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

Match Preview

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

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

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

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
#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' Welcome to Lumen Field that hosts another battle between Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Steven Cherundolo will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Francisco Ginella is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Seattle Sounders FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
16' The referee has no hesitation. Jose Cifuentes is booked for Los Angeles FC — Yellow card on 16.
21' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
26' Los Angeles FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
31' Both keepers have barely been tested. Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
36' A quiet spell here at Lumen Field. Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
41' It is a cagey affair so far. Seattle Sounders FC in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles FC's compact .
46' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Carlos Vela comes on to replace Kwadwo Opoku.
51' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
58' The Slovakia Albert Rusnak breaks the deadlock on 58 minutes. 1-0!
63' 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.
65' Ryan Hollingshead makes way for Franco Escobar at the 65 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
67' Fredy Montero makes way for Will Bruin at the 67 minute mark. A tactical switch from Seattle Sounders FC.
72' Seattle Sounders FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles FC backline.
74' Kelyn Rowe is replacing Xavier Arreaga for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
77' That is a Yellow card for Seattle Sounders FC. Nicolas Lodeiro will be fuming at that decision.
79' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Cristian Arango makes it 1-1.
80' Francisco Ginella gets the nod from Los Angeles FC. He replaces Jose Cifuentes and will look to change the dynamic.
85' Stefan Frei has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 37 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
88' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Jordan Morris is replaced by Leo Chu.
It finishes all square. Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC share the spoils 1-1.

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
Eduard Atuesta	3
Mateusz Bogusz	3
Denis Bouanga	3
Raul Ruidiaz	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

3 / 4

1.35 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.14 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC 72% + Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC43% Draw28% Los Angeles FC29%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.49

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

71%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

57%

Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC29% Draw49% Los Angeles FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

10.4%

1 – 0

10.1%

0 – 1

8.4%

2 – 1

8.3%

2 – 0

7.3%

1 – 2

0 – 2

5.2%

2 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

3.8%

3 – 0

3.2%

1 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	21%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	18%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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