collaboration of Jeremy Kieso and Andrew Bigelow. The 4th official was Elton Garcia. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.7 degrees Celsius or 90.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Sporting KC

0 - 2

Team 1

Los Angeles FC

  • 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
  • 12 Total 14
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 8 Off Target 10
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 127 Attack 74
  • 65 Dangerous attack 23
  • 80 Ball safe 82
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 11 Total 15
  • 0 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 6 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting KC had a superior ball possession 60% while Los Angeles FC was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting KC was more pushing with 65 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Los Angeles FC succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Sporting KC shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Los Angeles FC shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Sporting KC didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Los Angeles FC received 3 yellow cards (K. Acosta, C. Vela and R. Hollingshead).

Match Timeline

5'
46'
Eddie Segura- sub ->G. Chiellini
K. Pierre- sub ->G. Zusi
46'
John Pulskamp- sub ->T. Melia
53'
56'
Cameron Duke- sub ->E. Thommy
61'
65'
65'
R. Hollingshead- sub ->F. Escobar
65'
71'
Carlos Vela- Yellow
78'
82'
Willy Agada- sub ->K. Shelton
84'
Marinos Tzionis- sub ->D. Salloi
84'
86'
90'
R. Hollingshead- Yellow

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 encounter, Sporting KC will stay with 20 points to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Los Angeles FC will have 45 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Sporting KC will play away against Dallas on the 9th of October with a 15-12 head to head stats in favor of Dallas (10 draws).

Los Angeles FC will host Nashville SC on the 9th of October with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Los Angeles FC (0 draws).

Sporting KC – Formation

Sporting KC
G
Tim Melia 29.United States
7.0
53'
D
Graham Zusi 8.United States
6.2
46'
D
Andreu Fontàs 3.Spain
6.4
D
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 5.France
7.1
D
Logan Ndenbe 18.Belgium
7.2
M
Rémi Walter 54.France
7.1
M
Erik Thommy 26.Germany
6.4
61'
M
Felipe Hernández 21.Colombia
6.8
65'
M
Johnny Russell  7.Scotland
6.8
M
Dániel Sallói 20.Hungary
5.8
84'
F
Khiry Shelton  11.United States
6.8
84'
Substitutes
G
John Pulskamp 1.United States
5.9
53'
D
K. Pierre 24.United States
6.1
46'
D
Ben Sweat 2.United States
D
Robert Voloder 4.Germany
M
Marinos Tzionis 27.Cyprus
6.6
84'
M
Oriol Rosell 6.Spain
6.5
65'
M
Cameron Duke 28.United States
6.1
61'
F
Willy Agada 23.Nigeria
6.6
84'

Sporting KC started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Peter Vermes decided to play with the following team: .

Sporting KC could not rely on the presence of J. Pulskamp (injured) and O. Rosell (injured).

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 6 changes: G. Zusi for K. Pierre (46′), T. Melia for J. Pulskamp (53′), E. Thommy for C. Duke (61′), F. Hernandez for O. Rosell (65′), K. Shelton for W. Agada (84′) and D. Salloi for M. Tzionis (84′).

Los Angeles FC – Formation

Los Angeles FC
G
Maxime Crépeau 16.Canada
7.2
D
Giorgio Chiellini 14.Italy
6.8
46'
D
Jesús Murillo 3.Colombia
7.6
D
Franco Escobar 2.Argentina
6.9
65'
D
D. Palacios 12.Ecuador
7.4
M
Ilie Sánchez  6.Spain
7.2
M
Kellyn Acosta 23.United States
7.0
5'
M
J. Cifuentes 20.Ecuador
6.1
F
Carlos Vela 10.Mexico
7.1
78' 71'
F
Cristian Arango  9.Colombia
9.0
86' Goals56'
F
K. Opoku 22.Ghana
6.8
65'
Substitutes
G
John McCarthy 77.United States
D
Mamadou Fall 5.Senegal
D
Sebastien Ibeagha 25.United States
D
R. Hollingshead 24.United States
6.5
65' 90'
D
Eddie Segura 4.Colombia
6.8
46'
M
Jhegson Méndez 32.Ecuador
6.8
86'
F
Gareth Bale 11.Wales
6.9
65' Goals82'
F
Latif Blessing 7.Ghana
6.8
78'

Los Angeles FC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Steven Cherundolo played with: .

Substitutions

Los Angeles FC made 5 changes: G. Chiellini for E. Segura (46′), K. Opoku for G. Bale (65′), F. Escobar for R. Hollingshead (65′), C. Vela for L. Blessing (78′) and C. Arango for J. Mendez (86′).

Results of the day

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