August 7th features a match where LA Galaxy will travel to Kansas City to battle Sporting KC in a Major League Soccer match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 35 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. Sporting KC sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Austin. Alexander Ring struck first for Austin in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Jon Gallagher, then Sebastián Driussi added another in the 90th minute on a feed from Diego Fagúndez At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sporting KC couldn’t manage to score, and Austin took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, LA Galaxy recorded a 0-1 loss against FC Dallas. Franco Jara scored the first goal for FC Dallas in the 9th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, LA Galaxy couldn’t muster any offence and FC Dallas ran away with the shutout win. LA Galaxy is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Sporting KC won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Dejan Joveljić has been the most prolific scorer on LA Galaxy in the last five matches with three goals. Sporting KC is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Rémi Walter and Espinoza Ramirez each only have 1 goal in their last five.