By The Numbers presented by KDOT: #SKCvLA

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Two of Major League Soccer's most successful clubs over the last five years square off Sunday when Sporting Kansas City (4-41, 13 points) hosts LA Galaxy (4-1-2, 14 points) at Children's Mercy Park. The high-profile match will kick off at 7 p.m. CT, and a limited number of tickets are available via Ticketmaster.com or by calling 888-4KC-GOAL. FS1 and FOX Deportes will televise the game nationally, while listeners can follow the action on Sports Radio 810 WHB and La Grande 1340 AM. We take a statistical look at the matchup in our By The Numbers preview...

Head-to-head

• Sporting KC is unbeaten in seven straight home games against LA (4-0-3), including a 3-0-1 mark at Children's Mercy Park. LA last won in Kansas City in September 2007.
• Sporting KC is 20-24-11 all-time in the regular season series, including a 15-8-5 mark at home.
• Sporting KC and LA split the 2015 series, both winning by a 2-1 scoreline at home.
• The home side in the head-to-head series is unbeaten in seven straight meetings (6-0-1) dating back to 2011.
• Benny Feilhaber has scored or assisted in his last three appearances against LA, scoring on July 19, 2014, and assisting in both games last season.
• Dom Dwyer had one goal and one assist against LA last season, scoring the game-winner in a 2-1 result at Children's Mercy Park on Oct. 25.
• Mike Magee has six career goals against Sporting KC in the regular season, including one in his last appearance at Children's Mercy Park (July 6, 2014) as a member of the Chicago Fire.

LA Galaxy

• 2016 MLS record: 4-1-2, 14 points (3rd in West)
• 2016 MLS road record: 1-1-1 (4 GF, 2 GA)
• LA leads MLS with 17 goals (2.43 per game) and a plus-10 goal differential, at least six goals better than any other team.
• All four of LA's wins have come by multiple goals.
• LA has three wins this season when conceding the first goal. No other team has more than one such victory.
• In 2015, LA had the second-best home record (12-2-3) but the third-worst road record (2-9-6), accounting for the largest home/away win discrepancy in MLS.
• Forward Gyasi Zardes is tied for fourth in MLS with four goals, while forward Mike Magee is tied for fourth with three assists, one off the league lead.

Sporting Kansas City

• 2016 MLS record: 4-4-1, 13 points (6th in West)
• 2016 MLS home record: 2-2-0 (5 GF, 5 GA)
• Eight of SKC's nine games this season have been decided by a goal or less.
• SKC is looking to avoid its first three-game home losing streak since 2014.
• Tim Melia is tied for the MLS lead with three shutouts and ranks third in saves (30) and save percentage (78.9).
• Dom Dwyer is one of four MLS players with at least four goals and two assists. He's tied for fourth on the MLS scoring charts.
• Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam is tied for fourth in MLS with three assists, one off the league lead.
• Defender Nuno Andre Coelho ranks first in MLS with 535 passes, second with 35 interceptions and ninth with 38 clearances.

Milestones and Miscellany

• Brad Davis has 40 career game-winning assists in the regular season, one shy of tying Landon Donovan and Steve Ralston for the all-time MLS record.
• Dom Dwyer is one shy of his 50th career goal for Sporting KC in all competitions.
• Graham Zusi has 24 game-winning assists in MLS (including playoffs), one shy of passing Preki for sole possession of first place in club history.

Top Dogs since 2011

Team stats (2016 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis (source: WhoScored.com)

Recent #SKCvLA regular season meetings

• Regular season record vs. LA Galaxy: 20-24-11
• Regular season home record vs. LA Galaxy: 15-8-5 (40 GF, 36 GA)