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

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles Galaxy

1 – 1

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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 34 games · 44 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 games · 64 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

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
#26	Position	#16
44	Points	64
34	Played	34
11 / 11 / 12	W / D / L	19 / 7 / 8
50	Scored	74
57	Conceded	34
-7	GD	+40
1.29	PPG	1.88
32%	Win %	56%

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

38% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 26th (44 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (64 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

6/9

16-30

5/6

31-45

9/12

46-60

6/8

61-75

4/6

76+

10/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

10/4

16-30

11/4

31-45

9/9

46-60

7/7

61-75

10/2

76+

13/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Klauss	10 G
Marco Reus	8 G	11 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	20 G	2 A
Thomas Muller	9 G	6 A
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Los Angeles Galaxy kicks off things out of here…
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Ryan Raposo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
13' A goal from the USA international Tristan Blackmon! He fires home on 13 to make it 0-1!
14' Against the run of play, Tristan Blackmon has scored! This game has turned on its head.
17' The referee has no hesitation. Ranko Veselinovic is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Yellow card on 17.
22' It is a cagey affair so far. Los Angeles Galaxy in their 4-1-4-1 trying to find a way past Vancouver Whitecaps FC's compact 4-3-3.
24' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jonathan Klinsmann is hanging Jonathan Bond on the field on 24 minute.
25' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Klinsmann. He replaces Jonathan Bond on 25 minute.
30' Tyler Boyd has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 1 goals to his name this season.
35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Javain Brown made 296 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
40' Vancouver Whitecaps FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
42' The whistle greets Sergio Cordova as he departs to be replaced by Pedro Vite.
43' The referee has no hesitation. Javain Brown is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Yellow card on 43.
43' Another substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC to replace Sergio Cordova by Pedro Vite on 43 minute.
48' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Vancouver Whitecaps FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
49' Kelvin Leerdam does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
54' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
59' Sergio Cordova is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles Galaxy tonight.
60' The crowd applauds Cristian Dajome as he leaves the pitch. Alessandro Schopf steps in for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
65' Los Angeles Galaxy ring the changes. Efrain Alvarez has done his job and it is now time for Memo Rodriguez to step up.
70' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC winning 50% of all matches.
71' That is a Yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Ryan Raposo will be fuming at that decision.
74' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mathias Laborda is hanging Ryan Raposo on the field on 74 minute.
75' Sebastian Berhalter has so much to prove this time. He replaces Julian Gressel on 75 minute.
80' 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 Oriol Rosell suffering a number of foals already.
85' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
86' Preston Judd gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Tyler Boyd and will look to change the dynamic.
86' Mathias Laborda has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 86.
87' Mathias Laborda has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 87.
90' Raheem Edwards was booked on 90.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

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

1.25 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.66 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 74% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy33% Draw26% Vancouver Whitecaps FC41%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.91

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

60%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

67%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy22% Draw45% Vancouver Whitecaps FC33%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

0 – 1

8.2%

0 – 2

7.4%

0 – 0

7.2%

2 – 1

6.8%

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

5.7%

1 – 3

2 – 0

4.2%

0 – 3

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	16%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	21%	25%
+1.5	75%	—	25%
+2	75%	14%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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