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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
10 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 5.9 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

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 #24
19 Points 20
15 Played 15
5 / 4 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5
25 Scored 22
21 Conceded 22
+4 GD +0
1.27 PPG 1.33
33% Win % 33%

Key Stats

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

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
2/–
16-30
2/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Los Angeles Galaxy
0-15
1/1
16-30
2/–
31-45
4/5
46-60
2/2
61-75
–/2
76+
5/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against New York City FC and Los Angeles Galaxy has kicked off!
  • 5' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
  • 10' Anton Tinnerholm has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
  • 20' New York City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles Galaxy backline.
  • 25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 30' 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.
  • 35' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 40' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 45' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 50' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 55' Jorgen Skjelvik is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York City FC so far.
  • 60' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 65' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York City FC and Los Angeles Galaxy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 70' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York City FC and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 75' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 80' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 85' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 286 games and scored 454 goals.
  • 90' Ema Boateng is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
1.12 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC55% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy21%
Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 3.01
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
79%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
45%
New York City FC or Los Angeles Galaxy
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC39% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy18%
Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.3%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
8.7%
1 – 0
8.6%
0 – 0
6.6%
3 – 1
6%
1 – 2
5.6%
3 – 0
5.4%
2 – 2
5.3%
0 – 1
4.7%
3 – 2
3.4%
0 – 2
3.1%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 17% 68%
-1.5 32% — 68%
-1 32% 22% 46%
-0.5 54% — 46%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 13% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
33% ✓
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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