Los Angeles Galaxy vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Los Angeles Galaxy vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.
- Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
- Chicago Fire FC 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 27 Aug Chicago Fire FC H 3–0 W 16 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–4 L 09 Jul Philadelphia Union H 3–1 W 05 Jul Los Angeles FC H 2–1 W 02 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 2–2 D 25 Jun Colorado Rapids SC A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 27 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–3 L 21 Aug Orlando City SC H 1–3 L 16 Jul Toronto FC H 1–0 W 13 Jul Montreal Impact FC H 3–0 W 09 Jul Nashville SC H 1–0 W 01 Jul Orlando City SC A 1–3 L Season Stats
Los Angeles Galaxy Chicago Fire FC #24 Position #3 20 Points 26 15 Played 14 5 / 5 / 5 W / D / L 8 / 2 / 4 22 Scored 27 22 Conceded 16 +0 GD +11 1.33 PPG 1.86 33% Win % 57% Key Stats
40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this seasonLos Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Los Angeles Galaxy0-151/116-302/–31-454/546-602/261-75–/276+5/2■ Scored ■ ConcededChicago Fire FC0-153/–16-304/131-451/446-602/161-754/–76+2/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Los Angeles Galaxy to score. At the same time, Chicago Fire FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 2' Gaston Gimenez is having his name booked by the referee on 2.
- 7' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 12' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 17' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 278 games and scored 478 goals.
- 22' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kei Kamara, as he is very good at scoring at Dignity Health Sports Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 27' Gaston Gimenez is having his name booked by the referee on 27.
- 29' Los Angeles Galaxy is taking the lead after the goal scored by Tyler Boyd on 29.
- 34' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Ousmane Doumbia has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 39' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 44' 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.
- 47' The whistle greets Fabian Herbers as he departs to be replaced by Ousmane Doumbia.
- 52' Los Angeles Galaxy seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 57' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 57 minutes.
- 62' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 67' It’s high time Ezra Hendrickson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 70' It is a substitution in Los Angeles Galaxy team. Dejan Joveljic is replaced by Billy Sharp on 70 minute.
- 72' What a strike from Riqui Puig! The score is 2-0.
- 77' The supporters are chanting for Georgios Koutsias. He replaces Kei Kamara on 77 minute.
- 82' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles Galaxy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 84' The whistle greets Miguel Navarro as he departs to be replaced by Daniel Aceves.
- 86' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Tyler Boyd is replaced by Daniel Aguirre.
- 89' The referee calls foul for Jonathan Dean. He receives a card.
- 90' What a strike from Billy Sharp! The score is 3-0.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-0.
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Lineups
Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Eriq Zavaleta ↓ Tony Alfaro 70'
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Tyler Boyd ↓ Daniel Aguirre 86'
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Dejan Joveljic ↓ Billy Sharp 70'
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Bench
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Billy Sharp ↑ 70'
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Tony Alfaro ↑ 70'
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Daniel Aguirre ↑ 86'
Coach Greg VanneyChicago Fire FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Kei Kamara ↓ Georgios Koutsias 77'
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Miguel Navarro ↓ Daniel Aceves 84'
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Bench
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Georgios Koutsias ↑ 77'
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Ousmane Doumbia ↑ 47'
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Daniel Aceves ↑ 84'
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Coach Ezra Hendrickson -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Riqui Puig 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2 C.J. Sapong 1 Douglas Costa 1 Brian Gutierrez 1 Hugo Cuypers 1 Billy Sharp 1 Tyler Boyd 1 Head to Head
Los Angeles Galaxy Form
2023-08-27 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-07-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 Philadelphia Union W 2023-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2023-07-02 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-06-25 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy DChicago Fire FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.8 Los Angeles Galaxy xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.02 Chicago Fire FC xGI would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy to win 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Los Angeles Galaxy winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.82Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line 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 Chicago Fire FC 43%Los Angeles Galaxy or Chicago Fire FC 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 11.8%1 – 0 10%2 – 0 9.5%2 – 1 9.5%0 – 0 7.8%3 – 1 5.7%3 – 0 Actual1 – 2 5.3%0 – 1 5.2%2 – 2 4.8%0 – 2 3%3 – 2 3%Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy
Handicap Los Angeles Galaxy covers Push Chicago Fire FC covers -2.5 14% — 86% -2 14% 17% 69% -1.5 31% — 69% -1 31% 23% 46% -0.5 54% — 46% +0.5 80% — 20% +1 80% 13% 7% +1.5 93% — 7% +2 93% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet 37% ✗Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.