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 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles Galaxy 19 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
#27	Position	#16
22	Points	34
19	Played	17
5 / 7 / 7	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 3
24	Scored	38
29	Conceded	17
-5	GD	+21
1.16	PPG	2.00
26%	Win %	59%

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

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts). Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Los Angeles Galaxy launch into their encounter with Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' 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.
10' A quiet spell here at Dignity Health Sports Park. Vancouver Whitecaps FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
13' Brilliant from the ! Tristan Blackmon makes it 0-1 with a superb finish on 13.
14' Tristan Blackmon makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are in front.
17' The referee has no hesitation. Ranko Veselinovic is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Yellow card on 17.
22' Oriol Rosell has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
24' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Klinsmann. He replaces Jonathan Bond on 24 minute.
25' The supporters are chanting for Jonathan Klinsmann. He replaces Jonathan Bond on 25 minute.
30' With 0 assists to his name this season, Cristian Dajome is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
35' 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.
40' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Greg Vanney will be considering his options from the bench.
42' Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Pedro Vite is hanging Sergio Cordova on the field on 42 minute.
43' A meaty challenge results in booking for Javain Brown on 43.
43' Vancouver Whitecaps FC make a change. Sergio Cordova trudges off to be replaced by Pedro Vite on 43 minutes.
48' It looks like no one’s ball. Vancouver Whitecaps FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
49' Kelvin Leerdam adds to his 0 season tally! Los Angeles Galaxy lead 1-2 — and this changes everything.
54' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
59' Raheem Edwards has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
60' The Vancouver Whitecaps FC bench stirs into life. Cristian Dajome is withdrawn and Alessandro Schopf gets his opportunity.
65' Memo Rodriguez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Efrain Alvarez at the 65 minute mark.
70' Alessandro Schopf has been relatively quiet despite scoring 11 goals in his last 406 appearances.
71' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ryan Raposo.
74' Fresh legs for Vancouver Whitecaps FC! Mathias Laborda comes on to replace Ryan Raposo.
75' The supporters are chanting for Sebastian Berhalter. He replaces Julian Gressel on 75 minute.
80' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC winning 0% of all matches.
85' The energy levels are beginning to show. Vanni Sartini might look to freshen things up shortly.
86' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Preston Judd comes on to replace Tyler Boyd.
86' Mathias Laborda is having his name booked by the referee on 86.
87' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Mathias Laborda.
90' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Raheem Edwards will be fuming at that decision.
The final score is 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
Joseph Paintsil	5
Ryan Gauld	5
Tosaint Ricketts	4
Brian White	4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Javier Hernandez	3
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2
Sam Adekugbe	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

1.18 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 73% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy33% Draw27% Vancouver Whitecaps FC40%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

60%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

67%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy21% Draw46% Vancouver Whitecaps FC33%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

0 – 1

0 – 0

8.1%

0 – 2

7.8%

2 – 1

6.6%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.4%

1 – 3

4.8%

2 – 0

4.2%

0 – 3

4.1%

2 – 3

2.9%

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%	16%	73%
-0.5	27%	—	73%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	22%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	14%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

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