Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Houston Dynamo
1 – 1
Full Time
Los Angeles Galaxy
Sat 29 Feb 2020 · 20:30 UTC HT 45+1' · FT 45+5'
Boniek Garcia 49' Y
Y 51' Aleksandar Katai

Overview

Match Preview

Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Jair Marrufo
  • Referee Frank Anderson
  • Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Micheal Barwegen
6 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

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

7
7
4
Houston Dynamo 18 games · Avg 2.8 goals Los Angeles Galaxy
Last 5 meetings
2020-02-29 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-10-06 Houston Dynamo 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-04-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2018-10-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 Houston Dynamo 2018-05-06 Houston Dynamo 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Houston Dynamo
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Feb Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–1 D
06 Oct Los Angeles Galaxy H 4–2 W
29 Sep Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
26 Sep Los Angeles FC A 1–3 L
22 Sep Orlando City SC H 2–1 W
15 Sep Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–2 L
Los Angeles Galaxy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Feb Houston Dynamo A 1–1 D
21 Oct Minnesota United FC A 2–1 W
06 Oct Houston Dynamo A 2–4 L
29 Sep Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 3–4 L
26 Sep Real Salt Lake A 2–1 W
22 Sep Montreal Impact FC H 2–1 W

Season Stats

Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy
#20 Position #23
44 Points 36
27 Played 28
13 / 5 / 9 W / D / L 9 / 9 / 10
34 Scored 37
32 Conceded 44
+2 GD -7
1.63 PPG 1.29
48% Win % 32%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
41% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season
18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Houston Dynamo are 20th (44 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Houston Dynamo
0-15
1/2
16-30
3/4
31-45
7/4
46-60
5/3
61-75
5/3
76+
3/6
■ 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)

Houston Dynamo
Guilherme 14 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' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Houston Dynamo and Los Angeles Galaxy.
  • 5' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 10' Los Angeles Galaxy have won 484 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 13' Los Angeles Galaxy is taking the lead after the goal scored by Cristian Pavon on 13.
  • 18' A quiet spell here at . Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 23' 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.
  • 28' It is a cagey affair so far. Houston Dynamo in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact .
  • 33' Perry Kitchen has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 38' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 43' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 43 minutes.
  • 48' Aleksandar Katai has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
  • 49' The referee has no hesitation. Boniek Garcia is booked for Houston Dynamo — Yellow card on 49.
  • 51' Poor challenge from Aleksandar Katai. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 54' The Colombia Mauro Manotas breaks the deadlock on 54 minutes. 1-1!
  • 58' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Aleksandar Katai is replaced by Joe Corona.
  • 63' The 32-year-old Adam Lundqvist has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 68' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 70' Christian Ramirez is replacing Tomas Martinez for the Houston Dynamo side.
  • 75' Niko Hansen is replacing Boniek Garcia for the Houston Dynamo side.
  • 80' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 83' Time for substitution for Houston Dynamo. Memo Rodriguez is replaced by Darwin Ceren.
  • 87' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Emil Cuello is hanging Sebastian Lletget on the field on 87 minute.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Houston Dynamo 1-1 Los Angeles Galaxy.

Lineups

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tab Ramos

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ola Kamara 3
Cristian Pavon 3
Kevin Cabral 3
Mauro Manotas 3
Ezequiel Ponce 3
Christian Ramirez 2
Riqui Puig 2
Dejan Joveljic 2

Head to Head

2020-02-29 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-10-06 Houston Dynamo 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-04-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2018-10-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 Houston Dynamo 2018-05-06 Houston Dynamo 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy

Houston Dynamo Form

2020-02-29 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2019-10-06 Houston Dynamo 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-09-29 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2019-09-26 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Houston Dynamo L 2019-09-22 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2019-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo L

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-02-29 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2019-10-21 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-10-06 Houston Dynamo 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-09-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2019-09-26 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-09-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Montreal Impact FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.83 Houston Dynamo xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.31 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Houston Dynamo48% Draw25% Los Angeles Galaxy27%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.14
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Houston Dynamo or Draw
73%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
52%
Houston Dynamo or Los Angeles Galaxy
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Houston Dynamo36% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy21%
Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
9.1%
1 – 0
7.2%
2 – 0
7.2%
1 – 2
6.6%
2 – 2
6%
0 – 0
6%
3 – 1
5.5%
0 – 1
4.9%
3 – 0
4.3%
0 – 2
3.7%
3 – 2
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo

Handicap Houston Dynamo covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 15% 73%
-1.5 27% — 73%
-1 27% 21% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 15% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet
28% ✓
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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