Los Angeles Galaxy vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Los Angeles Galaxy vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.
- Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
- Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Alexis Da Silva (USA)
- Assistant 1 Michael Nickerson (USA)
- Assistant 2
6 games this season 🟨 4.7/game ⚽ 14.7 goals/gameStandings
# 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W 23 Apr Columbus Crew SC A 1–2 L 19 Apr FC Dallas A 2–2 D 11 Apr Austin FC A 2–1 W 05 Apr Minnesota United FC H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 D 26 Apr Colorado Rapids SC H 3–1 W 18 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 3–0 W 11 Apr New York City FC H 2–0 W 05 Apr Portland Timbers H 3–2 W 22 Mar San Jose Earthquakes H 0–1 L Season Stats
Los Angeles Galaxy Vancouver Whitecaps FC #24 Position #16 20 Points 32 15 Played 14 5 / 5 / 5 W / D / L 10 / 2 / 2 22 Scored 34 22 Conceded 12 +0 GD +22 1.33 PPG 2.29 33% Win % 71% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this seasonLos Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Los Angeles Galaxy0-151/116-302/–31-454/546-602/261-75–/276+5/2■ Scored ■ ConcededVancouver Whitecaps FC0-153/216-306/–31-452/346-60–/361-753/–76+6/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Los Angeles Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC has kicked off!
- 5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC 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.
- 10' Justin Haak has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 15' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' 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 Harbor Miller suffering a number of foals already.
- 26' A meaty challenge results in booking for Mauricio Cuevas on 26.
- 31' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Edier Ocampo made 6 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 32' That looks like a foul for a card for Andres Cubas.
- 37' The travelling Vancouver Whitecaps FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 42' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 46' Joseph Paintsil puts Los Angeles Galaxy on the lead.
- 51' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Brian White has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 56' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles Galaxy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 61' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is showing some good football. However, Vancouver Whitecaps FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 65' A meaty challenge results in booking for Lucas Sanabria on 65.
- 66' Edier Ocampo is having his name booked by the referee on 66.
- 67' A meaty challenge results in booking for Edwin Cerrillo on 67.
- 72' Vancouver Whitecaps FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
- 77' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 81' What an equalizer from Mathias Laborda!
- 82' Goal! Mathias Laborda scores his 9 goal in 255 matches.
- 84' Sebastian Berhalter is having his name booked by the referee on 84.
- 87' Vancouver Whitecaps FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Jacob Glesnes.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 18
- 12
- 28
- 14
- 15
- 11
- 5
- 25
- 19
- 8
- 26
Bench
- 4
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 16
- 20
- 24
- 22
- 76
Coach Greg VanneyVancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 24
- 1
- 20
- 33
- 16
- 2
- 18
- 7
- 11
- 59
- 28
Bench
- 4
- 32
- 8
- 22
- 17
- 26
- 19
- 14
- 29
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Joseph Paintsil 5 Ryan Gauld 5 Tosaint Ricketts 4 Brian White 4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4 Javier Hernandez 3 Fredy Montero 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2 Head to Head
Los Angeles Galaxy Form
2026-05-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2026-04-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-04-19 FC Dallas 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-04-11 Austin FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-04-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Minnesota United FC LVancouver Whitecaps FC Form
2026-05-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-04-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-04-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 New York City FC W 2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers W 2026-03-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.3 Los Angeles Galaxy xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.63 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xGI would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 74% + Both teams to score 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.93Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 93% 7% ± 1.5 79% 21% ± 2.5 55% 45% ± 3.5 34% 66% ± 4.5 18% 82% Double Chance
Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw 61%Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 65%Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual1 – 2 8.9%0 – 1 7.9%0 – 0 7.2%2 – 1 7.1%0 – 2 7%1 – 0 6.1%2 – 2 5.8%1 – 3 4.8%2 – 0 4.5%0 – 3 3.7%2 – 3 3.2%Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy
Handicap Los Angeles Galaxy covers Push Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 16% 71% -0.5 29% — 71% +0.5 56% — 44% +1 56% 21% 23% +1.5 77% — 23% +2 77% 13% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet 28% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.