Los Angeles Galaxy vs Minnesota United FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Minnesota United FC

Mon 8 Jul 2024 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

John Nelson 20' Y

Riqui Puig 22' Y

Y 89' Sang-bin Jeong

Overview

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

Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
Minnesota United FC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles Galaxy 18 games · Avg 3.8 goals Minnesota United FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Minnesota United FC 2024-05-16 Minnesota United FC 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-10-08 Minnesota United FC 5–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-09-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–3 Minnesota United FC 2022-06-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 Minnesota United FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	2–1	W
05 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	1–2	L
30 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–0	W
23 Jun	Real Salt Lake	A	1–0	W
20 Jun	New York City FC	H	2–0	W
16 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	H	4–2	W

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
04 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–3	L
30 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
23 Jun	Austin FC	H	0–1	L
20 Jun	FC Dallas	A	3–5	L
16 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–2	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		Minnesota United FC
#23	Position	#29
36	Points	29
28	Played	27
9 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	7 / 8 / 12
37	Scored	40
44	Conceded	49
-7	GD	-9
1.29	PPG	1.07
32%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

22% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts). Minnesota United FC are 29th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

6/9

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/5

76+

9/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Minnesota United FC

0-15

4/7

16-30

4/9

31-45

6/2

46-60

4/5

61-75

7/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Marco Reus	7 G	7 A
Klauss	7 G
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah	14 G	2 A
Anthony Markanich	8 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Los Angeles Galaxy and Minnesota United FC get this one started.
5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles Galaxy must find a spark to ignite this game.
10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' John Nelson has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 20.
22' Controversy at the stadium! Riqui Puig argues furiously but the card stands.
25' Gabriel Pec makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Los Angeles Galaxy are in front.
30' It’s high time Eric Ramsay made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
35' Minnesota United FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Minnesota United FC winning 100% of all matches.
45' A change in the Minnesota United FC ranks — D.J. Taylor exits the field as Caden Clark enters on 45.
46' Dejan Joveljic makes way for Miguel Berry at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles Galaxy.
51' Los Angeles Galaxy is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles Galaxy are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
56' The energy levels are beginning to show. Eric Ramsay might look to freshen things up shortly.
61' The Minnesota United FC bench stirs into life. Alejandro Bran is withdrawn and Teemu Pukki gets his opportunity.
66' Another substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy to replace Diego Fagundez by Edwin Cerrillo on 66 minute.
71' Minnesota United FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
73' Teemu Pukki has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 73 minutes.
76' Minnesota United FC ring the changes. Hassani Dotson has done his job and it is now time for Carlos Harvey to step up.
77' Minnesota United FC ring the changes. Bongokuhle Hlongwane has done his job and it is now time for Franco Fragapane to step up.
79' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. John Nelson is replaced by Mauricio Cuevas.
84' Minnesota United FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Kelvin Yeboah scoring 1 goals.
89' Sang-bin Jeong has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 89.
90' The deadlock is broken! Gabriel Pec gets on the scoresheet on 90 minutes.
90' Another substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy to replace Riqui Puig by Carlos Garces on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

15
Eriq Zavaleta
20
Edwin Cerrillo ↑ 66'
35
Novak Micovic
27
Miguel Berry ↑ 46'
24
Jalen Neal
25
Carlos Garces ↑ 90'
19
Mauricio Cuevas ↑ 79'
21
Tucker Lepley

Coach Greg Vanney

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

17
Robin Lod
15
Michael Boxall
31
Hassani Dotson ↓ Carlos Harvey 76'
27
D.J. Taylor ↓ Caden Clark 45'
8
Joseph Rosales
30
Alec Smir
21
Bongokuhle Hlongwane ↓ Franco Fragapane 77'
4
Miguel Tapias
11
Sang-bin Jeong
2
Devin Padelford
25
Alejandro Bran ↓ Teemu Pukki 61'

Bench

Coach Eric Ramsay

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Teemu Pukki	6
Bongokuhle Hlongwane	4
Sebastian Lletget	4
Kelvin Yeboah	4
Emanuel Reynoso	4
Billy Sharp	3
Dejan Joveljic	3
Robin Lod	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2024-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Minnesota United FC W 2024-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Los Angeles FC L 2024-06-30 San Jose Earthquakes 0–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-06-23 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-06-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 New York City FC W 2024-06-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Minnesota United FC Form

2024-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Minnesota United FC L 2024-07-04 Minnesota United FC 1–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-06-30 Portland Timbers 3–2 Minnesota United FC L 2024-06-23 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Austin FC L 2024-06-20 FC Dallas 5–3 Minnesota United FC L 2024-06-16 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Minnesota United FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.12 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.7 Minnesota United FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy52% Draw22% Minnesota United FC26%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.82

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

74%

Draw or Minnesota United FC

48%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Minnesota United FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy36% Draw39% Minnesota United FC25%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.7%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

5.7%

2 – 0

3 – 2

4.8%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.9%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 0

3.5%

0 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	19%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	15%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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