Los Angeles Galaxy vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles Galaxy

3 – 3

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Sun 1 Oct 2023 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 5' Santiago Moreno

Eriq Zavaleta 10' 1–1

1–2 38' Eriq Zavaleta og

Douglas Costa 43' 2–2

Eriq Zavaleta 45+1' 3–2

3–3 76' Felipe Mora

Marky Delgado 13' Y

Maya Yoshida 54' Y

Y 62' Santiago Moreno

Overview

Match Preview

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

Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 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 20 games · Avg 4.0 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Portland Timbers 2023-03-25 Portland Timbers 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2022-06-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Portland Timbers 2022-04-03 Portland Timbers 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-10-17 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	3–3	D
25 Sep	Austin FC	A	3–3	D
21 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–3	W
17 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–4	L
11 Sep	St. Louis City	H	2–2	D
03 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	0–0	D

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–3	D
24 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–2	W
21 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
18 Sep	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
10 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	2–0	W
03 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		Portland Timbers
#23	Position	#26
36	Points	32
28	Played	27
9 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
37	Scored	48
44	Conceded	51
-7	GD	-3
1.29	PPG	1.19
32%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts). Portland Timbers are 26th (32 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

Portland Timbers

0-15

4/9

16-30

7/9

31-45

5/8

46-60

5/4

61-75

7/–

76+

10/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

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

Portland Timbers

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

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Los Angeles Galaxy vs Portland Timbers — let the football do the talking.
5' Portland Timbers is taking the lead after the goal scored by Santiago Moreno on 5.
10' Brilliant from the ! Eriq Zavaleta makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 10.
13' That is a card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Marky Delgado will be fuming at that decision.
18' A quiet spell here at Dignity Health Sports Park. Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
23' Los Angeles Galaxy currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
28' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles Galaxy must find a spark to ignite this game.
33' Larrys Mabiala is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles Galaxy so far.
36' The crowd applauds Cristhian Paredes as he leaves the pitch. Noel Caliskan steps in for Portland Timbers.
38' Goal! Eriq Zavaleta scores his 5 goal in 288 matches.
43' Goal! Douglas Costa scores his 21 goal in 521 matches.
46' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Eriq Zavaleta makes it 4-1.
51' Portland Timbers looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
54' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a card for a hard tackle on 54.
58' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Diego Fagundez comes on to replace Douglas Costa.
62' The referee calls foul for Santiago Moreno. He receives a card.
67' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Marky Delgado is replaced by Daniel Aguirre.
71' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Antony is replaced by Sebastian Blanco.
76' The deadlock is broken! Felipe Mora gets on the scoresheet on 76 minutes.
81' Juan Mosquera, a Colombia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
83' Michael Barrios gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Tyler Boyd and will look to change the dynamic.
88' Portland Timbers come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
90' Fresh legs for Portland Timbers! Larrys Mabiala comes on to replace Felipe Mora.
3-3 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

21
Diego Fagundez ↑ 58'
12
Michael Barrios ↑ 83'
9
Dejan Joveljic ↑ 67'
18
Kelvin Leerdam ↑ 83'
35
Novak Micovic
56
Jonathan Perez
3
Julian Aude
93
Tony Alfaro
37
Daniel Aguirre ↑ 67'

Coach Greg Vanney

Portland Timbers Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

6
Bryan Acosta
1
David Bingham
27
Dairon Asprilla ↓ Franck Boli 71'
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Noel Caliskan 36'
5
Claudio Bravo ↓ Eric Miller 90'
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Larrys Mabiala 90'
18
Zac McGraw
80
Antony ↓ Sebastian Blanco 71'
30
Santiago Moreno
29
Juan Mosquera

Bench

23
Yimmi Chara
33
Larrys Mabiala ↑ 90'
10
Sebastian Blanco ↑ 71'
44
Marvin Loria
2
Miguel Araujo
15
Eric Miller ↑ 90'
7
Franck Boli ↑ 71'
26
Hunter Sulte
92
Noel Caliskan ↑ 36'

Coach Charles Burdick

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2023-10-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Portland Timbers D 2023-09-25 Austin FC 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-09-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–3 Minnesota United FC W 2023-09-17 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-09-11 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 St. Louis City D 2023-09-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–0 Houston Dynamo D

Portland Timbers Form

2023-10-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Portland Timbers D 2023-09-24 Portland Timbers 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-09-21 Portland Timbers 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2023-09-18 Austin FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2023-09-10 Portland Timbers 2–0 Los Angeles FC W 2023-09-03 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Portland Timbers D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.01 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.83 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Portland Timbers 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy42% Draw24% Portland Timbers34%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes72% 0% No28%

Avg goals/match: 3.84

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

66%

Draw or Portland Timbers

58%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy33% Draw39% Portland Timbers28%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–3 not predicted

3 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

8.7%

2 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

2 – 2

6.9%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 2

4.6%

2 – 0

4.4%

1 – 3

4.3%

2 – 3

4.3%

1 – 0

3.8%

0 – 2

3.7%

0 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	13%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	18%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	16%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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