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

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MLS · 2024

Los Angeles Galaxy

2 – 1

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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 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Minnesota United FC 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

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

Los Angeles Galaxy 17 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
#27	Position	#25
22	Points	24
19	Played	18
5 / 7 / 7	W / D / L	6 / 6 / 6
24	Scored	20
29	Conceded	25
-5	GD	-5
1.16	PPG	1.33
26%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

82% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

82% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

32% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts). Minnesota United FC are 25th (24 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

Minnesota United FC

0-15

2/4

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/–

46-60

2/3

61-75

2/1

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah

8 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Dignity Health Sports Park. Los Angeles Galaxy are looking to make home advantage count against Minnesota United FC.
5' Minnesota United FC is showing some good football. However, Minnesota United FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Dejan Joveljic, as he is very good at scoring at Dignity Health Sports Park with 22 goals in the last 18 games.
15' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
20' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a card for a hard tackle on 20.
22' It’s gonna be a card for Riqui Puig.
25' Gabriel Pec has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 25 minutes.
30' Over 30 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
35' The travelling Minnesota United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
40' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
45' The crowd applauds D.J. Taylor as he leaves the pitch. Caden Clark steps in for Minnesota United FC.
46' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Dejan Joveljic is withdrawn and Miguel Berry gets his opportunity.
51' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
56' Devin Padelford needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
61' It is a substitution in Minnesota United FC team. Alejandro Bran is replaced by Teemu Pukki on 61 minute.
66' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Diego Fagundez departs to be replaced by Edwin Cerrillo.
71' The 31-year-old Diego Fagundez has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
73' A goal from the Finland international Teemu Pukki! He fires home on 73 to make it 1-1!
76' Carlos Harvey gets the nod from Minnesota United FC. He replaces Hassani Dotson and will look to change the dynamic.
77' The Minnesota United FC bench stirs into life. Bongokuhle Hlongwane is withdrawn and Franco Fragapane gets his opportunity.
79' Mauricio Cuevas has so much to prove this time. He replaces John Nelson on 79 minute.
84' Minnesota United FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
89' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Sang-bin Jeong on 89 minutes.
90' Sensational shot from Gabriel Pec. Los Angeles Galaxy is back in the lead.
90' The crowd applauds Riqui Puig as he leaves the pitch. Carlos Garces steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Sebastian Lletget	4
Emanuel Reynoso	4
Bongokuhle Hlongwane	4
Dejan Joveljic	3
Kelvin Yeboah	3
Billy Sharp	3
Sacha Kljestan	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

1.89 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.51 Minnesota United FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 66% + Over 2.5 goals 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy51% Draw23% Minnesota United FC26%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.4

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

74%

Draw or Minnesota United FC

49%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Minnesota United FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy34% Draw41% Minnesota United FC25%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.4%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

6.5%

2 – 0

1 – 0

5.7%

3 – 1

5.4%

0 – 0

4.8%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Minnesota United FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	20%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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