Los Angeles Galaxy vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Sun 8 Mar 2020 · 03:00 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45+3' · FT 45+9'

Aleksandar Katai 34' Y

Joe Corona 68' Y

Joe Corona 75' R

David Bingham 88' Y

Overview

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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 Ismail Elfath
Referee Corey Parker
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Kyle Atkins
Referee Timothy Ford

10 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 5.9 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-03-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-09-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019-04-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-09-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2018-03-25 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–1	L
29 Feb	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
21 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	2–1	W
06 Oct	Houston Dynamo	A	2–4	L
29 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–4	L
26 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–0	W
01 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–3	L
06 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
29 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	4–3	W
21 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D
15 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W

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 history

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

36% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (32 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

6/–

31-45

2/3

46-60

–/3

61-75

3/–

76+

6/2

■ 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 Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' Vancouver Whitecaps FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' Vancouver Whitecaps FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' Sacha Kljestan has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 8 cards already picked up this season.
20' Andy Rose is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Vancouver Whitecaps FC so far.
25' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Marc Dos Santos will be considering his options from the bench.
30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
34' The referee calls foul for Aleksandar Katai. He receives a Yellow card.
39' With 0 assists to his name this season, Javier Hernandez is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
44' Ali Adnan has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
46' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Jonathan dos Santos trudges off to be replaced by Perry Kitchen on 46 minutes.
51' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
56' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
59' Another change for Los Angeles Galaxy made on 59 minute. Aleksandar Katai leaves to be changed by Sebastian Lletget.
64' 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.
67' Cristian Dajome makes way for Ryan Raposo at the 67 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
68' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Joe Corona on 68 minutes.
73' Leonard Owusu has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
74' The deadlock is broken! Tosaint Ricketts gets on the scoresheet on 74 minutes.
75' Joe Corona catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Red card on 75.
80' Vancouver Whitecaps FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
83' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Sacha Kljestan is withdrawn and Ethan Zubak gets his opportunity.
84' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes a substitution. Manuel Milinkovic departs to be replaced by Leonard Owusu.
88' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for David Bingham on 88 minutes.
89' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Tosaint Ricketts is withdrawn and Fredy Montero gets his opportunity.
Full Time. Vancouver Whitecaps FC beats Los Angeles Galaxy

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

14
Javier Hernandez
3
Emiliano Insua
21
Giancarlo Gonzalez
25
Rolf Feltscher
8
Jonathan dos Santos C ↓ Perry Kitchen 46'
1
David Bingham
10
Cristian Pavon
7
Aleksandar Katai ↓ Sebastian Lletget 59'
16
Sacha Kljestan ↓ Ethan Zubak 83'
15
Joe Corona
20
Nick DePuy

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Joseph Paintsil	5
Ryan Gauld	5
Brian White	4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Tosaint Ricketts	4
Javier Hernandez	3
Samuel Grandsir	2
Fredy Montero	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-03-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-02-29 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2019-10-21 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-10-06 Houston Dynamo 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-09-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2019-09-26 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2020-03-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-10-06 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2019-09-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2019-09-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2019-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.12 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.91 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy25% Draw26% Vancouver Whitecaps FC49%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

51%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

75%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy18% Draw43% Vancouver Whitecaps FC39%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.2%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 2

8.7%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

6.5%

1 – 3

6.1%

2 – 1

5.5%

0 – 3

5.5%

2 – 2

5.3%

1 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

3.4%

2 – 0

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	13%	79%
-0.5	21%	—	79%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	22%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	17%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

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