| MATCHUP | Sporting Kansas City | Los Angeles FC |
|---|---|---|
| Team Records | 4-2-10 | 7-3-5 |
| Where | BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, California | |
| When | Saturday, July 25, 2026 | |
| Time | 10:30 PM EDT | |
| TV | Apple TV | |
LAFC Preview
LAFC has 30 points this season with a 9-5-3 record, and sits in 3rd place of the Western Conference. They have a 6-2-1 home record and a 3-3-2 away record. LAFC is coming off a 3-1 win against Real Salt Lake at home, where they had 29% possession of the ball and 12 total shots, 3 of them on target. They had 80% completed passes, and fewer expected goals, with 1.15 compared to Real Salt Lake’s 2.71.
LAFC is scoring 1.76 goals per game, which ranks 10th in MLS, while allowing 1.06 goals per game, which ranks 4th in MLS. Denis Bouanga is LAFC’s top scorer with 8 goals, followed by David Martínez with 5 goals and Heung-Min Son with 2 goals. Heung-Min Son is LAFC’s top passer, with 8 assists.
Sporting Kansas City Preview
Kansas City has 14 points this season with a 4-10-2 record, and sits in 15th place of the Western Conference. They have a 2-4-2 home record and a 2-6-0 away record. Kansas City is coming off a 2-1 win against Minnesota at home, where they had 34% possession of the ball and 11 total shots, 7 of them on target. They had 78% completed passes, and fewer expected goals, with 1.14 compared to Minnesota’s 1.72.
Kansas City is scoring 1.13 goals per game, which ranks 27th in MLS, while allowing 2.50 goals per game, which ranks 29th in MLS. Dejan Joveljić is Kansas City’s top scorer with 8 goals, followed by Manuel García Alonso and Calvin Harris with 2 goals each. Manuel García Alonso is Kansas City’s top passer, with 4 assists.
Sporting Kansas City vs LAFC Prediction
LAFC has 8 wins and two draws in its last 10 meetings against Sporting KC and the over is 3-1 in their last 4 meetings. LAFC has four wins and two draws in its last six home meetings against Sporting KC and the over is 6-2 in their last 8 meetings in LA.
In this Sporting KC vs LAFC Prediction, LAFC is coming as huge -550 home favorites. LAFC is the superior team in this matchup and in far better form, with three consecutive wins, the last two by two and three goals. On the flip side, Sporting has been atrocious on the road with a 1-6 record in its last 7 road games, with four of its last five road defeats being by 3+ goals. Take LAFC to win this one comfortably by -1.5 goals.