Looking at the match up between Sporting Kansas City and LA Galaxy here, folks at home, you'd think we're about to be watching a little league competition rather than Major League Soccer. Their season records are neck in neck into the abyss with Galaxy at 0-3-7 and Sporting at 2-1-7. Let's put it this way, if these were golf stats, they'd be leading the league.

Now, onto the goalies. LA Galaxy has been depending mostly on John McCarthy who has a decent rating of 6.67 and 9 saves, which is like putting a colander to catch water. Over at the Kansas City side of things, we've got John Pulskamp in goal rallying up a 7.10 rating and 18 saves. Pulskamp is putting up slightly better numbers; it feels like choosing between drowning and being on fire.

Player-wise, LA Galaxy’s top players include some names like Marco Reus and Gabriel Pec, while over on the Kansas side, Dejan Joveljić’s last month has been truly spectacular, making the net ripple three times, and Erik Thommy displays an impressive 95.1% pass accuracy. His passes are more accurate than a GPS guided missile.

Now, I know what you're thinking - "what about the history between these teams?" Well, they've been at it, like two siblings fighting over the last cookie. Out of their last five matches, three ended with Galaxy's victory, one ended in Sporting winning and the other, a draw everyone probably wants to forget.

I've crunched the numbers, looked at the crystal ball, and even consulted with my pet parrot. He's a Sporting fan, mostly because their name sounds like 'squawking', but feathered biases aside, based on everything we've discussed here, it looks like Sporting Kansas City should squeak out a win.

Albert’s Prediction: Sporting Kansas City by 1