Los Angeles FC vs Sporting Kansas City - prediction, team news, lineups

Los Angeles FC volition big Sporting Kansas City astatine BMO Stadium connected Saturday arsenic the 2 sides proceed their 2026 MLS regular-season campaign.

The hosts caput into the contention 5th successful the Western Conference standings with 30 points, portion Sporting KC person endured a hard play and beryllium 28th successful the wide MLS array with conscionable 14 points.

Match preview

Playing successful beforehand of their location fans for the archetypal clip successful astir 2 months, LAFC collected their 2nd consecutive triumph since returning from the FIFA World Cup interruption by defeating Real Salt Lake 3-1 astatine BMO Stadium connected Wednesday night.

Former Tottenham Hotspur guardant Son Heung-min and Denis Bouanga some scored successful the archetypal fractional to enactment the Black & Gold successful power earlier a DeAndre Yedlin ain extremity successful the 68th infinitesimal completed the scoring for LAFC, contempt Lukas Engel netting a precocious consolation successful the 86th minute.

The victory, their 3rd successful a row, lifted LAFC to 5th successful the Western Conference standings with 30 points, 9 down leaders Nashville contempt having played a crippled more, and besides marked their 2nd three-match winning streak of the league run aft opening the play with 4 successive victories.

Head manager Marc Dos Santos volition present crook his attraction to Saturday's gathering with Sporting Kansas City, a fixture LAFC person dominated successful caller years.

The Black & Gold are presently connected a seven-match winning streak against Sporting Kansas City successful each competitions, with their past nonaccomplishment to triumph this fixture coming successful June 2021 during a tally of 3 consecutive defeats.

Sporting Kansas City returned from the FIFA World Cup interruption with a invaluable 2-1 triumph implicit Minnesota United astatine Children's Mercy Park connected Thursday, securing each 3 points successful their archetypal location lucifer since the league resumed.

Goals from Dejan Joveljic and Manu Garcia successful either fractional guided Sporting to lone their 2nd location triumph of the play and earned Raphael Wicky's broadside a much-needed 3 points.

The effect was besides conscionable their 4th league triumph of a hard campaign, 1 successful which they person already suffered 10 defeats.

The Wizards person won 3 and mislaid 3 of their past six MLS matches and volition beryllium aiming to grounds back-to-back league victories for lone the 2nd clip this season.

Sporting person scored conscionable 4 goals crossed their past 7 meetings with LAFC, losing each of those encounters against this weekend's opponents.

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Team News

LAFC are expected to beryllium without Amin Boudri, Igor Jesus and Sergi Palencia, who are each sidelined with limb injuries, portion Timothy Tillman remains a uncertainty owed to a limb problem.

The attacking concern of Denis Bouanga and Son Heung-min has begun to flourish, with some players uncovering the backmost of the nett successful each of LAFC's past 2 matches.

Sporting Kansas City are expected to beryllium without Taylor Calheira (ankle), Diego Borges (quad) and Justin Reynolds (hamstring).

Emir Karic, who precocious joined from Sturm Graz, is pushing to marque his archetypal commencement for Sporting aft making his debut from the seat against Minnesota United.

Los Angeles FC imaginable starting lineup:

Lloris; Hollingshead, Porteous, Tafari, Cheberko; Segura, Choiniere, Delgado; Bouanga, Son, Shaffelburg 

Sporting Kansas City imaginable starting lineup:

Cleveland; Davis, Blorian, Meyer, Karic;Berg Johnsen, Bassong, Garcia; Capemba, Harris, Joveljic

We say: Los Angeles FC 3-0 Sporting Kansas City

LAFC person returned from the FIFA World Cup interruption successful fantabulous form, and with Son Heung-min and Denis Bouanga processing a beardown knowing successful attack, the Black & Gold look good placed to proceed their winning run.

Sporting Kansas City person shown signs of betterment successful caller weeks, but their mediocre grounds against LAFC and the hosts' awesome momentum marque different comfy location triumph the astir apt outcome.

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