Low-Block Fortress
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 13 shots blocked or saved on 41.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 41.0%
- Shots blocked
- 6
- Saves
- 7
- Conceded
- 1
Major League Soccer · Matchday 25Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 18'
T. Calheira 31'
J. Bartlett 71'
3 – 1
FT
HT 2–0
Los Angeles FC
D. Bouanga 47'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 25Sporting Kansas City3–1Los Angeles FC
1.95
Expected goals
2.19
18′31′47′71′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SKC 1.95, LA 2.19.
Match report
Sporting Kansas City 3-1 Los Angeles FC
Sporting Kansas City saw off Los Angeles FC 3-1 at Children's Mercy Park in Major League Soccer. Luiz opened the scoring for Sporting Kansas City on 18', Calheira made it 2-0 to Sporting Kansas City on 31', Bouanga pulled one back for Los Angeles FC on 47' and Bartlett made it 3-1 to Sporting Kansas City on 71'.
Expected goals finished Sporting Kansas City 1.95, Los Angeles FC 2.19. Los Angeles FC held 59.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Sporting Kansas City graded out for low-block fortress — 41.0% possession and 6 shots blocked. Sporting Kansas City graded out for goalkeeper rescue — 7 saves and 2.19 faced xg.
Stefan Cleveland came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for Sporting Kansas City across 90 minutes.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
41%Possession59%
20Shots22
1.95xG2.19
What the numbers say
5 readsGoalkeeper Rescue
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City's goalkeeper kept them in it — 7 saves against 2.19 xG, conceding just 1.
- Saves
- 7
- Faced xG
- 2.19
- Conceded
- 1
Clinical Edge
Sporting Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.95 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.95
- Overperformance
- +1.05
Set-Piece Siege
Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 13 corners.
- Corners
- 13
- Opponent
- 6
Timeline
Andre Luiz — assist: J. Reynolds
⚽18'
🟨19'
Sergi Palencia
Foul
T. Calheira
⚽31'
Kwaku Agyabeng
Foul
🟨44'
Half-time
🔄46'
M. Delgado ↑ Igor Jesus ↓
🔄46'
J. Shaffelburg ↑ J. Terry ↓
⚽47'
D. Bouanga — assist: J. Shaffelburg
J. Bartlett ↑ K. Agyabeng ↓
🔄61'
🔄67'
R. Hollingshead ↑ S. Palencia ↓
🔄67'
T. Boyd ↑ A. Sieb ↓
J. Bartlett
⚽71'
🟨80'
Yevhen Cheberko
Foul
🔄81'
J. Ebobisse ↑ Y. Cheberko ↓
Calvin Harris
Foul
🟨82'
S. Suleymanov ↑ Andre Luiz ↓
🔄85'
S. Reid ↑ S. Afrifa ↓
🔄85'
J. Reid ↑ C. Harris ↓
🔄87'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueChildren's Mercy Park, Kansas City
RefereeChris Penso, USA
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 25
StatusMatch Finished