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Tue 28 Jul 2020 · 03:00 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+3' · FT 45+4'

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Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jair Marrufo
Referee Ismail Elfath
Referee Brian Dunn
Referee Timothy Ford
Referee Jose Da Silva

8 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 4.6 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

Seattle Sounders FC 22 games · Avg 2.9 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Los Angeles FC 2019-04-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC 2019-04-21 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-04-30 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-03-04 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	1–4	L
20 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
14 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L
11 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–0	D
08 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–1	D
01 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
28 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	4–1	W
24 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	2–2	D
19 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	6–2	W
14 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	3–3	D
09 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	3–3	D
01 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Los Angeles FC
#23	Position	#21
46	Points	47
34	Played	34
12 / 10 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 11 / 11
44	Scored	52
46	Conceded	40
-2	GD	+12
1.35	PPG	1.38
35%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

59% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ 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)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 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' Three points are at stake. Seattle Sounders FC host Los Angeles FC — let the battle begin!
5' Seattle Sounders FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles FC backline.
10' Los Angeles FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
14' GOAL! Diego Rossi scores on 14.
19' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 19.
24' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Seattle Sounders FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
29' The energy levels are beginning to show. Brian Schmetzer might look to freshen things up shortly.
34' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
39' GOAL! Latif Blessing scores on 39.
44' The home supporters are growing impatient. Seattle Sounders FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
46' The whistle greets Bradley Wright-Phillips as he departs to be replaced by Mohamed El Mounir.
51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Handwalla Bwana, as he is very good at scoring at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
55' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Handwalla Bwana is replaced by Shandon Hopeau on 55 minute.
60' With 0 assists to his name this season, Raul Ruidiaz is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Seattle Sounders FC.
65' Los Angeles FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
70' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 70 minutes.
71' Seattle Sounders FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Will Bruin is hanging Kelvin Leerdam on the field on 71 minute.
75' What a strike from Will Bruin! The score is 1-2.
80' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Daniel Musovski on, Mohamed El Mounir off on 80 minutes.
82' Diego Rossi with the second goal in the match!
84' Jordan Harvey has so much to prove this time. He replaces Diego Palacios on 84 minute.
87' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Jordan Morris exits the field as Ethan Dobbelaere enters on 87.
88' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Shane O'Neill is replaced by Joshua Atencio.
89' The Uruguay Brian Rodriguez breaks the deadlock on 89 minutes. 1-4!
90' Jose Cifuentes is ready to make an impact after coming on for Diego Rossi at the 90 minute mark.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Los Angeles FC players.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

33
Joevin Jones ↑ 71'
30
Stefan Cleveland
17
Will Bruin ↑ 71'
8
Jordy Delem
37
Shandon Hopeau ↑ 55'
1
Trey Muse
84
Joshua Atencio ↑ 88'
99
Justin Dhillon
45
Ethan Dobbelaere ↑ 87'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios ↓ Jordan Harvey 84'
1
Kenneth Vermeer
66
Bradley Wright-Phillips ↓ Mohamed El Mounir 46'
20
Eduard Atuesta
9
Diego Rossi ↓ Jose Cifuentes 90'
7
Latif Blessing
5
Dejan Jakovic
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye C ↓ Francisco Ginella 80'
27
Tristan Blackmon
4
Eddie Segura
17
Brian Rodriguez

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	5
Carlos Vela	5
Diego Rossi	4
Eduard Atuesta	3
Mateusz Bogusz	3
Denis Bouanga	3
Raul Ruidiaz	3

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2020-07-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Los Angeles FC L 2020-07-20 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-07-11 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-03-01 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W

Los Angeles FC Form

2020-07-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Los Angeles FC W 2020-07-24 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Portland Timbers D 2020-07-19 Los Angeles FC 6–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-07-14 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Houston Dynamo D 2020-03-09 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2020-03-01 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Internacional CF Miami W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.05 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.92 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 56% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC22% Draw25% Los Angeles FC53%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

48%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

78%

Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC17% Draw43% Los Angeles FC40%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.2%

1 – 2

9.6%

0 – 2

9.3%

0 – 1

9.1%

0 – 0

6.8%

1 – 3

6.1%

0 – 3

5.8%

2 – 1

5.2%

2 – 2

1 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

3.3%

1 – 4

Actual

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	12%	81%
-0.5	19%	—	81%
+0.5	44%	—	56%
+1	44%	23%	34%
+1.5	66%	—	34%
+2	66%	17%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

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