Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 18 Jun 2022 · 19:00 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 16' Jose Cifuentes

Nicolas Lodeiro 77' Y

Overview

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

Seattle Sounders FC 13 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2022-06-18 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC 2021-10-27 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 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

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jun	Los Angeles FC	H	1–1	D
15 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	4–0	W
30 May	Charlotte FC	H	2–1	W
23 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–1	L
19 May	Houston Dynamo	A	1–0	W
15 May	Minnesota United FC	H	3–1	W

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D
28 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–2	W
21 May	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–0	W
19 May	Austin FC	H	1–2	L
14 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
08 May	Philadelphia Union	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Los Angeles FC
#21	Position	#20
24	Points	24
13	Played	15
7 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 5
17	Scored	24
11	Conceded	17
+6	GD	+7
1.85	PPG	1.60
54%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 21st (24 pts). Los Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/1

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

4/2

31-45

2/2

46-60

1/5

61-75

3/2

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC get this one started.
5' Los Angeles FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Timothy Tillman scoring 1 goals.
10' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
16' Poor challenge from Jose Cifuentes. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
21' Los Angeles FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
26' Cristian Arango has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
31' Seattle Sounders FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
36' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
41' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nicolas Lodeiro, as he is very good at scoring at Lumen Field with 8 goals in the last 7 games.
46' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Carlos Vela comes on to replace Kwadwo Opoku.
51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 284 games and scored 450 goals.
56' Fredy Montero is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles FC tonight.
58' Albert Rusnak puts Seattle Sounders FC on the lead.
63' Seattle Sounders FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
65' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Ryan Hollingshead is withdrawn and Franco Escobar gets his opportunity.
67' The whistle greets Fredy Montero as he departs to be replaced by Will Bruin.
72' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
74' Another change for Seattle Sounders FC made on 74 minute. Xavier Arreaga leaves to be changed by Kelyn Rowe.
77' Seattle Sounders FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
79' Goal! Cristian Arango scores his 73 goal in 172 matches.
80' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Francisco Ginella comes on to replace Jose Cifuentes.
85' Over 85 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
88' The crowd applauds Jordan Morris as he leaves the pitch. Leo Chu steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
The points are shared — Seattle Sounders FC 1-1 Los Angeles FC. Honours even.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

94
Jimmy Medranda ↑ 74'
22
Kelyn Rowe ↑ 74'
30
Stefan Cleveland
17
Will Bruin ↑ 67'
23
Leo Chu ↑ 88'
92
Abdoulaye Cissoko
99
Dylan Teves

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios
9
Cristian Arango
6
Ilie Sanchez
24
Ryan Hollingshead ↓ Franco Escobar 65'
7
Latif Blessing ↓ Kellyn Acosta 65'
25
Sebastien Ibeagha
16
Maxime Crepeau
11
Jose Cifuentes ↓ Francisco Ginella 80'
29
Daniel Musovski
22
Kwadwo Opoku ↓ Carlos Vela 46'
3
Jesus Murillo

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2022-06-18 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2022-06-15 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2022-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2022-05-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-05-19 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-05-15 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Minnesota United FC W

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-06-18 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2022-05-28 Los Angeles FC 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-05-21 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-05-19 Los Angeles FC 1–2 Austin FC L 2022-05-14 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Los Angeles FC L 2022-05-08 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Philadelphia Union D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.33 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.92 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC46% Draw29% Los Angeles FC25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.25

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	66%	34%
± 2.5	39%	61%
± 3.5	20%	80%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

54%

Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC31% Draw51% Los Angeles FC18%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

12.8%

0 – 0

12.8%

2 – 0

0 – 1

8.5%

2 – 1

8.3%

1 – 2

5.7%

0 – 2

4.3%

2 – 2

3.9%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 1

3.7%

3 – 2

1.8%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	13%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	23%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	16%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

40% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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