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 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/game

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

Portland Timbers 20 games · Avg 4.0 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
#28	Position	#24
14	Points	20
14	Played	15
4 / 2 / 8	W / D / L	5 / 5 / 5
22	Scored	22
28	Conceded	22
-6	GD	+0
1.00	PPG	1.33
29%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

85% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/–

76+

2/2

■ 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' Three points are at stake. Portland Timbers host Los Angeles Galaxy — let the battle begin!
5' 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.
6' A stunning finish from Jaroslaw Niezgoda — that came from absolutely nowhere!
11' Larrys Mabiala, a DR Congo , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
16' It’s high time Guillermo Schelotto made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
19' Jaroslaw Niezgoda makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Portland Timbers are in front.
24' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Rolf Feltscher made 278 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
29' Perry Kitchen is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Portland Timbers so far.
30' GOAL! Diego Valeri fires home to make it 3-0!
35' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
40' Sebastian Lletget has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
45' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
46' Assisted by Sebastian Lletget with the perfectly-timed delivery and Cristian Pavon makes no mistake. 3-1!
46' Another substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy to replace Julian Araujo by Sebastian Lletget on 46 minute.
51' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
56' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
60' Brilliant from the ! Eryk Williamson makes it 4-1 with a superb finish on 60.
63' Portland Timbers ring the changes. Pablo Bonilla has done his job and it is now time for Marco Farfan to step up.
68' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
72' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Jaroslaw Niezgoda departs to be replaced by Felipe Mora.
74' GOAL! Andy Polo scores on 74.
74' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Emiliano Insua is withdrawn and Diedie Traore gets his opportunity.
79' Los Angeles Galaxy is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles Galaxy are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
84' A change in the Portland Timbers ranks — Yimmi Chara exits the field as Tomas Conechny enters on 84.
89' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
Los Angeles Galaxy will have plenty to reflect on. Portland Timbers were simply the better side today.

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
Diego Valeri	6
Jeremy Ebobisse	6
Javier Hernandez	4
Cristian Pavon	4
Santiago Moreno	3
Sebastian Blanco	3
Jonathan Rodriguez	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

2.61 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

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

1.57 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers61% Draw19% Los Angeles Galaxy20%

Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.18

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	59%	41%
± 4.5	40%	60%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

80%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

39%

Portland Timbers or Los Angeles Galaxy

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers45% Draw36% Los Angeles Galaxy19%

Actual: Portland Timbers win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–2 not predicted

5 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

1 – 1

7.1%

3 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

6.2%

2 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

5.3%

1 – 2

4.9%

3 – 0

4.5%

4 – 1

4.5%

1 – 0

3.7%

4 – 2

3.5%

2 – 3

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	17%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	19%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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