By The Numbers: Sporting KC at LA Galaxy - April 18, 2015

Sporting KC is on the road Saturday to face reigning MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy at 9:30 p.m. CT at StubHub Center in Carson, California. The match will be broadcast live on SKCTV across the Midwest and available locally on KMCI-TV 38 the Spot with three hours of on-site coverage beginning at 9 p.m. CT. In addition, listeners can follow the match live on Sports Radio 810 WHB (English) and La Grande 1340 AM (Spanish).

Tied for third place in the Western Conference and riding a four-game unbeaten streak, Sporting KC (2-1-3, 9 points) will seek their league-leading 26th MLS road win since the start of 2012 against an LA Galaxy side (2-2-2, 8 points) that hasn't lost at StubHub Center in 25 games across all competitions dating back to the 2014 season opener. Saturday's matchup features the league's last two MLS Cup champions—Sporting KC in 2013 and LA Galaxy in 2014—and rekindles a long-time rivalry that developed when both teams were Wester Conference members from 1996-2004. We break down the matchup in our By The Numbers preview.

Head-to-head

• The home team in the series is unbeaten in the last five meetings (4-0-1).
• Sporting KC has lost their previous two road matches against LA, last beating the Galaxy at StubHub Center on Aug. 28, 2010.
• Sporting KC has a 5-19-6 all-time road record against LA (including postseason).
• Sporting KC manager Peter Vermes has a 3-2-2 head-to-head record against LA Galaxy manager Bruce Arena.
• Benny Feilhaber scored a free kick goal against LA Galaxy to kick-start Sporting KC's 2-1 win on July 19, 2014.
• Robbie Rogers has three goals and three assists in 11 MLS matches against Sporting KC.
• Despite facing the Galaxy just once a season from 2012-2014, Sporting KC has played LA more than any other team in club history (53 games, 19-23-11 record). The clubs have also met nine times in the postseason, tied for KC's most frequent playoff opponent. LA leads the postseason series 5-3-1.

Sporting KC

• Lead MLS with 30 road wins since the beginning of 2011.
• Rank 2nd in MLS with 10.8 chances created per match while conceding just 5.7 chances per match.
• Lead MLS with 23 chances created from set plays and five assists from set plays.
• Lead MLS with 161 interceptions, at least 21 more than any other team.
• Lead MLS with 387 duels won, 136 aerial duels won and 115 tackles won.
• Tied for 2nd in MLS with three clean sheets.
• Peter Vermes' .495 regular season road winning percentage (35-36-20) is 2nd best all-time among managers who have coached at least 35 road games.
• Benny Feilhaber leads the league with four assists and is one of two MLS players—alongside Matt Besler—with two assists from set plays.
• Roger Espinoza is tied for 2nd among MLS midfielders with 45 duels won.

LA Galaxy

• Unbeaten in 25 straight matches at StubHub Center (19 regular season, 3 postseason, 1 CCL, 2 at Chivas USA) with 19 wins.
• Leads MLS since 2011 with 81 total wins and 57 home wins (including postseason).
• Rank 2nd in MLS with 463 passes per game and 53.5 percent average possession.
• Rank 2nd in MLS with 26 successful crosses from open play.
• Have allowed more shots on goal (30) than any other team in MLS.
• Stefan Ishizaki ranks 2nd in MLS with 16 chances created and 15 successful crosses from open play.
• Juninho leads MLS with 344 successful passes. No other player has completed more passes in MLS since 2011 (including postseason).
• Gyasi Zardes set the single-season record for goals scored by an MLS Homegrown player in 2014 with 16.
• Robbie Keane leads MLS with 61 goals since the beginning of 2012 (including postseason). His 31 assists during that time rank 4th in MLS.
• Omar Gonzalez ranks third in MLS with 31 aerial duels won.

Top Dogs since 2011

Team stats (2015 regular season)

MLS rank in parenthesis

Recent MLS meetings

• SKC vs. LA Galaxy (regular season): 19-23-11
• Away games (regular season): 5-15-6 (25 GF, 46 GA)