Los Angeles FC vs Sporting Kansas City

17 April 2022 · MLS · 2022

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Cristian Arango 44’
Ismael Tajouri 70’
José Cifuentes 78’

Diego Palacios 38’ (og)

Match summary

Los Angeles FC came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Sporting Kansas City. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Palacios's own goal put Sporting Kansas City ahead in the 38th minute and Cristian Arango equalised in the 44th minute. In the second half, Ismael Tajouri put Los Angeles FC in front in the 70th minute and José Cifuentes made it 3-1 in the 78th minute.

Key events

Los Angeles FC Sporting Kansas City

S. CherundoloManagerArgument

0’

Kick-off

6’

Róger EspinozaFoul

Jesús MurilloFoul

8’

Mamadou MbackeFoul

25’

38’

Diego PalaciosOwn goal

0-1

43’

Johnny RussellFoul

Cristian Arango

1-1

44’

Half-time1-1

Second half underway

Diego PalaciosFoul

51’

Ismael TajouriKwadwo Opoku

66’

José CifuentesLatif Blessing

66’

Felipe HernándezRóger Espinoza

Ismael Tajouri

2-1

70’

Daniel MusovskiCristian Arango

74’

77’

Cameron DukeMarinos Tzionis

77’

Nikola VujnovićKhiry Shelton

José Cifuentes

3-1

78’

80’

Nicolas Isimat-MirinFoul

Francisco GinellaKellyn Acosta

81’

86’

Robert VoloderAndreu Fontàs

Full-time3-1

Lineups

Los Angeles FC 4-1-4-1 Starting XI

Sporting Kansas City 4-2-3-1 Starting XI

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player


Maxime Crépeau	90′	2	1	20	–	–	–	–	–

Defenders4 players


Ryan Hollingshead	90′	2	2	–	7	3	58	1	–	–	–
Jesús Murillo	90′	1	1	–	5	3	48	2	–	1
Mamadou Mbacke	90′	2	2	1	5	3	60	2	–	1
Diego Palacios	90′	9	–	–	13	–	59	5	–	1

Midfielders8 players


Ilie Sánchez	90′	–	–	61	1	–	2	3	9	1	3	–
Carlos Vela	90′	–	–	39	2	–	–	–	4	2	4	–
Latif Blessing Taken off	66′	–	–	19	1	–	4	2	7	–	2	–
Kellyn Acosta Taken off	81′	–	–	62	2	–	–	–	1	3	1	–
Kwadwo Opoku Taken off	66′	–	–	20	1	–	1	–	3	–	1	–
José Cifuentes Came on as a substitute	24′	1	–	14	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–
Ismael Tajouri Came on as a substitute	24′	1	–	12	1	–	–	–	2	1	1	–
Francisco Ginella Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	12	–	–	3	–	3	–	–	–

Forwards2 players


Cristian Arango Taken off	74′	1	–	5	1	–	–	–	3	–	7	–
Daniel Musovski Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	3	–

Goalkeeper1 player


Timothy Melia	90′	0	3	31	1	–	–	–	–

Defenders5 players


Graham Zusi	90′	3	1	–	6	–	57	3	–	–	–
Nicolas Isimat-Mirin	90′	–	2	1	5	2	69	2	–	–
Andreu Fontàs Taken off	86′	3	–	3	5	1	63	–	–	–	–
Logan Ndenbe	90′	–	2	–	2	–	55	2	–	–	–
Robert Voloder Came on as a substitute	8′	–	1	–	1	–	7	–	–	–	–

Midfielders7 players


Rémi Walter	90′	–	–	42	–	–	2	2	2	1	–	–
Róger Espinoza Taken off	66′	–	–	40	1	–	2	–	3	2	–
Johnny Russell	90′	–	–	20	3	–	1	–	8	1	5
Marinos Tzionis Taken off	77′	–	–	21	–	–	–	–	9	–	5	–
Dániel Sallói	90′	–	–	23	1	–	–	1	5	1	1	–
Felipe Hernández Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	3	–	–	1	–	1	3	–	–
Cameron Duke Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	6	–	–	2	–	3	–	–	–

Forwards2 players


Khiry Shelton Taken off	77′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	–	15	–
Nikola Vujnović Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	2	1	–	–	–	2	–	5	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Form going into the game

Los Angeles FC D W W W L

Sporting Kansas City L L W L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Los Angeles FC 4-0 Sporting Kansas City, 04 Sep 21 Next meeting: Sporting Kansas City 0-2 Los Angeles FC, 24 Jul 22 All Los Angeles FC vs Sporting Kansas City meetings

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