Los Angeles Galaxy vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Los Angeles Galaxy

3 – 6

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Thu 8 Oct 2020 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45+5'

Sacha Kljestan 41' Y

Ethan Zubak 50' Y

Y 72' Diego Chara

Cristian Pavon 84' Y

Y 86' Cristhian Paredes

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles Galaxy vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Los Angeles Galaxy 31 games · 40 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 30 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee C. Blanchard
Referee Ramy Touchan
Referee Kevin Stott
Referee Timothy Ford
Referee Mike Rottersman

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	30	67
2	Internacional CF Miami	30	55
3	New England Revolution	30	52
4	Chicago Fire FC	30	48
5	Charlotte FC	30	47
6	Philadelphia Union	30	46
7	Orlando City SC	30	41
8	FC Cincinnati	30	39
9	Toronto FC	30	36
10	New York Red Bulls	30	36
11	Columbus Crew SC	30	35
12	New York City FC	30	34
13	D.C. United SC	30	33
14	Atlanta United FC	30	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	30	25
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	30	55
17	St. Louis City	30	51
18	FC Dallas	30	51
19	San Jose Earthquakes	30	48
20	Houston Dynamo	30	47
21	Los Angeles FC	31	46
22	Seattle Sounders FC	30	42
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	31	40
24	Colorado Rapids SC	30	39
25	Real Salt Lake	30	36
26	San Diego FC	30	34
27	Portland Timbers	30	34
28	Minnesota United FC	30	34
29	Austin FC	30	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	30	22

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles Galaxy 21 games · Avg 3.9 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–6 Portland Timbers 2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Portland Timbers 2019-07-28 Portland Timbers 4–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-04-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	3–6	L
04 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
28 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–3	L
24 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
20 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–2	L
14 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–0	D

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	6–3	W
28 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
24 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
20 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	6–1	W
17 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–1	D
14 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–4	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		Portland Timbers
#23	Position	#27
40	Points	34
31	Played	30
10 / 10 / 11	W / D / L	9 / 7 / 14
43	Scored	51
52	Conceded	56
-9	GD	-5
1.29	PPG	1.13
32%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (40 pts). Portland Timbers are 27th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

5/7

16-30

5/6

31-45

7/12

46-60

4/6

61-75

3/5

76+

10/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

5/9

16-30

7/10

31-45

6/9

46-60

5/4

61-75

8/2

76+

10/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Klauss	9 G
Marco Reus	8 G	8 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Los Angeles Galaxy and Portland Timbers has kicked off!
5' It’s high time Guillermo Schelotto made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
14' A goal from the Chile international Felipe Mora! He fires home on 14 to make it 0-1!
19' Croatia international Dario Zuparic has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
23' Jeremy Ebobisse doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
28' Portland Timbers have won 487 goals from 301 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
33' 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.
34' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Julian Araujo makes no mistake. 1-2!
39' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Portland Timbers winning 0% of all matches.
41' Sacha Kljestan is having his name booked by the referee on 41.
46' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
47' Diego Valeri does the damage! The net is bulging and Portland Timbers surge ahead!
50' The referee has no hesitation. Ethan Zubak is booked for Los Angeles Galaxy — Yellow card on 50.
55' GOAL! Ethan Zubak fires home to make it 2-3!
60' Felipe Mora makes no mistake. The score reads 2-4 and Portland Timbers are in front.
62' The supporters are chanting for Yony Gonzalez. He replaces Ethan Zubak on 62 minute.
63' What composure from Larrys Mabiala! The DR Congo international strokes it home. 2-5.
68' Supporters expect more eagerness from David Bingham, as he is very good at scoring at Dignity Health Sports Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
70' The Argentina Cristian Pavon breaks the deadlock on 70 minutes. 3-5!
71' Marvin Loria has so much to prove this time. He replaces Yimmi Chara on 71 minute.
72' Diego Chara catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 72.
77' Fresh legs for Portland Timbers! Cristhian Paredes comes on to replace Diego Valeri.
78' The crowd applauds Felipe Mora as he leaves the pitch. Jaroslaw Niezgoda steps in for Portland Timbers.
80' Jeremy Ebobisse doubles the advantage! 3-6 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
82' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Diedie Traore comes on to replace Emiliano Insua.
83' It is a substitution in Los Angeles Galaxy team. Perry Kitchen is replaced by Carlos Harvey on 83 minute.
84' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 84.
86' Poor challenge from Cristhian Paredes. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
88' The whistle greets Eryk Williamson as he departs to be replaced by Tomas Conechny.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Portland Timbers players.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara ↓ Marvin Loria 71'
4
Jorge Villafana
21
Diego Chara
8
Diego Valeri C ↓ Cristhian Paredes 77'
33
Larrys Mabiala
12
Steve Clark
30
Eryk Williamson ↓ Tomas Conechny 88'
17
Jeremy Ebobisse
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Jaroslaw Niezgoda 78'
28
Pablo Bonilla ↓ Marco Farfan 78'

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Felipe Mora	8
Diego Valeri	6
Jeremy Ebobisse	6
Cristian Pavon	4
Javier Hernandez	4
Jonathan Rodriguez	3
Santiago Moreno	3
Sebastian Blanco	3

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-10-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–6 Portland Timbers L 2020-10-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-09-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-09-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Portland Timbers Form

2020-10-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–6 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-24 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-09-20 San Jose Earthquakes 1–6 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.82 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

2.65 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 81% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy27% Draw21% Portland Timbers52%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes77% 0% No23%

Avg goals/match: 4.47

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	81%	19%
± 3.5	64%	36%
± 4.5	45%	55%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

48%

Draw or Portland Timbers

73%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Portland Timbers

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy23% Draw35% Portland Timbers42%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–6 not predicted

3 – 6

Actual

1 – 2

7.2%

2 – 2

6.4%

1 – 1

6.3%

1 – 3

6.2%

2 – 3

5.6%

2 – 1

0 – 2

4.2%

1 – 4

4.1%

3 – 2

3.9%

2 – 4

3.7%

0 – 3

3.6%

3 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	13%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	19%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	16%	20%
+2.5	80%	—	20%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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