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 31 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 31 games · 40 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	30	67
2	Internacional CF Miami	30	55
3	New England Revolution	30	52
4	Chicago Fire FC	30	48
5	Charlotte FC	30	47
6	Philadelphia Union	30	46
7	Orlando City SC	30	41
8	FC Cincinnati	30	39
9	Toronto FC	30	36
10	New York Red Bulls	30	36
11	Columbus Crew SC	30	35
12	New York City FC	30	34
13	D.C. United SC	30	33
14	Atlanta United FC	30	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	30	25
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	30	55
17	St. Louis City	30	51
18	FC Dallas	30	51
19	San Jose Earthquakes	30	48
20	Houston Dynamo	30	47
21	Los Angeles FC	31	46
22	Seattle Sounders FC	30	42
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	31	40
24	Colorado Rapids SC	30	39
25	Real Salt Lake	30	36
26	San Diego FC	30	34
27	Portland Timbers	30	34
28	Minnesota United FC	30	34
29	Austin FC	30	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	30	22

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
#21	Position	#23
46	Points	40
31	Played	31
12 / 10 / 9	W / D / L	10 / 10 / 11
48	Scored	43
33	Conceded	52
+15	GD	-9
1.48	PPG	1.29
39%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (24 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

42% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

19% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Los Angeles FC are 21st (46 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (40 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

10/5

46-60

6/6

61-75

6/6

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

5/7

16-30

5/6

31-45

7/12

46-60

4/6

61-75

3/5

76+

10/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	17 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Los Angeles Galaxy

Klauss	9 G
Marco Reus	8 G	8 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Los Angeles FC host Los Angeles Galaxy — let the battle begin!
5' Los Angeles FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
12' Ilie Sanchez was booked on 12.
17' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
22' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Carlos Vela made 299 appearances and scored 94 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
23' What a strike from Denis Bouanga! The score is 1-0.
24' Denis Bouanga has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 24 minutes.
29' Douglas Costa has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
34' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 34 minutes.
39' Los Angeles FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles Galaxy backline.
44' Goal! Douglas Costa scores his 21 goal in 525 matches.
45' The referee has no hesitation. Raheem Edwards is booked for Los Angeles Galaxy — Yellow card on 45.
50' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
55' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
56' Los Angeles FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 56.
58' The crowd applauds Douglas Costa as he leaves the pitch. Kevin Cabral steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
58' Jesus Murillo was booked on 58.
59' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Jesus Murillo.
63' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles FC. Carlos Vela will be fuming at that decision.
64' The referee calls foul for Carlos Vela. He receives a Yellow card.
68' Another substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy to replace Samuel Grandsir by Victor Vazquez on 68 minute.
73' A quiet spell here at Banc of California Stadium. Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
78' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Carlos Vela is replaced by Kwadwo Opoku.
80' Denis Bouanga makes no mistake. The score reads 3-1 and Los Angeles FC are in front.
84' Los Angeles Galaxy ring the changes. Marky Delgado has done his job and it is now time for Dejan Joveljic to step up.
85' The deadlock is broken! Dejan Joveljic gets on the scoresheet on 85 minutes.
90' The crowd applauds Cristian Arango as he leaves the pitch. Giorgio Chiellini steps in for Los Angeles FC.
The points are shared — Los Angeles FC 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy. Honours even.

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
Dejan Joveljic	5
Cristian Arango	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

2.01 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC50% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy26%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.48

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	66%	34%
± 3.5	45%	55%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

50%

Los Angeles FC or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC37% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

6.2%

3 – 1

5.9%

1 – 0

5.6%

0 – 0

4.5%

3 – 2

Actual

3 – 0

4.1%

0 – 1

3.9%

0 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	15%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	20%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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