Los Angeles Galaxy vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles Galaxy

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Sun 19 Mar 2023 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 14' Tristan Blackmon

Kelvin Leerdam 45+4' 1–1

Y 17' Ranko Veselinovic

Y 43' Javain Brown

Y 71' Ryan Raposo

Y 87' Mathias Laborda

Raheem Edwards 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

2023-03-19 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2022-08-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 5–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-08-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D
12 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–0	D
05 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–3	L
21 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	2–3	L
15 Oct	Nashville SC	H	1–0	W
09 Oct	Houston Dynamo	A	3–1	W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D
11 Mar	FC Dallas	H	1–1	D
05 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
26 Feb	Real Salt Lake	H	1–2	L
09 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	0–2	L
02 Oct	Austin FC	H	2–0	W

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' Temperatures are rising at Dignity Health Sports Park as Los Angeles Galaxy face off against Vancouver Whitecaps FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
10' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Andres Cubas has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
13' Tristan Blackmon makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are in front.
14' Tristan Blackmon doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
17' That is a Yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ranko Veselinovic will be fuming at that decision.
22' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 22 minutes.
24' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Jonathan Bond trudges off to be replaced by Jonathan Klinsmann on 24 minutes.
25' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Jonathan Klinsmann comes on to replace Jonathan Bond.
30' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
35' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
40' Over 40 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
42' A tactical swap from Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Pedro Vite on, Sergio Cordova off on 42 minutes.
43' Javain Brown picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
43' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Sergio Cordova is withdrawn and Pedro Vite gets his opportunity.
48' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
49' Kelvin Leerdam makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Los Angeles Galaxy are in front.
54' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
59' 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.
60' Time for substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Cristian Dajome is replaced by Alessandro Schopf.
65' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Memo Rodriguez is hanging Efrain Alvarez on the field on 65 minute.
70' named a 4-1-4-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
71' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ryan Raposo on 71.
74' The whistle greets Ryan Raposo as he departs to be replaced by Mathias Laborda.
75' The crowd applauds Julian Gressel as he leaves the pitch. Sebastian Berhalter steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
80' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
85' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
86' The crowd applauds Tyler Boyd as he leaves the pitch. Preston Judd steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
86' Vancouver Whitecaps FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
87' Mathias Laborda is having his name booked by the referee on 87.
90' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Raheem Edwards will be fuming at that decision.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

1
Jonathan Bond ↓ Jonathan Klinsmann 25'
22
Martin Caceres
5
Gaston Brugman ↓ Oriol Rosell 86'
6
Riqui Puig
8
Marky Delgado
11
Tyler Boyd ↓ Preston Judd 86'
9
Dejan Joveljic
44
Raheem Edwards
18
Kelvin Leerdam ↓ Chris Mavinga 86'
7
Efrain Alvarez ↓ Memo Rodriguez 65'
24
Jalen Neal

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

9
Sergio Cordova ↓ Pedro Vite 43'
24
Brian White
18
Yohei Takaoka
20
Andres Cubas
19
Julian Gressel ↓ Sebastian Berhalter 75'
6
Tristan Blackmon
25
Ryan Gauld
11
Cristian Dajome ↓ Alessandro Schopf 60'
4
Ranko Veselinovic
27
Ryan Raposo ↓ Mathias Laborda 74'
23
Javain Brown

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

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

2023-03-19 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2023-03-12 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-03-05 FC Dallas 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-10-21 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Nashville SC W 2022-10-09 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2023-03-19 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2023-03-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 FC Dallas D 2023-03-05 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake L 2022-10-09 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-10-02 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.2 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.65 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 Galaxy33% Draw27% Vancouver Whitecaps FC40%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.85

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

59%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

67%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy21% Draw45% Vancouver Whitecaps FC34%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 1

8.7%

0 – 2

7.7%

0 – 0

7.6%

2 – 1

6.6%

1 – 0

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 3

0 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

4.1%

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%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	15%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	21%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	14%	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.