By The Numbers presented by KDOT: #LAvSKC

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Sporting KC (5-8-2, 17 points) looks to snap a two-game losing streak Thursday against high-powered LA Galaxy (5-2-5, 20 points) at StubHub Center. Peter Vermes' men have just one win in their last 10 games and face an LA side that leads MLS with 27 goals, including 18 at home. 
Thursday's Western Conference tilt will kick off at 9:30 p.m. CT on 38 The Spot, SKCTV, 99.3 FM and 1340 AM. We break down the matchup in our By The Numbers preview...

Head-to-head

• The teams will meet for the second time in 2016, having battled to a 1-1 draw on May 1 as Brad Davis and Giovani dos Santos traded impressive goals at Children's Mercy Park.
• Sporting KC has one win in its last 10 visits to StubHub Center dating back to 2004, including three straight losses and a 1-6-3 record.
• Kansas City last beat LA at StubHub Center on Aug. 28, 2010, a match in which Roger Espinoza played 90 minutes at outside back.
• The home side in the fixture is unbeaten in eight straight regular season meetings dating back to 2011.
• Both teams have scored in each of the last four head-to-head clashes, and there have been just two scoreless draws in 56 regular season meetings between the clubs all-time.
• LA leads the all-time regular season series 24-20-12, including a 16-5-6 record at home.
• Sporting KC midfielder Benny Feilhaber has scored or assisted in three of his last four appearances against LA.
• Sporting KC winger Brad Davis has six goals and eight assists in 30 regular season appearances, including a goal in the 1-1 draw on May 1. His eight assists are the second-most against LA among active MLS players.
• LA forward Giovani dos Santos has scored or assisted in both of his appearances against Sporting KC, including an equalizer in the 1-1 draw on May 1.

LA Galaxy

• 2016 MLS record: 5-2-5, 20 points (5th in West)
• 2016 MLS home record: 4-0-2 (18 GF, 8 GA)
• Last five games: 1-1-3, 6 points (T-W-T-T-L)
• LA leads MLS with 2.25 goals per game despite ranking 16th with just 11.7 shots per game.
• LA has a 39-5-13 regular season home record since 2013, scoring 135 goals and allowing just 46.
• LA has kept just one clean sheet this season, tied for fewest in MLS, and has gone eight straight games without a shutout.
• All five of LA's wins have come by multiple goals. The Galaxy are the only team in MLS without a one-goal win.
• LA is the only team in MLS to have a winning record when allowing the first goal (3-1-3).
• Forward Giovani dos Santos is one of eight MLS players with at least 10 combined goals and assists, but he is the only player in the group to play fewer than 10 matches. Dos Santos has five goals and six assists in nine appearances.
• Midfielder Steven Gerrard is one of two MLS players (dos Santos) with four assists in fewer than 10 appearances this season. Gerrard has four assists in nine games.

Sporting Kansas City

• 2016 MLS record: 5-8-2, 17 points (7th in West)
• 2016 MLS road record: 2-4-1 (5 GF, 7 GA)
• Last five games: 1-4-0, 3 points (L-L-W-L-L)
• SKC has one win in its last 10 games, going 1-7-2 since April 13. During that stretch, the team has out-shot and out-possessed its opponent in nine matches.
• SKC has faced a league-low 9.9 shots per game.
• SKC leads MLS with 214 shots but ranks 18th in scoring offense with 0.93 goals per game.
• Forward Dom Dwyer leads MLS with 37 fouls suffered while ranking fourth with 50 shots.
• Midfielder Roger Espinoza is seventh in MLS with 43 tackles and seventh with 538 successful passes.
• SKC is 4-1-1 this season in its secondary kits, which the team will wear Thursday night.

Milestones and Miscellany

• Ike Opara is one shy of his 50th career start in the MLS regular season.
• Dom Dwyer is one shy of entering a tie for second in Sporting KC history on the club's regular season and all-competitions scoring charts. His 42 regular season goals are one behind Davy Arnaud and Josh Wolff, while his 51 goals in all competitions are one behind Arnaud.
• Jacob Peterson is one shy of his 100th career substitute appearance in the MLS regular season. He would be the fifth MLS player to reach the century mark in regular season substitute appearances.

Team stats (2016 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis (source: WhoScored.com)

Recent #LAvSKC meetings (all competitions)

• Regular season record vs. LA Galaxy: 20-24-12
• Regular season road record at LA Galaxy: 5-16-6 (26 GF, 48 GA)