Los Angeles Galaxy vs Columbus Crew SC, 2018
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Match Preview
Los Angeles Galaxy vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .
- Los Angeles Galaxy 13 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
- Columbus Crew SC 13 games · 12 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Eduardo Mariscal
- Referee Jonathan Johnson
- Referee Hilario Grajeda
- Referee Ramy Touchan
- Referee Ismir Pekmic
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 12 27 2 Internacional CF Miami 13 25 3 New England Revolution 12 22 4 Chicago Fire FC 12 20 5 New York City FC 13 18 6 New York Red Bulls 13 18 7 D.C. United SC 13 16 8 FC Cincinnati 13 16 9 Charlotte FC 13 15 10 Toronto FC 12 14 11 Montreal Impact FC 12 13 12 Orlando City SC 13 13 13 Columbus Crew SC 13 12 14 Atlanta United FC 12 10 15 Philadelphia Union 13 6 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 12 29 17 San Jose Earthquakes 13 29 18 Seattle Sounders FC 11 24 19 Real Salt Lake 12 22 20 Los Angeles FC 13 21 21 Minnesota United FC 13 21 22 FC Dallas 13 19 23 Houston Dynamo 12 18 24 San Diego FC 13 16 25 Colorado Rapids SC 13 16 26 Los Angeles Galaxy 13 16 27 Portland Timbers 12 14 28 Austin FC 13 14 29 St. Louis City 12 12 30 Sporting Kansas City 12 8 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 4–0 W 05 Jul D.C. United SC H 2–2 D 01 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 3–3 D 10 Jun Real Salt Lake H 3–0 W 02 Jun Portland Timbers A 1–1 D 31 May FC Dallas H 2–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Jul Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–4 L 30 Jun Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W 24 Jun Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L 13 Jun Atlanta United FC H 0–2 L 09 Jun New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D 02 Jun Toronto FC H 3–3 D Season Stats
Los Angeles Galaxy Columbus Crew SC #26 Position #13 16 Points 12 13 Played 13 4 / 4 / 5 W / D / L 3 / 3 / 7 19 Scored 18 21 Conceded 22 -2 GD -4 1.23 PPG 0.92 31% Win % 23% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history15% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season23% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this seasonLos Angeles Galaxy are 26th (16 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 13th (12 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Los Angeles Galaxy0-151/116-30–/–31-454/446-602/261-75–/276+4/2■ Scored ■ ConcededColumbus Crew SC0-151/316-301/131-451/146-603/261-751/176+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Los Angeles Galaxy gets underway.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Columbus Crew SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Diego Rossi scoring 1 goals.
- 15' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' 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.
- 30' It’s high time Sigi Schmid made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from David Bingham, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gyasi Zardes made 262 appearances and scored 92 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 50' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
- 55' Luis Argudo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 60' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 65' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 70' David Romney has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 75' 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.
- 80' Columbus Crew SC 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.
- 85' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Columbus Crew SC winning 100% of all matches.
- 90' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 262 games and scored 393 goals.
- Full Time. Los Angeles Galaxy beats Columbus Crew SC
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Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups
Starting XI
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- 16
- 2
- 8
- 10
- 3
- 11
- 19
- 1
- 4
- 28
Bench
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29
Sheanon Williams ↑ 71'
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7
Romain Alessandrini ↑ 60'
- 5
- 6
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24
Ema Boateng ↑ 82'
- 41
- 20
Coach Sigi SchmidColumbus Crew SC Lineups
Starting XI
- 25
- 11
- 6
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9
Pedro Santos ↓ Niko Hansen 46'
- 23
- 17
- 2
- 16
- 20
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26
Luis Argudo ↓ Mike Grella 59'
- 3
Bench
- 19
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10
Federico Higuain ↑ 62'
- 7
- 24
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28
Niko Hansen ↑ 46'
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13
Mike Grella ↑ 59'
- 22
Coach Gregg Berhalter -
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Romain Alessandrini 2 Romain Alessandrini 2 Daniel Gazdag 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 1 Gabriel Pec 1 Ola Kamara 1 Federico Higuain 1 Gyasi Zardes 1 Head to Head
Los Angeles Galaxy Form
2018-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2018-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2018-07-01 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2018-06-10 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Real Salt Lake W 2018-06-02 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2018-05-31 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 FC Dallas LColumbus Crew SC Form
2018-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-06-30 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2018-06-24 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-06-13 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Atlanta United FC L 2018-06-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2018-06-02 Columbus Crew SC 3–3 Toronto FC D -
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.63 Los Angeles Galaxy xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.82 Columbus Crew SC xGI would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy to win 70% + Over 2.5 goals 66%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Los Angeles Galaxy winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.45Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 85% 15% ± 2.5 66% 34% ± 3.5 45% 55% ± 4.5 26% 74% Double Chance
Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw 88%Draw or Columbus Crew SC 30%Los Angeles Galaxy or Columbus Crew SC 82%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 11%3 – 0 9.3%2 – 1 8.7%1 – 0 8.2%3 – 1 7.6%1 – 1 7.5%4 – 0 Actual4 – 1 5.1%0 – 0 4.4%2 – 2 3.6%5 – 0 3.3%3 – 2 3.2%Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy
Handicap Los Angeles Galaxy covers Push Columbus Crew SC covers -2.5 33% — 67% -2 33% 21% 46% -1.5 54% — 46% -1 54% 21% 25% -0.5 75% — 25% +0.5 91% — 9% +1 91% 6% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 2% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet 44% ✗Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet 8% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.