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 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

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

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
#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' What a night it is going to be! Los Angeles Galaxy welcome Portland Timbers for this crunch clash at Dignity Health Sports Park.
5' Santiago Moreno puts Portland Timbers on the lead.
10' A goal from the El Salvador international Eriq Zavaleta! He fires home on 10 to make it 1-1!
13' Marky Delgado is having his name booked by the referee on 13.
18' Portland Timbers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
23' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
28' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Portland Timbers are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
33' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 278 games and scored 478 goals.
36' Noel Caliskan is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cristhian Paredes at the 36 minute mark.
38' What a strike from Eriq Zavaleta! The score is 2-1.
43' Douglas Costa adds to his 0 season tally! Los Angeles Galaxy lead 3-1 — and this changes everything.
46' What a moment for Eriq Zavaleta! That strike on 45 puts his side firmly in control.
51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
54' Poor challenge from Maya Yoshida. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
58' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Douglas Costa is withdrawn and Diego Fagundez gets his opportunity.
62' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Santiago Moreno on 62 minutes.
67' Daniel Aguirre gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Marky Delgado and will look to change the dynamic.
71' Portland Timbers make a change. Antony trudges off to be replaced by Sebastian Blanco on 71 minutes.
76' GOAL! Felipe Mora scores on 76. Assisted by Franck Boli
81' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
83' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Michael Barrios is hanging Tyler Boyd on the field on 83 minute.
88' Dario Zuparic has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
90' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Felipe Mora departs to be replaced by Larrys Mabiala.
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

2.14 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.67 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy46% Draw24% Portland Timbers30%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

70%

Draw or Portland Timbers

54%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Portland Timbers

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy37% Draw39% Portland Timbers24%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–3 not predicted

3 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

8.7%

2 – 1

8.2%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

5.8%

2 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.8%

1 – 0

4.3%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 0

3.6%

1 – 3

3.6%

0 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	14%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	19%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	15%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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