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 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 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	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles Galaxy 20 games · Avg 4.0 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
#24	Position	#28
20	Points	14
15	Played	14
5 / 5 / 5	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 8
22	Scored	22
22	Conceded	28
+0	GD	-6
1.33	PPG	1.00
33%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

4/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Dignity Health Sports Park will turn into a battlefield for Los Angeles Galaxy and Portland Timbers.
5' Marvin Loria is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles Galaxy so far.
10' Yimmi Chara, a Colombia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
14' Felipe Mora doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
19' Jaroslaw Niezgoda has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
23' The deadlock is broken! Jeremy Ebobisse gets on the scoresheet on 23 minutes.
28' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Daniel Steres suffering a number of foals already.
33' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portland Timbers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
34' Against the run of play, Julian Araujo has scored! This game has turned on its head.
39' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Guillermo Schelotto will be considering his options from the bench.
41' A meaty challenge results in booking for Sacha Kljestan on 41.
46' 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.
47' What a strike from Diego Valeri! The score is 1-3.
50' Ethan Zubak catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 50.
55' Brilliant from the ! Ethan Zubak makes it 2-3 with a superb finish on 55.
60' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Felipe Mora makes it 2-4.
62' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Ethan Zubak is replaced by Yony Gonzalez.
63' What composure from Larrys Mabiala! The DR Congo international strokes it home. 2-5.
68' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
70' The Argentina Cristian Pavon breaks the deadlock on 70 minutes. 3-5!
71' Portland Timbers ring the changes. Yimmi Chara has done his job and it is now time for Marvin Loria to step up.
72' A meaty challenge results in booking for Diego Chara on 72.
77' The Portland Timbers bench stirs into life. Diego Valeri is withdrawn and Cristhian Paredes gets his opportunity.
78' Felipe Mora makes way for Jaroslaw Niezgoda at the 78 minute mark. A tactical switch from Portland Timbers.
80' Jeremy Ebobisse is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
82' Diedie Traore gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Emiliano Insua and will look to change the dynamic.
83' The crowd applauds Perry Kitchen as he leaves the pitch. Carlos Harvey steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
84' Cristian Pavon has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 84.
86' Portland Timbers receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 86.
88' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Eryk Williamson is replaced by Tomas Conechny.
Full Time. Portland Timbers beats Los Angeles Galaxy

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
Jeremy Ebobisse	6
Diego Valeri	6
Javier Hernandez	4
Cristian Pavon	4
Sebastian Blanco	3
Jonathan Rodriguez	3
Santiago Moreno	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

1.92 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

2.47 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy29% Draw22% Portland Timbers49%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes77% 0% No23%

Avg goals/match: 4.39

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

51%

Draw or Portland Timbers

71%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Portland Timbers

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy26% Draw36% Portland Timbers38%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–6 not predicted

3 – 6

Actual

1 – 2

7.1%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 1

6.6%

1 – 3

5.8%

2 – 1

5.6%

2 – 3

5.5%

3 – 2

4.3%

0 – 2

3.9%

1 – 4

3.6%

3 – 1

3.5%

3 – 3

3.5%

2 – 4

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	9%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	14%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	18%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	15%	17%
+2.5	83%	—	17%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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