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New York Red Bulls vs Los Angeles FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
New York Red Bulls
2 – 1
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Sun 5 Aug 2018 · 22:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Los Angeles FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Mark Geiger
  • Referee Corey Rockwell
  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Jeremy Kieso
  • Referee Jorge Gonzalez

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

1
1
3
New York Red Bulls 5 games · Avg 3.4 goals Los Angeles FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-08-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug Los Angeles FC H 2–1 W
28 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 2–3 L
26 Jul D.C. United SC A 1–0 W
21 Jul New England Revolution H 2–0 W
14 Jul Sporting Kansas City H 3–2 W
08 Jul New York City FC A 0–1 L
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug New York Red Bulls A 1–2 L
27 Jul Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–2 D
22 Jul Minnesota United FC A 1–5 L
15 Jul Portland Timbers H 0–0 D
08 Jul Orlando City SC H 4–1 W
04 Jul Houston Dynamo A 2–2 D

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls Los Angeles FC
#11 Position #21
42 Points 47
34 Played 34
12 / 6 / 16 W / D / L 12 / 11 / 11
48 Scored 52
62 Conceded 40
-14 GD +12
1.24 PPG 1.38
35% Win % 35%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
24% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 11th (42 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
7/7
16-30
4/3
31-45
8/7
46-60
7/10
61-75
4/6
76+
8/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Los Angeles FC
0-15
4/5
16-30
6/6
31-45
10/8
46-60
7/7
61-75
7/6
76+
8/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
Julian Hall 13 G 3 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 8 G 1 A
Los Angeles FC
Denis Bouanga 18 G 5 A
Heung-min Son 7 G 11 A
Esteban David Martinez 4 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at . New York Red Bulls are looking to make home advantage count against Los Angeles FC.
  • 5' Bradley Wright-Phillips has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Los Angeles FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Chris Armas will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 25' It is a cagey affair so far. New York Red Bulls in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles FC's compact .
  • 30' Benny Feilhaber, a United States , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 35' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 35 minutes.
  • 40' Aaron Long has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 45' 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 Michael Amir Murillo suffering a number of foals already.
  • 50' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 55' It’s high time Bob Bradley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 60' Diego Rossi has been relatively quiet despite scoring 99 goals in his last 304 appearances.
  • 65' Los Angeles 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.
  • 70' 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.
  • 75' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 80' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 85' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 90' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jordan Harvey is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York Red Bulls.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Denis Bouanga 2
Eddie Segura 2
Daniel Royer 2
Daniel Royer 2
Jude Terry 1
Diego Rossi 1
Carlos Vela 1
Emil Forsberg 1

Head to Head

2018-08-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Los Angeles FC

New York Red Bulls Form

2018-08-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2018-07-28 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-07-26 D.C. United SC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2018-07-21 New York Red Bulls 2–0 New England Revolution W 2018-07-14 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-07-08 New York City FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls L

Los Angeles FC Form

2018-08-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2018-07-27 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2018-07-22 Minnesota United FC 5–1 Los Angeles FC L 2018-07-15 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2018-07-08 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Orlando City SC W 2018-07-04 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Los Angeles FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.82 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls49% Draw24% Los Angeles FC27%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes64% 0% No36%
Avg goals/match: 3.28
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 63%
37%
± 3.5 41%
59%
± 4.5 24%
76%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
73%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
51%
New York Red Bulls or Los Angeles FC
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls34% Draw42% Los Angeles FC24%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.9%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
7.1%
2 – 2
6.4%
2 – 0
6.2%
1 – 0
6.1%
0 – 0
5.3%
3 – 1
5.3%
0 – 1
4.8%
0 – 2
4%
3 – 2
3.9%
3 – 0
3.7%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 14% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 20% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 70% — 30%
+1 70% 16% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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