Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

2 – 3

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Thu 3 Sep 2020 · 02:30 UTC Providence Park HT 45+1' · FT 45+5'

Pablo Bonilla 12' Y

Renzo Zambrano 48' Y

Y 63' Julian Araujo

Overview

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Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 18 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Alejandro Mariscal
Referee Adam Garner
Referee Kevin Stott
Referee Joe Dickerson

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

Portland Timbers 20 games · Avg 4.0 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Portland Timbers 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

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–3	L
30 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	4–4	D
24 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–3	L
12 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W
06 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W
02 Aug	New York City FC	A	3–1	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	3–2	W
30 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–2	W
22 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	2–0	W
24 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
19 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	2–6	L
14 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Los Angeles Galaxy
#23	Position	#27
24	Points	22
18	Played	19
7 / 3 / 8	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
33	Scored	24
33	Conceded	29
+0	GD	-5
1.33	PPG	1.16
39%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

4/5

31-45

4/4

46-60

3/2

61-75

5/–

76+

5/4

■ 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)

Portland Timbers

Kevin Kelsy

8 G

2 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Portland Timbers to score. At the same time, Los Angeles Galaxy does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
10' Jeff Attinella is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles Galaxy tonight.
12' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Pablo Bonilla.
15' GOAL! Efrain Alvarez scores on 15.
20' The 37-year-old Emiliano Insua has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
25' A quiet spell here at Providence Park. Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' Portland Timbers are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
35' Chile international Felipe Mora has been a key figure this campaign — 3 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
40' Nick DePuy needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
45' Portland Timbers have won 469 goals from 291 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
48' Poor challenge from Renzo Zambrano. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
50' Cristian Pavon is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
55' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles Galaxy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
56' Fresh legs for Portland Timbers! Sebastian Blanco comes on to replace Tomas Conechny.
61' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
62' Jonathan dos Santos is replacing Sebastian Lletget for the Los Angeles Galaxy side.
63' Julian Araujo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 63.
67' Felipe Mora is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 3 goals this season for the .
71' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Joe Corona makes no mistake. 1-3!
75' The crowd applauds Julian Araujo as he leaves the pitch. Rolf Feltscher steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
78' The Portland Timbers bench stirs into life. Pablo Bonilla is withdrawn and Yimmi Chara gets his opportunity.
83' Ethan Zubak, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
87' Another substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy to replace Ethan Zubak by Cameron Dunbar on 87 minute.
88' Diego Valeri is ready to make an impact after coming on for Renzo Zambrano at the 88 minute mark.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Los Angeles Galaxy take all three points.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

7
Andy Polo
19
Tomas Conechny ↓ Sebastian Blanco 56'
1
Jeff Attinella C
18
Julio Cascante
25
Bill Tuiloma
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Eryk Williamson 56'
32
Marco Farfan
40
Renzo Zambrano ↓ Diego Valeri 88'
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 56'
9
Felipe Mora
28
Pablo Bonilla ↓ Yimmi Chara 78'

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

3
Emiliano Insua
2
Perry Kitchen
17
Sebastian Lletget ↓ Jonathan dos Santos 62'
1
David Bingham
5
Daniel Steres C
29
Ethan Zubak ↓ Cameron Dunbar 87'
10
Cristian Pavon
26
Efrain Alvarez ↓ Emil Cuello 75'
22
Julian Araujo ↓ Rolf Feltscher 75'
15
Joe Corona
20
Nick DePuy

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

2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-08-12 Portland Timbers 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2020-08-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-08-02 New York City FC 1–3 Portland Timbers W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-08-22 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-07-24 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2020-07-19 Los Angeles FC 6–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.1 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.82 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Portland Timbers or Los Angeles Galaxy 76% + Over 2.5 goals 74%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers43% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy33%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.92

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	74%	26%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

67%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

57%

Portland Timbers or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers34% Draw38% Los Angeles Galaxy28%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.4%

2 – 1

7.7%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.7%

3 – 1

5.4%

3 – 2

4.8%

2 – 0

4.5%

2 – 3

Actual

1 – 3

1 – 0

3.7%

0 – 2

3.4%

0 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	13%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	18%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	16%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	10%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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