Portland Timbers vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Portland Timbers

5 – 2

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Thu 29 Oct 2020 · 02:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45+1' · FT 45+2'

Overview

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

Portland Timbers 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 34 games · 44 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee M. de Oliveira
Referee Drew Fischer
Referee Katie Nesbitt
Referee Mike Rottersman

15 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 8.7 goals/game

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

Portland Timbers 21 games · Avg 3.9 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-29 Portland Timbers 5–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-10-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–6 Portland Timbers 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

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	5–2	W
23 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D
19 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
15 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
12 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–0	W
08 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	6–3	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	2–5	L
25 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	0–2	L
19 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–0	W
15 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–4	L
08 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	3–6	L
04 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Los Angeles Galaxy
#22	Position	#26
46	Points	44
34	Played	34
13 / 7 / 14	W / D / L	11 / 11 / 12
62	Scored	50
61	Conceded	57
+1	GD	-7
1.35	PPG	1.29
38%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

81% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 26th (44 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

7/10

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

6/5

61-75

10/4

76+

12/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

6/9

16-30

5/6

31-45

9/12

46-60

6/8

61-75

4/6

76+

10/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Portland Timbers

Kristoffer Velde	12 G	6 A
Ariel Lassiter	9 G	4 A
Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Klauss	10 G
Marco Reus	8 G	11 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Providence Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yimmi Chara made 489 appearances and scored 25 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
6' Against the run of play, Jaroslaw Niezgoda has scored! This game has turned on its head.
11' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
16' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 307 games and scored 498 goals.
19' Jaroslaw Niezgoda does the damage! The net is bulging and Portland Timbers surge ahead!
24' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
29' A quiet spell here at Providence Park. Portland Timbers seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' Diego Valeri adds to his 0 season tally! Portland Timbers lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
35' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
40' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
45' Over 45 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
46' What a strike from Cristian Pavon! The score is 3-1.
46' Los Angeles Galaxy ring the changes. Julian Araujo has done his job and it is now time for Sebastian Lletget to step up.
51' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
56' With 0 assists to his name this season, Dario Zuparic is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
60' The USA Eryk Williamson breaks the deadlock on 60 minutes. 4-1!
63' The whistle greets Pablo Bonilla as he departs to be replaced by Marco Farfan.
68' Sebastian Lletget is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
72' The crowd applauds Jaroslaw Niezgoda as he leaves the pitch. Felipe Mora steps in for Portland Timbers.
74' GOAL! Andy Polo fires home to make it 5-1!
74' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Emiliano Insua exits the field as Diedie Traore enters on 74.
79' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
84' Time for substitution for Portland Timbers. Yimmi Chara is replaced by Tomas Conechny.
89' Supporters expect more eagerness from Daniel Steres, as he is very good at scoring at Providence Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Portland Timbers 5-2 Los Angeles Galaxy.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Andy Polo ↑ 63'
19
Tomas Conechny ↑ 84'
25
Bill Tuiloma
22
Cristhian Paredes
32
Marco Farfan ↑ 63'
40
Renzo Zambrano ↑ 84'
15
Chris Duvall
31
Aljaz Ivacic
9
Felipe Mora ↑ 72'

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

33
Jonathan Klinsmann
3
Emiliano Insua ↓ Diedie Traore 74'
25
Rolf Feltscher
2
Perry Kitchen
8
Jonathan dos Santos C
5
Daniel Steres
10
Cristian Pavon
11
Yony Gonzalez
67
Carlos Harvey ↓ Sacha Kljestan 46'
22
Julian Araujo ↓ Sebastian Lletget 46'
20
Nick DePuy

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2020-10-29 Portland Timbers 5–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-10-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2020-10-19 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2020-10-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers L 2020-10-12 Portland Timbers 3–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-10-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–6 Portland Timbers W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-10-29 Portland Timbers 5–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-10-25 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-10-19 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–4 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-10-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–6 Portland Timbers L 2020-10-04 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.89 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.5 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers65% Draw18% Los Angeles Galaxy17%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.39

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	62%	38%
± 4.5	44%	56%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

83%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

35%

Portland Timbers or Los Angeles Galaxy

82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers49% Draw34% Los Angeles Galaxy17%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–2 not predicted

5 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

7.7%

3 – 1

7.2%

1 – 1

6.2%

2 – 2

5.7%

2 – 0

5.4%

3 – 2

5.4%

4 – 1

5.2%

3 – 0

1 – 2

4.1%

4 – 2

3.9%

4 – 0

3.6%

1 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	28%	—	72%
-2	28%	18%	54%
-1.5	46%	—	54%
-1	46%	19%	35%
-0.5	65%	—	35%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	10%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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