Los Angeles Galaxy vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Mon 9 Aug 2021 · 00:00 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Julian Araujo 5' Y

Y 81' Ranko Veselinovic

Overview

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Los Angeles Galaxy vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 games · 50 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 3.2 goals Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-06-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-11-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-10-19 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D
05 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W
31 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	4–1	W
25 Jul	FC Dallas	A	0–4	L
22 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	2–2	D
18 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D
01 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	2–2	D
25 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	2–2	D
21 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	0–0	D
18 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
08 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	0–4	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
#23	Position	#16
36	Points	50
28	Played	26
9 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	15 / 5 / 6
37	Scored	59
44	Conceded	26
-7	GD	+33
1.29	PPG	1.92
32%	Win %	58%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

42% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (50 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

8/3

16-30

10/4

31-45

6/8

46-60

4/5

61-75

6/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	17 G
Thomas Muller	9 G	5 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Dignity Health Sports Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Los Angeles Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' Julian Araujo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
10' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
15' Maxime Crepeau has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 284 appearances.
20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Marc Dos Santos will be considering his options from the bench.
25' The 33-year-old Jonathan Bond has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
32' Kevin Cabral adds to his 1 season tally! Los Angeles Galaxy lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
37' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
42' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Russell Teibert is hanging Caio Alexandre on the field on 46 minute.
50' A stunning finish from Ranko Veselinovic — that came from absolutely nowhere!
55' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
60' Los Angeles Galaxy are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Vancouver Whitecaps FC's shape.
65' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Adam Saldana comes on to replace Jonathan dos Santos.
70' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
75' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
77' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Deiber Caicedo is withdrawn and Ryan Gauld gets his opportunity.
78' Leonard Owusu is ready to make an impact after coming on for Patrick Metcalfe at the 78 minute mark.
81' That is a Yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ranko Veselinovic will be fuming at that decision.
86' Los Angeles Galaxy are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Vancouver Whitecaps FC backline.
90' Javain Brown makes way for Bruno Gaspar at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

1
Jonathan Bond
3
Derrick Williams
11
Samuel Grandsir ↓ Augustine Williams 90'
6
Rayan Raveloson
9
Kevin Cabral
4
Sega Coulibaly
8
Jonathan dos Santos ↓ Adam Saldana 65'
17
Sebastian Lletget
26
Efrain Alvarez ↓ Sacha Kljestan 65'
2
Julian Araujo
19
Jorge Villafana ↓ Danilo Acosta 65'

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Bruno Gaspar ↑ 90'
26
Florian Jungwirth
87
Tosaint Ricketts
15
Andy Rose
31
Russell Teibert ↑ 46'
25
Ryan Gauld ↑ 77'
1
Thomas Hasal
17
Leonard Owusu ↑ 78'
27
Ryan Raposo ↑ 46'

Coach Marc Dos Santos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ryan Gauld	6
Joseph Paintsil	5
Brian White	5
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Tosaint Ricketts	4
Javier Hernandez	3
Samuel Grandsir	2
Fredy Montero	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2021-08-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-08-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2021-07-31 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2021-07-25 FC Dallas 4–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2021-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2021-08-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-08-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Minnesota United FC D 2021-07-25 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2021-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2021-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.2 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.68 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 73% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy32% Draw27% Vancouver Whitecaps FC41%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

58%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

68%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy21% Draw45% Vancouver Whitecaps FC34%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 1

8.6%

0 – 2

7.8%

0 – 0

7.5%

2 – 1

6.5%

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 3

5.1%

0 – 3

4.3%

2 – 0

2 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	15%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	53%	—	47%
+1	53%	22%	26%
+1.5	74%	—	26%
+2	74%	15%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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