The eight meetings between Sporting Kansas City and Los Angeles FC have been split, with each team winning four times. LAFC has scored 14 goals in their four wins over Sporting but have managed just three goals in the four defeats.
Sporting Kansas City has lost three straight home matches for the first time since August-September 2014. Sporting has never lost four straight home MLS matches in regulation, but did lose five straight, including a breakaway shootout loss in the fourth match of the streak, from September 1998 to April 1999.
Los Angeles FC is the sixth team in MLS history to have at least 42 points through the first 20 matches of the season. LAFC had 46 points at this stage in 2019, making it one of two teams, along with the Galaxy (46 in 1998, 43 in 2010), to have 42 points after 20 games multiple times.
Roger Espinoza will miss Sporting’s match against LAFC after receiving a red card against Real Salt Lake on Sunday. It was Espinoza’s 13th career red card in MLS play, three more than any other player in league history.
Los Angeles FC’s 2-1 win over Nashville on Sunday was the 14th straight time LAFC has won a match in which its taken a lead at any point. The last team to record a longer streak was Seattle (19 straight) in 2018-19.
