Minnesota United FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy, 2018

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Minnesota United FC

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Sun 21 Oct 2018 · 21:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Minnesota United FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS .

Minnesota United FC 27 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Matthew Nelson
Referee Alan Kelly
Referee Geoff Gamble

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

Minnesota United FC 18 games · Avg 3.8 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2018-10-21 Minnesota United FC 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-08-12 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Minnesota United FC

Recent Form

Minnesota United FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–3	L
13 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–2	L
06 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	1–5	L
30 Sep	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
23 Sep	Portland Timbers	H	3–2	W
16 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	3–1	W
07 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
30 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
23 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–0	W
15 Sep	Toronto FC	A	3–5	L
02 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–6	L

Season Stats

Minnesota United FC		Los Angeles Galaxy
#29	Position	#23
29	Points	36
27	Played	28
7 / 8 / 12	W / D / L	9 / 9 / 10
40	Scored	37
49	Conceded	44
-9	GD	-7
1.07	PPG	1.29
26%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Minnesota United FC are 29th (29 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Minnesota United FC

0-15

4/7

16-30

4/9

31-45

6/2

46-60

4/5

61-75

7/4

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Minnesota United FC

Kelvin Yeboah	14 G	2 A
Anthony Markanich	8 G	2 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

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

Events

Match Events

0' Minnesota United FC have kicked off against Los Angeles Galaxy. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Darwin Quintero is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles Galaxy so far.
10' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Adrian Heath will be considering his options from the bench.
20' USA international Collen Warner has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
30' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Ema Boateng has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
40' Brent Kallman is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles Galaxy tonight.
45' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 287 games and scored 486 goals.
55' Both keepers have barely been tested. Minnesota United FC and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
60' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
65' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
70' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Minnesota United FC winning 100% of all matches.
75' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
80' A quiet spell here at . Minnesota United FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
85' The 33-year-old Eric Miller has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
90' Minnesota United FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-3.

Lineups

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Adrian Heath

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

25
Rolf Feltscher
9
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
8
Jonathan dos Santos
3
Ashley Cole C
17
Sebastian Lletget
11
Ola Kamara ↓ Perry Kitchen 90'
7
Romain Alessandrini ↓ Jorgen Skjelvik 88'
1
David Bingham
5
Daniel Steres
4
David Romney
24
Ema Boateng

Bench

Coach Dominic Kinnear

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Teemu Pukki	6
Bongokuhle Hlongwane	4
Sebastian Lletget	4
Kelvin Yeboah	4
Emanuel Reynoso	4
Billy Sharp	3
Dejan Joveljic	3
Angelo Rodriguez	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.75 Minnesota United FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.91 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Minnesota United FC or Los Angeles Galaxy 75% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Minnesota United FC35% Draw25% Los Angeles Galaxy40%

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

Minnesota United FC or Draw

60%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

65%

Minnesota United FC or Los Angeles Galaxy

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Minnesota United FC28% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy32%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

1 – 2

7.9%

2 – 1

7.3%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 2

4.8%

2 – 3

4.4%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

2 – 0

1 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Minnesota United FC

Handicap	Minnesota United FC covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	17%	65%
-0.5	35%	—	65%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	18%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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

Minnesota United FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Minnesota United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Minnesota United FC Form

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Minnesota United FC

Clean Sheet