Atlanta United FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Atlanta United FC

0 – 0

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Sat 9 May 2026 · 23:30 UTC Mercedes-Benz Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Atlanta United FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Atlanta United FC 27 games · 27 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Fotis Bazakos
Assistant 1 Jeffrey Swartzel (USA)
Assistant 2

9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 11.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Atlanta United FC 5 games · Avg 1.8 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2024-08-25 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Atlanta United FC 2022-07-25 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Atlanta United FC 2019-08-03 Atlanta United FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-04-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Atlanta United FC

Recent Form

Atlanta United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D
02 May	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–1	L
25 Apr	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W
22 Apr	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
18 Apr	Nashville SC	H	0–2	L
12 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 May	Atlanta United FC	A	0–0	D
03 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D
26 Apr	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
23 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
19 Apr	FC Dallas	A	2–2	D
11 Apr	Austin FC	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Atlanta United FC		Los Angeles Galaxy
#14	Position	#23
27	Points	36
27	Played	28
7 / 6 / 14	W / D / L	9 / 9 / 10
32	Scored	37
45	Conceded	44
-13	GD	-7
1.00	PPG	1.29
26%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Atlanta United FC are 14th (27 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

0-15

2/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

2/5

46-60

3/6

61-75

4/7

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

6/9

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/5

76+

9/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Atlanta United FC

Aleksei Miranchuk

6 G

6 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Marco Reus	7 G	7 A
Klauss	7 G
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Atlanta United FC is hosting Los Angeles Galaxy for another epic battle.
5' Argentina international Elias Baez has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
10' Cooper Wyatt Sanchez has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
15' named a 4-1-4-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
20' Atlanta United FC is showing some good football. However, Atlanta United FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
25' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
30' With 1 assists to his name this season, Tomas Jacob is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
35' The 31-year-old Stian Gregersen has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
40' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
45' Lucas Hoyos, a Argentina , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
50' Matias Galarza has been relatively quiet despite scoring 4 goals in his last 293 appearances.
55' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles Galaxy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
60' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
70' Atlanta United FC have won 440 goals from 295 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
75' Gabriel Pec has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 7 appearances with only 3 goals this season.
80' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
85' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
90' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Atlanta United FC and Los Angeles Galaxy are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
Game over. The scoreline of 0-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Atlanta United FC Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gerardo Martino

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Josef Martinez	2
Miguel Almiron	1
Josef Martinez	1
Miguel Almiron	1
Giancarlo Gonzalez	1
David Romney	1
Kevin Cabral	1
Dejan Joveljic	1

Head to Head

Atlanta United FC Form

2026-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-05-02 Atlanta United FC 0–1 Montreal Impact FC L 2026-04-25 Toronto FC 1–2 Atlanta United FC W 2026-04-22 Atlanta United FC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2026-04-18 Atlanta United FC 0–2 Nashville SC L 2026-04-12 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC L

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2026-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-05-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2026-04-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-04-19 FC Dallas 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-04-11 Austin FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 3

1.07 Atlanta United FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.15 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Atlanta United FC or Los Angeles Galaxy 69% + Under 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Atlanta United FC34% Draw31% Los Angeles Galaxy35%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.22

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	65%	35%
± 2.5	38%	62%
± 3.5	19%	81%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

Atlanta United FC or Draw

65%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

66%

Atlanta United FC or Los Angeles Galaxy

69%

Half-Time Result

Atlanta United FC23% Draw52% Los Angeles Galaxy25%

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.3%

0 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

11.2%

1 – 0

10.4%

1 – 2

7.4%

2 – 1

6.9%

0 – 2

6.9%

2 – 0

2 – 2

4.1%

1 – 3

2.9%

0 – 3

2.6%

3 – 1

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Atlanta United FC

Handicap	Atlanta United FC covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	9%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	19%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	21%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.