Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles Galaxy, 2018

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MLS · 2018

Houston Dynamo

3 – 2

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Sun 6 May 2018 · 00:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS .

Houston Dynamo 18 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Danny Thornberry
Referee Alan Kelly

12 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Houston Dynamo 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2018-05-06 Houston Dynamo 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–2	W
29 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	Toronto FC	H	5–1	W
15 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–2	D
01 Apr	New England Revolution	H	0–2	L
17 Mar	D.C. United SC	A	2–2	D

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 May	Houston Dynamo	A	2–3	L
29 Apr	New York Red Bulls	H	2–3	L
22 Apr	Atlanta United FC	H	0–2	L
14 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–0	W
09 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
31 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	4–3	W

Season Stats

Houston Dynamo		Los Angeles Galaxy
#19	Position	#27
32	Points	22
18	Played	19
10 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
27	Scored	24
24	Conceded	29
+3	GD	-5
1.78	PPG	1.16
56%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Houston Dynamo are 19th (32 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

0-15

1/2

16-30

3/2

31-45

5/2

46-60

3/3

61-75

4/2

76+

2/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Houston Dynamo

Guilherme

8 G

4 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles Galaxy — let the football do the talking.
5' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Houston Dynamo are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
15' A quiet spell here at . Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
20' DaMarcus Beasley is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Houston Dynamo tonight.
25' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Los Angeles Galaxy winning 0% of all matches.
35' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
40' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
45' It looks surprising Houston Dynamo does not make any changes. Darwin Ceren has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
50' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Wilmer Cabrera will be considering his options from the bench.
55' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
60' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
65' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 282 games and scored 480 goals.
70' Both keepers have barely been tested. Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
75' Supporters expect more eagerness from Mauro Manotas, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
80' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Houston Dynamo needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
85' Over 85 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
90' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
It finishes all square. Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy share the spoils 3-2.

Lineups

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

27
Boniek Garcia ↑ 68'
22
Leonardo ↑ 65'
18
Chris Seitz
13
Luis Gil
8
Memo Rodriguez ↑ 84'
12
Arturo Alvarez
19
Mac Steeves

Coach Wilmer Cabrera

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

9
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
16
Jorgen Skjelvik
2
Perry Kitchen
10
Giovani dos Santos
3
Ashley Cole C
17
Sebastian Lletget ↓ Ema Boateng 75'
11
Ola Kamara
7
Romain Alessandrini ↓ Jonathan dos Santos 64'
1
David Bingham
4
David Romney
28
Mickael Ciani ↓ Chris Pontius 84'

Bench

Coach Sigi Schmid

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ezequiel Ponce	3
Ola Kamara	3
Cristian Pavon	3
Kevin Cabral	3
Mauro Manotas	3
Memo Rodriguez	2
Carlos Ferreira	2
Christian Ramirez	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.18 Houston Dynamo xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Houston Dynamo55% Draw22% Los Angeles Galaxy23%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.61

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Houston Dynamo or Draw

77%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

45%

Houston Dynamo or Los Angeles Galaxy

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Houston Dynamo40% Draw39% Los Angeles Galaxy21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.3%

2 – 1

8.9%

2 – 0

6.5%

3 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 2

5.9%

1 – 0

5.4%

3 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

4 – 1

3.5%

0 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo

Handicap	Houston Dynamo covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	16%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	20%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	13%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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

Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles Galaxy, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Houston Dynamo Form

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo

Clean Sheet