Los Angeles Galaxy vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

Los Angeles Galaxy

2 – 4

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Portland Timbers

Mon 28 Apr 2025 · 01:00 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Joseph Paintsil 45' Y

Y 77' Jonathan Rodriguez

Maya Yoshida 82' Y

Y 90' Kamal Miller

Overview

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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

2025-04-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–4 Portland Timbers 2025-03-16 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2024-09-19 Portland Timbers 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2024-07-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 Portland Timbers 2023-10-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	2–4	L
19 Apr	Austin FC	A	0–1	L
13 Apr	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
05 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
30 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	1–2	L
22 Mar	Minnesota United FC	A	2–2	D

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	4–2	W
20 Apr	Los Angeles FC	H	3–3	D
13 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	4–2	W
05 Apr	Austin FC	A	0–0	D
30 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	3–1	W
23 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	3–0	W

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' Welcome to Dignity Health Sports Park that hosts another battle between Los Angeles Galaxy and Portland Timbers.
5' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' With 1 assists to his name this season, Christian Ramirez is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
20' Portland Timbers 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.
25' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
30' The home supporters are growing impatient. Los Angeles Galaxy must find a spark to ignite this game.
35' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Portland Timbers are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
38' What a strike from David Pereira da Costa! The score is 0-1.
43' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Zanka has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
45' That is a card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Joseph Paintsil will be fuming at that decision.
50' It is a cagey affair so far. Los Angeles Galaxy in their trying to find a way past Portland Timbers's compact .
53' A goal from the Colombia international Santiago Moreno! He fires home on 53 to make it 0-2!
58' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
59' The crowd applauds Diego Fagundez as he leaves the pitch. Marco Reus steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
60' The supporters are chanting for Julian Aude. He replaces Isaiah Parente on 60 minute.
63' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Kevin Kelsy makes it 0-3.
67' Goal! Christian Ramirez scores his 65 goal in 293 matches.
69' The Germany Marco Reus breaks the deadlock on 69 minutes. 2-3!
70' The supporters are chanting for Felipe Mora. He replaces Kevin Kelsy on 70 minute.
71' A tactical swap from Portland Timbers — Claudio Bravo on, Kamal Miller off on 71 minutes.
76' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jonathan Rodriguez makes it 2-4.
77' It’s gonna be a card for Jonathan Rodriguez.
80' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace David Pereira da Costa by Eric Miller on 80 minute.
82' The referee has no hesitation. Maya Yoshida is booked for Los Angeles Galaxy — card on 82.
85' Cristhian Paredes is replacing Carlos Garces for the Portland Timbers side.
90' Portland Timbers receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Portland Timbers take all three points.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

41
James Pantemis
4
Kamal Miller ↓ Claudio Bravo 71'
24
David Ayala
10
David Pereira da Costa ↓ Eric Miller 80'
11
Antony ↓ Jonathan Rodriguez 71'
30
Santiago Moreno
20
Finn Surman
19
Kevin Kelsy ↓ Felipe Mora 70'
29
Juan Mosquera
27
Jimer Fory
80
Julio Ortiz

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

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

2025-04-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–4 Portland Timbers L 2025-04-19 Austin FC 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2025-04-13 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2025-04-05 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2025-03-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Orlando City SC L 2025-03-22 Minnesota United FC 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Portland Timbers Form

2025-04-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–4 Portland Timbers W 2025-04-20 Portland Timbers 3–3 Los Angeles FC D 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers W 2025-04-05 Austin FC 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2025-03-30 Portland Timbers 3–1 Houston Dynamo W 2025-03-23 Colorado Rapids SC 0–3 Portland Timbers W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.76 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

2.27 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy29% Draw23% Portland Timbers48%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 4.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

52%

Draw or Portland Timbers

71%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Portland Timbers

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy25% Draw37% Portland Timbers38%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–4 not predicted

2 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

7.9%

1 – 2

7.9%

2 – 2

6.8%

2 – 1

6.1%

1 – 3

5.9%

2 – 3

5.1%

0 – 2

4.7%

3 – 2

0 – 1

3.7%

3 – 1

3.6%

0 – 3

3.5%

1 – 4

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	15%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	19%	30%
+1.5	70%	—	30%
+2	70%	15%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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