Kansas
2 - 1
Los Angeles

Pulido (61'), Salloi (87')
Sanchez (44')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Kim (24')
Blackmon (12'), Romero (65')
Blackmon (58')

Preview

The Match

Preview

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

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 46.45%. A win for Los Angeles FC had a probability of 30.39% and a draw had a probability of 23.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.23%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (7.5%) and 2-0 (6.63%). The likeliest Los Angeles FC win was 1-2 (7.27%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.43%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Sporting Kansas City in this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Los Angeles FC
46.45%	23.16%	30.39%

Both teams to score 62.33%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

61.18%

38.81%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

38.87%

61.12%

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.94%

17.06%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

52.76%

47.23%

Los Angeles FC Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.16%

24.84%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.56%

59.44%

Score Analysis

Sporting Kansas City 46.45%

Los Angeles FC 30.39%

Draw 23.15%

Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Los Angeles FC
2-1 @ 9.23% 1-0 @ 7.5% 2-0 @ 6.63% 3-1 @ 5.44% 3-0 @ 3.91% 3-2 @ 3.79% 4-1 @ 2.41% 4-0 @ 1.73% 4-2 @ 1.68% Other @ 4.16% Total : 46.45%	1-1 @ 10.43% 2-2 @ 6.43% 0-0 @ 4.24% 3-3 @ 1.76% Other @ 0.3% Total : 23.15%	1-2 @ 7.27% 0-1 @ 5.9% 0-2 @ 4.11% 1-3 @ 3.37% 2-3 @ 2.98% 0-3 @ 1.91% 1-4 @ 1.18% 2-4 @ 1.04% Other @ 2.63% Total : 30.39%