Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at Lumen Field.
- Seattle Sounders FC 13 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
- Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–2 L 14 May San Jose Earthquakes H 3–2 W 10 May San Diego FC H 1–1 D 02 May Sporting Kansas City A 1–1 D 26 Apr FC Dallas H 2–1 W 19 Apr St. Louis City H 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Seattle Sounders FC A 2–0 W 14 May Sporting Kansas City A 1–3 L 09 May Atlanta United FC A 0–0 D 03 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–1 D 26 Apr Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W 23 Apr Columbus Crew SC A 1–2 L Season Stats
Seattle Sounders FC Los Angeles Galaxy #21 Position #24 24 Points 20 13 Played 15 7 / 3 / 3 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 17 Scored 22 11 Conceded 22 +6 GD +0 1.85 PPG 1.33 54% Win % 33% Key Stats
61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this seasonSeattle Sounders FC are 21st (24 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Seattle Sounders FC0-152/116-302/331-452/146-602/–61-75–/176+4/3■ Scored ■ ConcededLos Angeles Galaxy0-151/116-302/–31-454/546-602/261-75–/276+5/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles Galaxy has kicked off!
- 5' Jordan Morris needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 10 Yellow cards this season.
- 10' Elijah Wynder has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 12' A meaty challenge results in booking for Justin Haak on 12.
- 17' 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.
- 22' Seattle Sounders FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 23' Los Angeles Galaxy is taking the lead after the goal scored by Gabriel Pec on 23.
- 28' It’s high time Greg Vanney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 33' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 277 games and scored 477 goals.
- 38' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
- 43' 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.
- 44' Seattle Sounders FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 44.
- 45' Miki Yamane is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
- 50' Seattle Sounders FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Joseph Paintsil made 316 appearances and scored 58 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andrew Thomas, as he is very good at scoring at Lumen Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 65' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 70' 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.
- 75' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Gabriel Pec scoring 1 goals.
- 80' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
- 89' It’s a booking for Los Angeles Galaxy player. J.T. Marcinkowski gets a card.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-2.
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Lineups
Seattle Sounders FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 9
- 5
- 13
- 17
- 31
- 26
- 19
- 25
- 35
- 37
- 45
Bench
- 11
- 24
- 7
- 14
- 33
- 85
- 95
- 20
- 90
Coach Brian SchmetzerLos Angeles Galaxy Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 18
- 27
- 12
- 28
- 2
- 14
- 6
- 15
- 11
- 5
- 22
Bench
- 4
- 1
- 9
- 16
- 20
- 19
- 24
- 8
- 26
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Raul Ruidiaz 8 Jordan Morris 6 Cristian Roldan 6 Javier Hernandez 4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4 Danny Musovski 3 Yeimar Gomez 2 Gabriel Pec 2 Head to Head
Seattle Sounders FC Form
2026-05-17 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-05-14 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-05-10 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 San Diego FC D 2026-05-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2026-04-26 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 FC Dallas W 2026-04-19 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 St. Louis City WLos Angeles Galaxy Form
2026-05-17 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-05-14 Sporting Kansas City 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-05-09 Atlanta United FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-05-03 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2026-04-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.37 Seattle Sounders FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.98 Los Angeles Galaxy xGI would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 59%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Los Angeles Galaxy winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.35Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 68% 32% ± 2.5 41% 59% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 10% 90% Double Chance
Seattle Sounders FC or Draw 72%Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy 58%Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles Galaxy 70%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.7%1 – 0 12%0 – 0 11.7%2 – 0 8.7%2 – 1 8.5%0 – 1 8.2%1 – 2 6%0 – 2 Actual2 – 2 4.2%3 – 1 3.9%3 – 0 3.9%3 – 2 2%Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC
Handicap Seattle Sounders FC covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers -2.5 8% — 92% -2 8% 13% 78% -1.5 22% — 78% -1 22% 23% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 75% — 25% +1 75% 16% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 7% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet 38% ✓Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet 26% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.