Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

4 – 0

Full Time

Los Angeles Galaxy

Sun 28 Jul 2019 · 02:30 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+4'

Cristhian Paredes 16' Y

Renzo Zambrano 24' Y

Diego Valeri 42' Y

Y 58' Diego Polenta

Y 61' Rolf Feltscher

Y 76' Zlatan Ibrahimovic

R 84' Efrain Alvarez

R 90' Diego Polenta

Dairon Asprilla 90' R

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS .

Portland Timbers 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Nick Uranga
Referee Oscar Mitchell Carvalho
Referee Timothy Ford
Referee Edvin Jurisevic

11 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.2 goals/game

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

Portland Timbers 20 games · Avg 4.0 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2019-07-28 Portland Timbers 4–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-04-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Portland Timbers 2018-06-02 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-03-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Portland Timbers

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	4–0	W
22 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–1	W
19 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
14 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–2	D
07 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–0	W
01 Jul	FC Dallas	H	1–0	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	0–4	L
20 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	3–2	W
13 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–3	L
05 Jul	Toronto FC	H	2–0	W
30 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–3	L
22 Jun	FC Cincinnati	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Los Angeles Galaxy
#26	Position	#23
32	Points	36
27	Played	28
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	9 / 9 / 10
48	Scored	37
51	Conceded	44
-3	GD	-7
1.19	PPG	1.29
33%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Portland Timbers are 26th (32 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

4/9

16-30

7/9

31-45

5/8

46-60

5/4

61-75

7/–

76+

10/8

■ 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)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A
Kristoffer Velde	8 G	5 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

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

Events

Match Events

0' Portland Timbers have kicked off against Los Angeles Galaxy. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Diego Polenta has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' Zlatan Ibrahimovic is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles Galaxy so far.
15' David Bingham, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
16' Cristhian Paredes picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
21' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Portland Timbers side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
24' The referee calls foul for Renzo Zambrano. He receives a Yellow card.
29' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Guillermo Schelotto will be considering his options from the bench.
34' Portland Timbers currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
37' A goal from the Paraguay international Cristhian Paredes! He fires home on 37 to make it 1-0!
41' GOAL! Diego Valeri scores on 41. Assisted by Sebastian Blanco
42' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Diego Valeri.
47' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
52' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
56' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Julian Araujo trudges off to be replaced by Sebastian Lletget on 56 minutes.
58' Diego Polenta was booked on 58.
61' A moment of madness from Rolf Feltscher on 61 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Los Angeles Galaxy will be frustrated.
66' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
69' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Fabio Alvarez departs to be replaced by Efrain Alvarez.
74' Portland Timbers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 74.
76' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles Galaxy. Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be fuming at that decision.
78' The whistle greets Brian Fernandez as he departs to be replaced by Marvin Loria.
80' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Uriel Antuna trudges off to be replaced by Ema Boateng on 80 minutes.
81' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Cristhian Paredes makes it 3-0.
82' Andres Flores gets the nod from Portland Timbers. He replaces Diego Valeri and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Efrain Alvarez has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Red card on 84.
88' A stunning finish from Jeremy Ebobisse — that came from absolutely nowhere!
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Diego Polenta on 90.
90' Dairon Asprilla has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sebastian Blanco on 90 minute.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Los Angeles Galaxy.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

4
Jorge Villafana
8
Diego Valeri C ↓ Andres Flores 82'
33
Larrys Mabiala
18
Julio Cascante
22
Cristhian Paredes
12
Steve Clark
10
Sebastian Blanco ↓ Dairon Asprilla 90'
17
Jeremy Ebobisse
40
Renzo Zambrano
2
Jorge Moreira
7
Brian Fernandez ↓ Marvin Loria 78'

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

18
Uriel Antuna ↓ Ema Boateng 80'
21
Giancarlo Gonzalez
25
Rolf Feltscher
9
Zlatan Ibrahimovic C
8
Jonathan dos Santos
1
David Bingham
5
Daniel Steres
11
Favio Alvarez ↓ Efrain Alvarez 69'
3
Diego Polenta
22
Julian Araujo ↓ Sebastian Lletget 56'
14
Joe Corona

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Felipe Mora	8
Diego Valeri	6
Jeremy Ebobisse	6
Cristian Pavon	4
Javier Hernandez	4
Jonathan Rodriguez	3
Santiago Moreno	3
Sebastian Blanco	3

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2019-07-28 Portland Timbers 4–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-07-22 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2019-07-19 Portland Timbers 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2019-07-14 Portland Timbers 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2019-07-07 New York City FC 0–1 Portland Timbers W 2019-07-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 FC Dallas W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2019-07-28 Portland Timbers 4–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-07-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 Los Angeles FC W 2019-07-13 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2019-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Toronto FC W 2019-06-30 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-06-22 FC Cincinnati 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.16 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.18 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers57% Draw22% Los Angeles Galaxy21%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.34

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

80%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

43%

Portland Timbers or Los Angeles Galaxy

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers43% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy17%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–0 not predicted

4 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.2%

1 – 0

7.1%

3 – 1

6.7%

3 – 0

5.8%

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

5.2%

0 – 0

3 – 2

4 – 1

3.7%

0 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	18%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	22%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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