Los Angeles Galaxy vs Sporting Kansas City

Los Angeles Galaxy will play host to Sporting Kansas City at Dignity Health Sports Park, looking to stretch their unbeaten H2H run in MLS to four games (W2, D1).

It’s been ‘all or nothing’ for Los Angeles Galaxy so far this season, with none of their ten MLS fixtures ending level (W7, L3). Since going down 2-1 to Seattle Sounders at this venue in late June, the hosts have mustered up back-to-back league wins despite failing to keep a clean sheet on each occasion. Indeed, a lack of concentration at the back has seen Galaxy let in at least once in four of their last five MLS outings, with six of their seven goals conceded in that sequence coming in the second half of play. Before losing to Seattle in their most recent home MLS fixture, Greg Vanney’s men had won all four league matches on home turf, prevailing by a single-goal margin three times in that period.

In the meantime, Sporting Kansas City came from behind to claim a 2-1 home triumph over Los Angeles FC last time out, meaning they’ve gone from two consecutive MLS games without winning (D1, L1) to back-to-back victories. Despite their tumultuous form, there’s been plenty of action in Kansas City’s recent MLS matches as five of the last six have seen over 2.5 goals and both teams on the scoresheet. Though none of their five MLS trips this season have ended in a draw (W2, L3), a tight, keenly-contested affair may well be on the cards, as three of those five results (win/loss) yielded a full-time margin of a single goal. The ‘Wizards’ can draw from firing away starts that have seen them open the scoring by the half-hour mark in three of their last four MLS trips.