Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 15 Mar 2026, 01:30 UTCFull timeDignity Health Sports ParkFull-time recap

Los Angeles Galaxy

DWL

1–2Full-time recap

Sporting Kansas City

LDL

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Los Angeles Galaxy	Sporting Kansas City
Shots	18 shots/match▲	7 shots/match
Shots on target	5 shots/match▲	4 shots/match
Expected goals	2.09 xG/match▲	0.73 xG/match
Possession	61%	39%
Corners	10 corners/match	3 corners/match
Fouls	7 fouls/match	12 fouls/match
Yellow cards	1 cards/match	1 cards/match

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Sporting Kansas City's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines. A second useful context is: Los Angeles Galaxy have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

Sporting Kansas City show a distinct attacking-volume record

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Sporting Kansas City's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

13.8 shots/match▲ShotsLos Angeles Galaxy · Sporting Kansas City6.75 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Los Angeles Galaxy	Sporting Kansas City	Baseline
Shots	13.8 shots/match	6.75 shots/match	12 shots/match
Shots against	7.75 shots/match	15 shots/match	12 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Los Angeles Galaxy have recorded the higher season possession share.

51.8%▲PossessionLos Angeles Galaxy · Sporting Kansas City42.5%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.2 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Los Angeles Galaxy	Sporting Kansas City	Baseline
Possession	51.8%	42.5%	50.8%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Los Angeles Galaxy favored in 0 of 14 directional metrics · Sporting Kansas City in 0 · 14 too close

1.5 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 4/41 goals/match

1.75 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 4/41.75 goals/match

—Expected goalsseason · 1/1—

—Expected goals allowedseason · 1/1—

13.8 shots/matchShotsseason · 4/46.75 shots/match

7.75 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 4/415 shots/match

7.5 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 4/43 shots/match

3 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 4/45.25 shots/match

51.8%Possessionseason · 4/442.5%

5 corners/matchCornersseason · 4/43 corners/match

3 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 4/48.75 corners/match

3.33 cards/matchCardsseason · 3/31.33 cards/match

9 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 4/411 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

25%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 4/40%

100%Scoring frequencyseason · 4/450%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Los Angeles Galaxy60.3

Sporting Kansas City17.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Los Angeles Galaxy79.9

Sporting Kansas City10.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Los Angeles Galaxy67.2

Sporting Kansas City21.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Los Angeles Galaxy70.7

Sporting Kansas City5.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Los Angeles Galaxy51.5

Sporting Kansas City21.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 88%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Los Angeles Galaxy43.1

Sporting Kansas City3.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Los Angeles Galaxy57.3

Sporting Kansas City12.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

4 / 4 matches

1.5 goals/match▲Goals scored4/41 goals/match

1.75 goals/matchGoals allowed4/41.75 goals/match

—Expected goals1/1—

13.8 shots/match▲Shots4/46.75 shots/match

7.5 shots/match▲Shots on target4/43 shots/match

51.8%Possession4/442.5%

5 corners/matchCorners4/43 corners/match

3.33 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

9 fouls/matchFouls4/411 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

4 / 4 matches

1.5 goals/match▲Goals scored4/41 goals/match

1.75 goals/matchGoals allowed4/41.75 goals/match

—Expected goals1/1—

13.8 shots/match▲Shots4/46.75 shots/match

7.5 shots/match▲Shots on target4/43 shots/match

51.8%Possession4/442.5%

5 corners/matchCorners4/43 corners/match

3.33 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

9 fouls/matchFouls4/411 fouls/match

Window

Season

4 / 4 matches

1.5 goals/match▲Goals scored4/41 goals/match

1.75 goals/matchGoals allowed4/41.75 goals/match

—Expected goals1/1—

13.8 shots/match▲Shots4/46.75 shots/match

7.5 shots/match▲Shots on target4/43 shots/match

51.8%Possession4/442.5%

5 corners/matchCorners4/43 corners/match

3.33 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

9 fouls/matchFouls4/411 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

3 / 2 matches

1.67 goals/matchGoals scored3/2—

1 goals/matchGoals allowed3/2—

—Expected goals1/1—

13.3 shots/matchShots3/2—

7.67 shots/matchShots on target3/2—

53.3%Possession3/2—

5 corners/matchCorners3/2—

—Cards2/1—

10.3 fouls/matchFouls3/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

6.96 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 15 Mar 2026, 05:30 UTC · analysis-v4