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

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MLS · 2021

Seattle Sounders FC

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Mon 3 May 2021 · 01:00 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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

Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Seattle Sounders FC 18 games · Avg 3.4 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-03 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-11-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-09-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-09-01 Seattle Sounders FC 4–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-08-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
13 Dec	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
08 Dec	Minnesota United FC	H	3–2	W
02 Dec	FC Dallas	H	1–0	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L
25 Apr	New York Red Bulls	H	3–2	W
18 Apr	Internacional CF Miami	A	3–2	W
08 Nov	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–3	L
05 Nov	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
02 Nov	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Los Angeles Galaxy
#24	Position	#27
24	Points	22
17	Played	19
7 / 3 / 7	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
20	Scored	24
22	Conceded	29
-2	GD	-5
1.41	PPG	1.16
41%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

72% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

4/8

46-60

2/3

61-75

–/4

76+

6/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Lumen Field. Seattle Sounders FC are looking to make home advantage count against Los Angeles Galaxy.
5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Greg Vanney might look to freshen things up shortly.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jorge Villafana, as he is very good at scoring at Lumen Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
15' Stefan Frei has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
20' Raul Ruidiaz puts Seattle Sounders FC on the lead.
23' Goal! Brad Smith scores his 7 goal in 288 matches.
28' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles Galaxy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
33' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
38' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Los Angeles Galaxy winning 0% of all matches.
43' 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.
46' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. Derrick Williams is withdrawn and Sacha Kljestan gets his opportunity.
51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
56' It’s high time Greg Vanney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
61' Both keepers have barely been tested. Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles Galaxy are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
65' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Cameron Dunbar is hanging Victor Vazquez on the field on 65 minute.
66' Will Bruin makes way for Nicolas Lodeiro at the 66 minute mark. A tactical switch from Seattle Sounders FC.
71' The home supporters are growing impatient. Seattle Sounders FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
76' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
81' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
86' Joao Paulo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 24 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-0.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Raul Ruidiaz	8
Cristian Roldan	6
Jordan Morris	6
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Javier Hernandez	4
Danny Musovski	3
Yeimar Gomez	2
Gabriel Pec	2

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

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 2020-12-13 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-12-08 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 Minnesota United FC W 2020-12-02 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 FC Dallas W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2021-05-03 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-04-25 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 New York Red Bulls W 2021-04-18 Internacional CF Miami 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-11-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-11-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2020-11-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.06 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.98 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC to win 61% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC61% Draw22% Los Angeles Galaxy17%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.04

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

83%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

39%

Seattle Sounders FC or Los Angeles Galaxy

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC44% Draw42% Los Angeles Galaxy14%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.5%

2 – 0

10%

2 – 1

9.6%

1 – 0

9.3%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.6%

0 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

4.7%

1 – 2

4.6%

0 – 1

4 – 0

3.5%

4 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	19%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	23%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	10%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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