Sunday , 16 August 2026

Los Angeles Galaxy vs New York City FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
Los Angeles Galaxy
1 – 0
Full Time
New York City FC
Sun 27 Feb 2022 · 22:00 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 15' Nicolas Acevedo
Douglas Costa 41' Y
Y 54' Malte Amundsen
Y 90' Alexander Callens

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles Galaxy vs New York City FC — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.

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

2
1
2
Los Angeles Galaxy 5 games · Avg 2.0 goals New York City FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-02-27 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 New York City FC 2019-05-11 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 New York City FC 2018-03-11 New York City FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Feb New York City FC H 1–0 W
07 Nov Minnesota United FC H 3–3 D
02 Nov Seattle Sounders FC A 1–1 D
28 Oct Sporting Kansas City A 0–2 L
24 Oct FC Dallas H 2–2 D
21 Oct Houston Dynamo A 3–0 W
New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Feb Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–1 L
07 Nov Philadelphia Union H 1–1 D
30 Oct Internacional CF Miami A 3–1 W
27 Oct Chicago Fire FC H 1–0 W
23 Oct D.C. United SC H 6–0 W
20 Oct Atlanta United FC A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy New York City FC
#27 Position #5
22 Points 26
19 Played 18
5 / 7 / 7 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 6
24 Scored 31
29 Conceded 24
-5 GD +7
1.16 PPG 1.44
26% Win % 39%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season
17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts). New York City FC are 5th (26 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
New York City FC
0-15
4/–
16-30
3/4
31-45
2/4
46-60
3/2
61-75
2/2
76+
2/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy
Gabriel Pec 5 G 4 A
Klauss 5 G
New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 11 G 3 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Agustin Ojeda 4 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. New York City FC kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 15' Nicolas Acevedo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 15.
  • 20' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 30' With 0 assists to his name this season, Malte Amundsen is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
  • 35' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 40' Julian Araujo has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 41' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 41.
  • 46' Marky Delgado, a USA , has 32 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 51' Jonathan Bond is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York City FC so far.
  • 54' Malte Amundsen catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 54.
  • 59' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Ronny Deila will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 63' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Talles Magno is replaced by Thiago on 63 minute.
  • 67' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Efrain Alvarez is hanging Douglas Costa on the field on 67 minute.
  • 72' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 75' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Santiago Rodriguez exits the field as Andres Jasson enters on 75.
  • 80' 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.
  • 81' The supporters are chanting for Sacha Kljestan. He replaces Victor Vazquez on 81 minute.
  • 86' New York City FC 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.
  • 90' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Heber comes on to replace Tayvon Gray.
  • 90' Controversy at the stadium! Alexander Callens argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 90' Javier Hernandez makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Los Angeles Galaxy are in front.
  • 1-0 the final result. New York City FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Diego Fagundez 1
Dejan Joveljic 1
Anton Tinnerholm 1
David Villa 1
Jonathan dos Santos 1
Jonathan dos Santos 1
Anton Tinnerholm 1
David Villa 1

Head to Head

2022-02-27 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 New York City FC 2019-05-11 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 New York City FC 2018-03-11 New York City FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2022-02-27 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 New York City FC W 2021-11-07 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Minnesota United FC D 2021-11-02 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2021-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-10-24 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 FC Dallas D 2021-10-21 Houston Dynamo 0–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W

New York City FC Form

2022-02-27 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 New York City FC L 2021-11-07 New York City FC 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-10-30 Internacional CF Miami 1–3 New York City FC W 2021-10-27 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2021-10-23 New York City FC 6–0 D.C. United SC W 2021-10-20 Atlanta United FC 1–1 New York City FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.21 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.49 New York City FC xG
I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or New York City FC 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Los Angeles Galaxy35% Draw27% New York City FC38%
Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 2.7
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw
62%
Draw or New York City FC
65%
Los Angeles Galaxy or New York City FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles Galaxy23% Draw47% New York City FC30%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13%
0 – 1
9.1%
0 – 0
8.7%
1 – 2
8.7%
0 – 2
7.3%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
7%
2 – 2
5.3%
2 – 0
4.8%
1 – 3
4.3%
0 – 3
3.6%
3 – 1
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap Los Angeles Galaxy covers Push New York City FC covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 8% 87%
-1.5 13% — 87%
-1 13% 17% 71%
-0.5 29% — 71%
+0.5 58% — 42%
+1 58% 21% 21%
+1.5 79% — 21%
+2 79% 13% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
23% ✗
New York City FC keeps clean sheet
31% ✓

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