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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
12 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

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
#5 Position #27
26 Points 22
18 Played 19
7 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 7 / 7
31 Scored 24
24 Conceded 29
+7 GD -5
1.44 PPG 1.16
39% Win % 26%

Key Stats

40% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
20% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
4/–
16-30
3/4
31-45
2/4
46-60
3/2
61-75
2/2
76+
2/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
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

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 11 G 3 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Agustin Ojeda 4 G 3 A
Los Angeles Galaxy
Gabriel Pec 5 G 4 A
Klauss 5 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between New York City FC and Los Angeles Galaxy.
  • 5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 10' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
  • 20' Sean Johnson, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 25' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. David Villa made 289 appearances and scored 40 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 30' 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.
  • 35' 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.
  • 40' A quiet spell here at . New York City FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 45' Peru international Alexander Callens has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 50' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 55' 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.
  • 60' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 60 minutes.
  • 65' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 70' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Sigi Schmid will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 75' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Perry Kitchen has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 80' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 85' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 282 games and scored 480 goals.
  • 90' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Los Angeles Galaxy winning 0% of all matches.
  • The final score is 2-1.

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
1.98 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.02 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
I would bet for: New York City FC to win 58% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC58% Draw23% Los Angeles Galaxy19%
Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 3
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
81%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
42%
New York City FC or Los Angeles Galaxy
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC42% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy15%
Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.9%
2 – 0
9.6%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
9.2%
0 – 0
6.6%
3 – 1
6.3%
3 – 0
6.2%
1 – 2
4.9%
2 – 2
4.9%
0 – 1
4.3%
3 – 2
3.3%
4 – 1
3.2%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5 17% — 83%
-2 17% 18% 65%
-1.5 35% — 65%
-1 35% 23% 42%
-0.5 58% — 42%
+0.5 82% — 18%
+1 82% 11% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✓
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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