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New York City FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy, 2018

MLS · 2018
New York City FC
2 – 1
Full Time
Los Angeles Galaxy
Sun 11 Mar 2018 · 21:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Ismail Elfath
  • Referee Corey Parker
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Katie Nesbitt
14 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

2
1
2
New York City FC 5 games · Avg 2.0 goals Los Angeles Galaxy
Last 5 meetings
2018-03-11 New York City FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–1 W
05 Mar Sporting Kansas City A 2–0 W
Los Angeles Galaxy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Mar New York City FC A 1–2 L
05 Mar Portland Timbers H 2–1 W

Season Stats

New York City FC Los Angeles Galaxy
#8 Position #23
33 Points 36
27 Played 28
8 / 9 / 10 W / D / L 9 / 9 / 10
41 Scored 37
36 Conceded 44
+5 GD -7
1.22 PPG 1.29
30% Win % 32%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
5/2
16-30
4/4
31-45
5/5
46-60
4/4
61-75
4/6
76+
2/7
■ 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)

New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 15 G 4 A
Agustin Ojeda 5 G 5 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Los Angeles Galaxy
Marco Reus 7 G 7 A
Klauss 7 G
Gabriel Pec 5 G 4 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for New York City FC and Los Angeles Galaxy.
  • 5' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' Ema Boateng, a Ghana , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 20' New York City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 25' Los Angeles Galaxy have won 484 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 30' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 35' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 40' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 45' Alexander Ring has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 50' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 293 games and scored 463 goals.
  • 55' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York City FC and Los Angeles Galaxy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 60' New York City FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 65' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 70' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jesus Medina is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York City FC.
  • 75' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 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' Over 85 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 90' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Los Angeles Galaxy.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Patrick Vieira

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sigi Schmid

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.89 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.04 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
I would bet for: New York City FC to win 56% + Over 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC56% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy20%
Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 2.93
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 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
80%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
44%
New York City FC or Los Angeles Galaxy
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC40% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy17%
Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.3%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
9.4%
1 – 0
9.3%
0 – 0
7%
3 – 1
6%
3 – 0
5.8%
1 – 2
5.3%
2 – 2
5%
0 – 1
4.7%
3 – 2
3.2%
4 – 1
2.9%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5 16% — 84%
-2 16% 17% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 23% 44%
-0.5 56% — 44%
+0.5 80% — 20%
+1 80% 12% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
36% ✓
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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