Toronto FC vs Los Angeles FC, 2018
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Overview
Match Preview
Toronto FC vs Los Angeles FC — MLS .
- Toronto FC 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
- Los Angeles FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Sorin Stoica
- Referee Ted Unkel
- Referee Brian Dunn
- Referee Oscar Mitchell Carvalho
- Referee Kevin Terry Jr.
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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Sep Los Angeles FC H 2–4 L 30 Aug Portland Timbers A 0–2 L 26 Aug Montreal Impact FC H 3–1 W 19 Aug San Jose Earthquakes A 1–1 D 12 Aug New York City FC H 2–3 L 04 Aug Atlanta United FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Sep Toronto FC A 4–2 W 25 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 D 20 Aug Colorado Rapids SC H 2–0 W 16 Aug Real Salt Lake H 2–0 W 12 Aug Sporting Kansas City H 0–2 L 05 Aug New York Red Bulls A 1–2 L Season Stats
Toronto FC Los Angeles FC #11 Position #20 14 Points 24 14 Played 15 3 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 7 / 3 / 5 22 Scored 24 29 Conceded 17 -7 GD +7 1.00 PPG 1.60 21% Win % 47% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history7% Clean Sheets
Toronto FC this season60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this seasonToronto FC are 11th (14 pts). Los Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Toronto FC0-151/116-301/331-451/346-602/561-754/476+5/5■ Scored ■ ConcededLos Angeles FC0-151/316-304/231-452/246-601/561-753/276+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Toronto FC and Los Angeles FC.
- 5' Jonathan Osorio needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 10' The travelling Los Angeles FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' Dejan Jakovic has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 30' Toronto FC is showing some good football. However, Toronto FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 35' Toronto FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
- 40' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tristan Blackmon suffering a number of foals already.
- 45' Toronto 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.
- 50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 60' It looks surprising Toronto FC does not make any changes. Eduard Atuesta has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 65' 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.
- 70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 75' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Drew Moor made 261 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 80' 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.
- 85' Los Angeles FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 90' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Toronto FC that had 261 games and scored 355 goals.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-4.
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Lineups
Toronto FC Lineups
Starting XI
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- 2
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15
Eriq Zavaleta ↓ Jay Chapman 68'
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- 4
- 21
- 18
- 10
- 17
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7
Victor Vazquez ↓ Lucas Janson 27'
Bench
- 25
- 5
- 6
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14
Jay Chapman ↑ 68'
- 87
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16
Lucas Janson ↑ 27'
- 11
Coach Greg VanneyLos Angeles FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
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21
Marcos Urena ↓ Joao Moutinho 79'
- 20
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8
Andre Horta ↓ Benny Feilhaber 63'
- 3
- 2
- 24
- 25
- 1
- 9
- 5
Bench
- 18
- 12
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33
Benny Feilhaber ↑ 63'
- 7
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44
Joao Moutinho ↑ 79'
- 13
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27
Tristan Blackmon ↑ 87'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Carlos Vela 3 Jozy Altidore 2 Carlos Vela 2 Jozy Altidore 2 Lee Nguyen 1 Diego Rossi 1 Lee Nguyen 1 Diego Rossi 1 Head to Head
Toronto FC Form
Los Angeles FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.65 Toronto FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.58 Los Angeles FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 74%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Los Angeles FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.23Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 92% 8% ± 2.5 78% 22% ± 3.5 60% 40% ± 4.5 41% 59% Double Chance
Toronto FC or Draw 49%Draw or Los Angeles FC 73%Toronto FC or Los Angeles FC 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Los Angeles FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 2 7.8%1 – 1 7%1 – 3 6.6%2 – 2 6.3%2 – 3 5.4%2 – 1 5.1%0 – 2 5%1 – 4 4.3%0 – 3 4.1%2 – 4 Actual3 – 2 3.5%0 – 1 3.5%Asian Handicap — Toronto FC
Handicap Toronto FC covers Push Los Angeles FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 7% 89% -1.5 11% — 89% -1 11% 12% 76% -0.5 24% — 76% +0.5 44% — 56% +1 44% 19% 37% +1.5 63% — 37% +2 63% 16% 21% +2.5 79% — 21% Clean Sheet
Toronto FC keeps clean sheet 8% ✓Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet 20% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.