Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Seattle Sounders FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Los Angeles FC

Mon 17 May 2021 · 01:30 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Joao Paulo 45' Y

Yeimar Gomez 52' Y

Y 78' Jesus Murillo

Overview

Match Preview

Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at Lumen Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 28 games · 41 pts (2026/26)

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

Seattle Sounders FC 21 games · Avg 2.9 goals Los Angeles FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-17 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Los Angeles FC 2021-04-24 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-11-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC 2020-10-11 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-09-19 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Los Angeles FC	H	2–0	W
13 May	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–0	W
09 May	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W
03 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
24 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	1–1	D
17 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	4–0	W

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–2	L
09 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
01 May	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
24 Apr	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
17 Apr	Austin FC	H	2–0	W
25 Nov	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Los Angeles FC
#24	Position	#21
35	Points	41
26	Played	28
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	11 / 8 / 9
33	Scored	43
34	Conceded	30
-1	GD	+13
1.35	PPG	1.46
35%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

46% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (41 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/4

16-30

6/5

31-45

9/4

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/5

76+

6/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	14 G	5 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC get this one started.
5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Corey Baird made 288 appearances and scored 38 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' Seattle Sounders FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles FC backline.
20' Danny Leyva is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
25' USA international Marco Farfan has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
30' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Yeimar Gomez suffering a number of foals already.
35' Over 35 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
40' Seattle Sounders FC is showing some good football. However, Seattle Sounders FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Joao Paulo on 45.
50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
52' Controversy at the stadium! Yeimar Gomez argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
57' What composure from Xavier Arreaga! The Ecuador international strokes it home. 1-0.
62' Seattle Sounders FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles FC's shape.
67' The energy levels are beginning to show. Bob Bradley might look to freshen things up shortly.
68' It is a substitution in Seattle Sounders FC team. Kelyn Rowe is replaced by Danny Leyva on 68 minute.
69' Seattle Sounders FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Danny Leyva is hanging Kelyn Rowe on the field on 69 minute.
70' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Carlos Vela comes on to replace Jose Cifuentes.
73' Cristian Roldan doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
77' Marco Farfan makes way for Diego Palacios at the 77 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
78' Jesus Murillo picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
83' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Brad Smith by Shane O'Neill on 83 minute.
84' Fredy Montero gets the nod from Seattle Sounders FC. He replaces Will Bruin and will look to change the dynamic.
89' Latif Blessing, a Ghana , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
90' Reed Baker-Whiting has so much to prove this time. He replaces Joao Paulo on 90 minute.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2021-05-17 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Los Angeles FC W 2021-05-13 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-05-09 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-05-03 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-04-24 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2021-04-17 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Minnesota United FC W

Los Angeles FC Form

2021-05-17 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Los Angeles FC L 2021-05-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-05-01 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2021-04-24 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2021-04-17 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Austin FC W 2020-11-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.63 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.91 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC57% Draw25% Los Angeles FC18%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.54

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

82%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

43%

Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC37% Draw47% Los Angeles FC16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

1 – 0

12%

2 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

9.9%

2 – 1

9.2%

0 – 1

6.1%

3 – 0

5.5%

1 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

5.1%

2 – 2

4.2%

0 – 2

3.1%

3 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	71%
-1.5	29%	—	71%
-1	29%	24%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

41% ✗

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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