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Match Report

Short-handed LAFC have enough to keep Sporting KC skidding

David Martinez took advantage of a rare start to score his second goal of the season and short-handed LAFC eased to a 2-0 away victory over struggling Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
11
3
Saves
2
48.8
Possession
51.2
8
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
417
Accurate Passes
401
495
Passes
488
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
13
7
Crosses
42
0.4
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
63
26
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
16
17
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
10
32
Effective Clearances
6
32
Clearances
6

Highlights

00:52 David Martinez scores goal for LAFC Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

LAFC leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SKC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1John PulskampG
  2. 4Robert VoloderCD-L
  3. 15Jansen MillerCD-R
  4. 18Logan NdenbeLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 21Manu GarcíaAM
  7. 8Memo RodríguezLM
  8. 6Nemanja RadojaRM
  9. 9Dejan JoveljicF
  10. 26Erik ThommyAM-L
  11. 93Shapi SuleymanovAM-R

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 4Eddie SeguraCD-L
  3. 33Aaron LongCD-R
  4. 24Ryan HollingsheadLB
  5. 14Sergi PalenciaRB
  6. 6Igor JesusCM
  7. 8Mark DelgadoLM
  8. 11Timothy TillmanRM
  9. 27Nathan OrdazF
  10. 30David MartínezLF
  11. 22Cengiz ÜnderRF

Timeline

  1. 11' Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1. David Martínez (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mark Delgado.
  3. 24' Memo Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 54' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  5. 60' Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 65' Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói replaces Erik Thommy.
  8. 66' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. William Agada replaces Dejan Joveljic.
  9. 72' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Mason Toye replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
  10. 75' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Adrian Wibowo replaces David Martínez.
  11. 75' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Yaw Yeboah replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  12. 86' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Jake Davis.
  13. 87' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Tim Leibold replaces Logan Ndenbe.
  14. 87' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Odin Holm replaces Nathan Ordaz.
  15. 87' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Nkosi Tafari replaces Mark Delgado.
  16. 90'+2' Yaw Yeboah (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+5' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Artem Smoliakov replaces Ryan Hollingshead.

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