Los Angeles Galaxy vs FC Dallas, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Los Angeles Galaxy

3 – 1

Full Time

FC Dallas

Thu 8 Jul 2021 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 54' Ema Twumasi

Y 57' Edwin Cerrillo

Nick DePuy 66' Y

Y 83' Jader Obrian

Overview

Match Preview

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

Los Angeles Galaxy 34 games · 44 pts (2026/26)
FC Dallas 34 games · 58 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles Galaxy 17 games · Avg 3.3 goals FC Dallas

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 FC Dallas 2019-08-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 FC Dallas 2019-03-09 FC Dallas 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-05-31 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 FC Dallas 2018-05-12 FC Dallas 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Jul	FC Dallas	H	3–1	W
05 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
27 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W
24 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–1	W
20 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–2	L
29 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–0	W

FC Dallas

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–3	L
05 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–2	D
28 Jun	New England Revolution	H	2–1	W
24 Jun	Los Angeles FC	A	0–2	L
20 Jun	Minnesota United FC	H	1–1	D
30 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		FC Dallas
#26	Position	#17
44	Points	58
34	Played	34
11 / 11 / 12	W / D / L	16 / 10 / 8
50	Scored	62
57	Conceded	51
-7	GD	+11
1.29	PPG	1.71
32%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

24% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 26th (44 pts). FC Dallas are 17th (58 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

6/9

16-30

5/6

31-45

9/12

46-60

6/8

61-75

4/6

76+

10/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FC Dallas

0-15

5/5

16-30

10/7

31-45

10/8

46-60

3/5

61-75

5/10

76+

17/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Klauss	10 G
Marco Reus	8 G	11 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

FC Dallas

Petar Musa	22 G	5 A
Logan Farrington	10 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Dignity Health Sports Park!
5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles Galaxy and FC Dallas are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Justin Che is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
15' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
17' The deadlock is broken! Rayan Raveloson gets on the scoresheet on 17 minutes.
18' Rayan Raveloson has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 18 minutes.
23' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
27' A stunning finish from Kevin Cabral — that came from absolutely nowhere!
28' Kevin Cabral is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
33' A quiet spell here at Dignity Health Sports Park. Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
38' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
43' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 43 minutes.
46' A change in the FC Dallas ranks — Bryan Acosta exits the field as Facundo Quignon enters on 46.
51' A goal from the USA international Ethan Zubak! He fires home on 51 to make it 5-0!
52' Against the run of play, Ethan Zubak has scored! This game has turned on its head.
54' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Victor Vazquez departs to be replaced by Adam Saldana.
54' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ema Twumasi.
55' Adam Saldana is ready to make an impact after coming on for Victor Vazquez at the 55 minute mark.
57' The referee shows FC Dallas player a Yellow card on 57.
62' Edwin Cerrillo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 48 Yellow cards this season.
65' Fresh legs for FC Dallas! Franco Daniel Jara comes on to replace Ema Twumasi.
66' Nick DePuy catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 66.
71' A stunning finish from Franco Daniel Jara — that came from absolutely nowhere!
71' Another change for Los Angeles Galaxy made on 71 minute. Ethan Zubak leaves to be changed by Augustine Williams.
75' Time for substitution for FC Dallas. Ricardo Pepi is replaced by Szabolcs Schon.
77' It is a substitution in FC Dallas team. Jesus Ferreira is replaced by Paxton Pomykal on 77 minute.
82' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Luchi Gonzalez will be considering his options from the bench.
83' Controversy at the stadium! Jader Obrian argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
88' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and FC Dallas are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
90' The crowd applauds Samuel Grandsir as he leaves the pitch. Cameron Dunbar steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
Full Time. Los Angeles Galaxy beats FC Dallas

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

FC Dallas Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jesus Ferreira	5
Petar Musa	4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Dejan Joveljic	3
Ricardo Pepi	3
Javier Hernandez	3
Franco Daniel Jara	3
Rayan Raveloson	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2021-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 FC Dallas W 2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-06-27 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-06-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-06-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-05-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes W

FC Dallas Form

2021-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 FC Dallas L 2021-07-05 FC Dallas 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-06-28 FC Dallas 2–1 New England Revolution W 2021-06-24 Los Angeles FC 2–0 FC Dallas L 2021-06-20 FC Dallas 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2021-05-30 Colorado Rapids SC 3–0 FC Dallas L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.8 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.55 FC Dallas xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy46% Draw24% FC Dallas30%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.35

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

70%

Draw or FC Dallas

54%

Los Angeles Galaxy or FC Dallas

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy32% Draw42% FC Dallas26%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

6.5%

2 – 0

5.7%

1 – 0

5.6%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

0 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 2

1 – 3

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	FC Dallas covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	19%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	17%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

FC Dallas keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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