Los Angeles FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2022 PLAYOFFS

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MLS · 2022

Los Angeles FC

3 – 2

Full Time

Los Angeles Galaxy

Fri 21 Oct 2022 · 02:00 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Ilie Sanchez 12' Y

Y 12' Riqui Puig

Y 45' Raheem Edwards

Diego Palacios 56' Y

Jesus Murillo 58' Y

Jesus Murillo 59' Y

Carlos Vela 63' Y

Carlos Vela 64' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at Banc of California Stadium.

Los Angeles FC 19 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

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

Los Angeles FC 24 games · Avg 4.3 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2022-10-21 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2022-07-09 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2022-04-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Los Angeles FC 2021-10-04 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Los Angeles FC 2021-08-28 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–2	W
09 Oct	Nashville SC	H	0–1	L
02 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W
19 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	3–1	W
14 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–1	D
11 Sep	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	2–3	L
15 Oct	Nashville SC	H	1–0	W
09 Oct	Houston Dynamo	A	3–1	W
02 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	D
25 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–2	W
18 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–1	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Los Angeles Galaxy
#17	Position	#27
34	Points	22
19	Played	19
10 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
35	Scored	24
19	Conceded	29
+16	GD	-5
1.79	PPG	1.16
53%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ 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)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Banc of California Stadium that hosts another battle between Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Galaxy.
5' Los Angeles FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
10' Los Angeles FC have won 582 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
12' The referee has no hesitation. Ilie Sanchez is booked for Los Angeles FC — Yellow card on 12.
17' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles FC and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
22' 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.
23' Against the run of play, Denis Bouanga has scored! This game has turned on its head.
24' Denis Bouanga with the second goal in the match!
29' Cristian Arango has been relatively quiet despite scoring 73 goals in his last 172 appearances.
34' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
39' The 31-year-old Marky Delgado has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
44' What composure from Douglas Costa! The Brazil international strokes it home. 2-1.
45' Raheem Edwards is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
50' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
55' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
56' Diego Palacios picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
58' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Douglas Costa trudges off to be replaced by Kevin Cabral on 58 minutes.
58' Los Angeles FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 58.
59' Los Angeles FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 59.
63' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Carlos Vela.
64' Controversy at the stadium! Carlos Vela argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
68' The crowd applauds Samuel Grandsir as he leaves the pitch. Victor Vazquez steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
73' With 0 assists to his name this season, Diego Palacios is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
78' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Carlos Vela is withdrawn and Kwadwo Opoku gets his opportunity.
80' Brilliant from the ! Denis Bouanga makes it 3-1 with a superb finish on 80.
84' Dejan Joveljic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Marky Delgado on 84 minute.
85' Dejan Joveljic does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
90' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Cristian Arango is replaced by Giorgio Chiellini.
Los Angeles FC celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios
99
Denis Bouanga
9
Cristian Arango ↓ Giorgio Chiellini 90'
6
Ilie Sanchez
24
Ryan Hollingshead
10
Carlos Vela ↓ Kwadwo Opoku 78'
23
Kellyn Acosta
4
Eddie Segura
16
Maxime Crepeau
20
Jose Cifuentes ↓ Jhegson Mendez 90'
3
Jesus Murillo

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

1
Jonathan Bond
14
Javier Hernandez
11
Samuel Grandsir ↓ Victor Vazquez 68'
4
Sega Coulibaly
10
Douglas Costa ↓ Kevin Cabral 58'
22
Martin Caceres ↓ Derrick Williams 84'
5
Gaston Brugman
6
Riqui Puig
8
Marky Delgado ↓ Dejan Joveljic 84'
44
Raheem Edwards
2
Julian Araujo

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Denis Bouanga	12
Carlos Vela	10
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	8
Diego Rossi	6
Cristian Arango	5
Dejan Joveljic	5
Cristian Pavon	4
Carlos Vela	4

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-10-21 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-10-09 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Nashville SC L 2022-10-02 Portland Timbers 1–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-09-19 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Houston Dynamo W 2022-09-14 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2022-09-11 FC Dallas 2–1 Los Angeles FC L

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2022-10-21 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Nashville SC W 2022-10-09 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-10-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2022-09-25 San Jose Earthquakes 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-09-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.1 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.41 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC52% Draw23% Los Angeles Galaxy25%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.51

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

48%

Los Angeles FC or Los Angeles Galaxy

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC39% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

6.3%

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

6.1%

1 – 0

5.7%

3 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

4.4%

0 – 1

3.6%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	21%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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