Los Angeles Galaxy vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Los Angeles Galaxy

4 – 2

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Sun 22 Sep 2024 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 7' Sebastian Berhalter

Y 85' Stuart Armstrong

Y 88' Pedro Vite

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

2024-09-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024-04-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-07-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2023-03-19 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2022-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	4–2	W
19 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	2–4	L
15 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	4–2	W
01 Sep	St. Louis City	A	1–2	L
25 Aug	Atlanta United FC	H	2–0	W
21 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	3–2	W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–4	L
19 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
15 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–0	W
08 Sep	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D
01 Sep	Austin FC	A	1–0	W
21 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	3–4	L

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' Welcome to Dignity Health Sports Park that hosts another battle between Los Angeles Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
5' Los Angeles Galaxy is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles Galaxy are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
7' Sebastian Berhalter has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 7.
12' Los Angeles Galaxy are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Vancouver Whitecaps FC backline.
17' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Los Angeles Galaxy side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
22' 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.
27' 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 Alessandro Schopf suffering a number of foals already.
32' Los Angeles Galaxy is taking the lead after the goal scored by Gabriel Pec on 32.
37' Los Angeles Galaxy are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Vancouver Whitecaps FC's shape.
42' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
46' Time for substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Mathias Laborda is replaced by Ryan Gauld.
50' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sebastian Berhalter makes no mistake. 1-1!
55' Vancouver Whitecaps FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 1 meetings.
60' Los Angeles Galaxy currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
63' Brian White doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
66' Marky Delgado gets the nod from Los Angeles Galaxy. He replaces Marco Reus and will look to change the dynamic.
68' A change in the Vancouver Whitecaps FC ranks — Levonte Johnson exits the field as Stuart Armstrong enters on 68.
69' What a strike from Joseph Paintsil! The score is 2-2.
74' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 279 games and scored 428 goals.
77' Vancouver Whitecaps FC ring the changes. Brian White has done his job and it is now time for Fafa Picault to step up.
82' Another change for Los Angeles Galaxy made on 82 minute. Edwin Cerrillo leaves to be changed by Gaston Brugman.
83' Another change for Los Angeles Galaxy made on 83 minute. John Nelson leaves to be changed by Mauricio Cuevas.
85' It’s gonna be a card for Stuart Armstrong.
88' Pedro Vite catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 88.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Los Angeles Galaxy take all three points.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

5
Gaston Brugman ↑ 82'
7
Diego Fagundez ↑ 77'
15
Eriq Zavaleta
8
Marky Delgado ↑ 66'
35
Novak Micovic
27
Miguel Berry ↑ 83'
3
Julian Aude
24
Jalen Neal
19
Mauricio Cuevas ↑ 83'

Coach Greg Vanney

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

8
Alessandro Schopf
24
Brian White ↓ Fafa Picault 77'
1
Yohei Takaoka
6
Tristan Blackmon
16
Sebastian Berhalter
4
Ranko Veselinovic
13
Ralph Priso-Mbongue ↓ Pedro Vite 46'
12
Belal Halbouni
2
Mathias Laborda ↓ Ryan Gauld 46'
18
Edier Ocampo
28
Levonte Johnson ↓ Stuart Armstrong 68'

Bench

26
Stuart Armstrong ↑ 68'
19
Damir Kreilach
11
Fafa Picault ↑ 77'
15
Bjorn Utvik
25
Ryan Gauld ↑ 46'
7
Ryan Raposo
32
Isaac Boehmer
45
Pedro Vite ↑ 46'
3
Sam Adekugbe

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
Samuel Grandsir	2
Fredy Montero	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2024-09-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-09-19 Portland Timbers 4–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-09-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Los Angeles FC W 2024-09-01 St. Louis City 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2024-08-25 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Atlanta United FC W 2024-07-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 Portland Timbers W

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2024-09-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-09-19 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2024-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-09-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–0 FC Dallas D 2024-09-01 Austin FC 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-07-21 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–4 Houston Dynamo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.72 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.94 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC 77% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy40% Draw23% Vancouver Whitecaps FC37%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 3.66

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

64%

Draw or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

60%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Vancouver Whitecaps FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy27% Draw40% Vancouver Whitecaps FC33%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.4%

1 – 2

2 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 3

5.2%

0 – 2

4.9%

2 – 3

4.4%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 1

4.1%

3 – 2

2 – 0

3.9%

0 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	16%	66%
-0.5	34%	—	66%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	19%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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