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LAG vs SPKC Match Preview, Team News, Lineups

Sporting Kansas can move within one place of the playoff positions when they host Los Angeles FC in the regular season of Major League Soccer at Children’s Mercy Park.

LAG vs SPKC Dream11 MATCH PREVIEW:

Snippets:

• Sporting Kansas City are 2nd from bottom in the Western Conference, a complete turnaround from the last season where they topped the regular season table.
• LA Galaxy missed out on the playoffs last season after finishing 7th in the West. But they are flying high at the moment, sitting 3rd on the regular season table with 25 points from 14 games.

#LAFC just keep on keepin' on in the West. ? pic.twitter.com/HqZThUFVmX

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 27, 2019

• Kansas City meanwhile have won the joint fewest games this season (3).
• City’s 3-2 win in the last game was their first win in almost two months. Prior to that result, their last victory was a 7-1 hammering of Montreal Impact on 31st March.
• LA Galaxy also won the last game, a 0-1 away victory against Orlando City. The win ended a four-game skid for the Galaxy.

Match Details:

The MLS match will be played between Sporting Kansas City and LA Galaxy at Children’s Mercy Park, in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. The ground has a capacity of 21,000.
The game will start at 06:00 AM (IST), on Thursday, May 30.

Broadcast details:

In India, DSport has the rights to broadcast five regular-season matches in a week, as well as select MLS Cup playoff games and MLS Cup.

Recent form (Last six matches)
Sporting Kansas City – L D L L D W
LA Galaxy – W L L L L W

Sporting Kansas City Team News:

• Take a few first-team players out, and the manager may find some difficulty in naming his best playing 11. But with Kansas City, the lengthy injury list is the main antagonist for their recent struggles.
• As many as five Kansas players will be missing the game with the injury, while more than half a dozen have been listed as questionable. How much the squad is running thin with the options could be seen from the fact that manager Peter Vermes could name only five players on the bench for the last game.

• Forwards Erik Hurtado (right knee surgery) and Gerso Fernandes (broken wrist) will be missing the match.
• The defense is light as both Jaylin Lindsey (torn meniscus) and Rodney Wallace (hip surgery) are out of contention.
• While Honduran midfielder Roger Espinoza has been ruled out with a knee injury.

• Antonio Bustamante (knee injury), Daniel Salloi (groin injury), Graham Zusi (oblique injury), Wan Kuzain (ankle injury) and Andreu Fontas (calf injury) have all been listed as doubtful by Kansas City and will be evaluated before the match.
• In additional news, Krisztian Nemeth will be serving a one-game suspension here and won’t be available for selection. Initially, he was given a one-game ban following his foul play against Vancouver Whitecaps and served his suspension against Seattle Saunders. But MLS extended the ban by an extra game.

Possible ins or outs of this game:

• Should Matt Besler deemed not fit enough to start due to his hamstring problem, fellow American Graham Smith will be partnering Botond Baráth at the back.

• Head coach Peter Vermes has his options cut off by the injuries and will most probably go with the same playing 11 which started against Seattle Saunders. Some changes are expected in the starting 11 nonetheless, especially at the back.
• Johnny Russell, Yohan Croizet and Kelyn Rowe will start in what will be a front three for the hosts.

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Probable XI: Melia (GK), Sinovic, Smith, Barath, Hasler, Guiterrez, Sanchez, Feilhaber, Rowe, Russell, Croizet

LA Galaxy FC Team News:

• The only player on the injury list for LA Galaxy is Romain Alessandrini. The 30-year-old French winger hasn’t featured for Galaxy since suffering a knee injury against Houston Dynamo in April.

Possible ins or outs of this game:

• Superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic‘s two-game suspension is over and the Swedish international will come straight into the starting 11. The former Barcelona and AC Milan player was handed a ban for grabbing New York City FC goalkeeper Sean Johnson by the neck.
• Fabio Álvarez could be the player moving to the bench for Ibrahimovic.

• Defensive midfielder Perry Kitchen has recovered from the foot injury and will be in the matchday squad. He is expected to be on the bench with last match’s scorer Jonathan dos Santos and Joe Corona starting in the heart of the midfield.
• A change in the formation is expected as well from the visitors. We expect the head coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto to put in an extra midfielder to stifle the hosts. Chris Pontius may start, replacing the 22-year-old Argentine Emil Cuello in the playing 11.

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Probable XI: Bingham (GK), Skjelvik, Gonzalez, Steres, Feltscher, Corona, Dos Santos, Chris Pontius, Antuna, Lletget, Ibrahimovic

Potential Game Changers: Top fantasy picks (This is the first game for both the teams on Dream11 this season, so no fantasy points)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Jonathan Dos Santos
Felipe Gutierrez
Gianluca Busio
Johnny Russell

Stats and facts:

• Sporting Kansas City are the only team outside the playoffs to boast a positive goal difference.
• The hosts are on an eight-game unbeaten streak against the Galaxy heading into this match.
• LA Galaxy, in fact, have never won an away game against the Kansas City, losing four times at eight times of asking, while four games ended in draws.
• Galaxy failed to score in two of their six away games this season.
  

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Breakdown of both team’s stats (Season 2019)

Sporting Kansas City | Los Angeles Galaxy

• Games: 12 | 14
• Wins: 3 | 8
• Losses: 4 | 5
• Draws: 5 | 1
• Goals scored: 23 | 19
• Goals conceded: 22 | 17
• Shots: 137 | 135
• On Target: 66 | 54
• Corners: 55 | 86
  

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Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:

Johnny Russell: For the captain option, we go for Scotland’s Johnny Russell. The 29-year-old single-handedly won the last game for Kansas City, as he netted a brilliant hat-trick. Also, another big reason to make him your captain is that he scored in both the games against LA Galaxy last season. Take a look at his stats:

• Games: 12
• Goals: 7
• Assists: 3
• Shots: 30
• Shots on Goal: 15
• Fouls: 7

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X-Factor- Galaxy’s Jonathan dos Santos. The former Villarreal and Barcelona midfielder scored Galaxy’s only goal in the last game, which was his second strike of the season. Kansas City are at home and boast an unbeaten record against the visitors in home games. They are expected to control the proceedings and that’s where the 29-year-old could make a telling difference from the midfield.

Risky option: Gianluca Busio. Just 17, but he has impressed in minutes he has been given by the head coach this season. In fact, the Italian born midfielder has scored 3 goals for the Kansas City this season.

He may not start this match, but he could be a game changer from the bench.

Suggested combination 1:

Goalkeeper: T Melia
Defenders: D Steres, J Skjelvik, S Sinovic, N Hasler
Midfielders: J D Santos (VC), S Lletget, F Gutierrez, Y Croizet
Forwards: J Russell (C), Ibrahimovic

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Suggested combination 2:

Goalkeeper: D Bingham
Defenders: D Steres, J Skjelvik, B Barath, N Hasler
Midfielders: J D Santos, J Corona, F Gutierrez, K Rowe
Forwards: J Russell (C), Ibrahimovic (VC)

LAG vs SPKC Dream11 potential winner:
Kansas City have an unbeaten record against Galaxy in home matches and we see that record to be extended here.