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Los Angeles Galaxy vs Colorado Rapids SC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Los Angeles Galaxy
2 – 2
Full Time
Colorado Rapids SC
Wed 15 Aug 2018 · 02:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles Galaxy vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Ismail Elfath
  • Referee C. Blanchard
  • Referee Eduardo Mariscal
  • Referee Hilario Grajeda
  • Referee Kevin Stott
12 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

4
3
9
Los Angeles Galaxy 16 games · Avg 3.0 goals Colorado Rapids SC
Last 5 meetings
2018-08-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-08-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Aug Colorado Rapids SC H 2–2 D
12 Aug Minnesota United FC H 2–2 D
05 Aug Colorado Rapids SC A 1–2 L
30 Jul Orlando City SC H 4–3 W
27 Jul Los Angeles FC A 2–2 D
21 Jul Philadelphia Union A 3–1 W
Colorado Rapids SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–2 D
12 Aug San Jose Earthquakes H 2–1 W
05 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–1 W
29 Jul D.C. United SC A 1–2 L
22 Jul Real Salt Lake A 2–2 D
15 Jul Houston Dynamo H 0–0 D

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy Colorado Rapids SC
#27 Position #26
22 Points 22
19 Played 18
5 / 7 / 7 W / D / L 7 / 1 / 10
24 Scored 27
29 Conceded 25
-5 GD +2
1.16 PPG 1.22
26% Win % 39%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season
32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (22 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
Colorado Rapids SC
0-15
3/2
16-30
2/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
4/–
61-75
3/4
76+
4/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy
Gabriel Pec 5 G 4 A
Klauss 5 G
Colorado Rapids SC
Rafael Navarro 7 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Welcome to that hosts another battle between Los Angeles Galaxy and Colorado Rapids SC.
  • 5' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 10' The travelling Colorado Rapids SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 100% of all matches.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles Galaxy must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 25' Johan Blomberg has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 30' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles Galaxy and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 35' Jonathan dos Santos, a Mexico , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 40' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sam Nicholson made 275 appearances and scored 19 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 45' 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.
  • 50' With 0 assists to his name this season, David Bingham is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
  • 55' Bismark Adjei-Boateng is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles Galaxy so far.
  • 60' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 65' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 70' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 75' Perry Kitchen is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Colorado Rapids SC tonight.
  • 80' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 85' Niki Jackson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 90' Chris Pontius has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 19 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • It finishes all square. Los Angeles Galaxy and Colorado Rapids SC share the spoils 2-2.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sigi Schmid

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Anthony Hudson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Cole Bassett 3
Riqui Puig 3
Gabriel Pec 2
Sam Nicholson 2
Gyasi Zardes 2
Andre Shinyashiki 2
Gaston Brugman 2
Kevin Cabral 2

Head to Head

2018-08-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-08-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2018-08-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2018-08-12 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Minnesota United FC D 2018-08-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2018-07-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–3 Orlando City SC W 2018-07-27 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2018-07-21 Philadelphia Union 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2018-08-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2018-08-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2018-08-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2018-07-29 D.C. United SC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2018-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2018-07-15 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.65 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.72 Colorado Rapids SC xG
I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Colorado Rapids SC 74% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Los Angeles Galaxy37% Draw26% Colorado Rapids SC37%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.37
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 64%
36%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw
63%
Draw or Colorado Rapids SC
63%
Los Angeles Galaxy or Colorado Rapids SC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles Galaxy28% Draw42% Colorado Rapids SC30%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.7%
1 – 2
8.1%
2 – 1
7.8%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
5.2%
0 – 2
5.1%
1 – 0
5%
0 – 0
4.9%
2 – 0
4.7%
1 – 3
4.6%
3 – 1
4.3%
2 – 3
3.8%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap Los Angeles Galaxy covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 11% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 18% 64%
-0.5 36% — 64%
+0.5 61% — 39%
+1 61% 18% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 12% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

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