Los Angeles Galaxy vs Austin FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles Galaxy

2 – 0

Full Time

Austin FC

Sun 23 Apr 2023 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Javier Hernandez 54' 1–0

Riqui Puig 64' 2–0

Riqui Puig 3' Y

Y 40' Maximiliano Urruti

Y 43' Leo Vaisanen

Tyler Boyd 61' Y

Daniel Aguirre 90' Y

Y 90' Jhojan Valencia

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles Galaxy vs Austin FC — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Austin FC 18 games · 17 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 Galaxy 11 games · Avg 2.7 goals Austin FC

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-23 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Austin FC 2022-05-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–1 Austin FC 2022-05-08 Austin FC 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-09-27 Austin FC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-05-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Austin FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Apr	Austin FC	H	2–0	W
16 Apr	Los Angeles FC	H	2–3	L
09 Apr	Houston Dynamo	A	0–3	L
01 Apr	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
25 Mar	Portland Timbers	A	0–0	D
19 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D

Austin FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–2	L
16 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–0	D
08 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	0–3	L
26 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–1	D
19 Mar	Houston Dynamo	A	0–2	L
12 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		Austin FC
#27	Position	#29
22	Points	17
19	Played	18
5 / 7 / 7	W / D / L	4 / 5 / 9
24	Scored	22
29	Conceded	36
-5	GD	-14
1.16	PPG	0.94
26%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (11 games)

45% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

28% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts). Austin FC are 29th (17 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Austin FC

0-15

5/3

16-30

1/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/4

61-75

1/1

76+

6/13

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Austin FC

Myrto Uzuni	6 G
Christian Ramirez	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Los Angeles Galaxy is hosting Austin FC for another epic battle.
3' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 3.
8' The energy levels are beginning to show. Josh Wolff might look to freshen things up shortly.
13' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles Galaxy and Austin FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
18' Los Angeles Galaxy has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
23' A quiet spell here at Dignity Health Sports Park. Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
28' Jonathan Klinsmann has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
33' 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 100% of all matches.
38' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 38 minutes.
40' That is a Yellow card for Austin FC. Maximiliano Urruti will be fuming at that decision.
43' The referee calls foul for Leo Vaisanen. He receives a Yellow card.
48' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jon Gallagher made 287 appearances and scored 20 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
53' It looks surprising Austin FC does not make any changes. Lucas Felipe Calegari has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
54' What a strike from Javier Hernandez! The score is 1-0.
59' Austin FC come into this ranked 21 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
61' Controversy at the stadium! Marky Delgado argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
64' The Spain Riqui Puig breaks the deadlock on 64 minutes. 2-0!
68' Dejan Joveljic makes way for Daniel Aguirre at the 68 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles Galaxy.
69' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Tyler Boyd departs to be replaced by Douglas Costa.
70' Rodney Redes is replacing Ethan Finlay for the Austin FC side.
75' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Austin FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
80' Fresh legs for Austin FC! Will Bruin comes on to replace Emiliano Rigoni.
85' 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.
88' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eriq Zavaleta is hanging Lucas Felipe Calegari on the field on 88 minute.
90' The whistle greets Marky Delgado as he departs to be replaced by Oriol Rosell.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Daniel Aguirre on 90.
The points are shared — Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Austin FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

14
Javier Hernandez ↓ Preston Judd 90'
33
Jonathan Klinsmann
22
Martin Caceres
5
Gaston Brugman
6
Riqui Puig
8
Marky Delgado ↓ Oriol Rosell 90'
11
Tyler Boyd ↓ Douglas Costa 69'
9
Dejan Joveljic ↓ Daniel Aguirre 69'
2
Lucas Felipe Calegari ↓ Eriq Zavaleta 88'
3
Julian Aude
24
Jalen Neal

Bench

4
Sega Coulibaly
10
Douglas Costa ↑ 69'
20
Memo Rodriguez
15
Eriq Zavaleta ↑ 88'
44
Raheem Edwards
16
Oriol Rosell ↑ 90'
37
Daniel Aguirre ↑ 69'
31
Preston Judd ↑ 90'

Coach Greg Vanney

Austin FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

7
Emiliano Rigoni ↓ Will Bruin 80'
24
Nick Lima
37
Maximiliano Urruti ↓ Gyasi Zardes 80'
13
Ethan Finlay ↓ Rodney Redes 70'
1
Brad Stuver
8
Alexander Ring
10
Sebastian Driussi
17
Jon Gallagher ↓ Adam Lundqvist 70'
15
Leo Vaisanen
6
Daniel Pereira
33
Gavin Wolff ↓ Jhojan Valencia 70'

Bench

Coach Josh Wolff

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Javier Hernandez	4
Dejan Joveljic	4
Myrto Uzuni	2
Riqui Puig	2
Erik Thommy	1
Ethan Finlay	1
Alexander Ring	1
Sebastian Lletget	1

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2023-04-23 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Austin FC W 2023-04-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 Los Angeles FC L 2023-04-09 Houston Dynamo 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-04-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2023-03-25 Portland Timbers 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-03-19 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Austin FC Form

2023-04-23 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Austin FC L 2023-04-16 Austin FC 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2023-04-08 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Austin FC L 2023-03-26 Austin FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2023-03-19 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Austin FC L 2023-03-12 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.86 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

0.96 Austin FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy57% Draw24% Austin FC19%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.82

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

81%

Draw or Austin FC

43%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Austin FC

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy40% Draw44% Austin FC16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

1 – 0

10.3%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.7%

3 – 0

6.1%

3 – 1

5.9%

1 – 2

4.9%

0 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 2

2.9%

4 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Austin FC covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	18%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	23%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Austin FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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