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 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

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
#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' What a night it is going to be! Seattle Sounders FC welcome Los Angeles FC for this crunch clash at Lumen Field.
5' Seattle Sounders FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' It is a cagey affair so far. Seattle Sounders FC in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles FC's compact .
15' Los Angeles FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
16' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jose Cifuentes on 16 minutes.
21' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
26' 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.
31' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
36' Los Angeles FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
41' Seattle Sounders FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
46' The whistle greets Kwadwo Opoku as he departs to be replaced by Carlos Vela.
51' Daniel Musovski has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
56' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
58' Goal! Albert Rusnak scores his 77 goal in 288 matches.
63' The 27-year-old Jackson Ragen has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
65' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Franco Escobar on, Ryan Hollingshead off on 65 minutes.
67' Seattle Sounders FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Will Bruin is hanging Fredy Montero on the field on 67 minute.
72' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
74' Fresh legs for Seattle Sounders FC! Kelyn Rowe comes on to replace Xavier Arreaga.
77' Nicolas Lodeiro picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
79' The Colombia Cristian Arango breaks the deadlock on 79 minutes. 1-1!
80' Francisco Ginella gets the nod from Los Angeles FC. He replaces Jose Cifuentes and will look to change the dynamic.
85' Jose Cifuentes is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
88' Leo Chu has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jordan Morris on 88 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
Jordan Morris	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	5
Carlos Vela	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

1.29 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.13 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC 71% + Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC42% Draw29% Los Angeles FC29%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.42

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

71%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

58%

Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC28% Draw50% Los Angeles FC22%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

11%

1 – 0

10.4%

0 – 1

8.9%

2 – 1

8.1%

2 – 0

7.2%

1 – 2

0 – 2

5.5%

2 – 2

4.6%

3 – 1

3.5%

3 – 0

3.1%

1 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	12%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	21%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	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

28% ✓

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