Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

3 – 0

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Los Angeles Galaxy

Thu 15 Sep 2022 · 02:00 UTC BC Place HT 45' · FT 45'

Leonard Owusu 7' Y

Luis Martins 38' Y

Luis Martins 39' Y

Pedro Vite 62' Y

Y 63' Victor Vazquez

Sebastian Berhalter 82' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS at BC Place.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 games · 34 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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2022-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2022-08-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 5–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-08-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2021-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-06-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–0	W
11 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–3	L
05 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2	L
28 Aug	Nashville SC	H	0–3	L
21 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
18 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–1	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–3	L
10 Sep	Nashville SC	A	1–1	D
05 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–2	D
31 Aug	Toronto FC	A	2–2	D
29 Aug	New England Revolution	A	2–1	W
20 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–3	D

Season Stats

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Los Angeles Galaxy
#16	Position	#27
34	Points	22
17	Played	19
10 / 4 / 3	W / D / L	5 / 7 / 7
38	Scored	24
17	Conceded	29
+21	GD	-5
2.00	PPG	1.16
59%	Win %	26%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Vancouver Whitecaps FC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Vancouver Whitecaps FC are 16th (34 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/1

31-45

2/5

46-60

1/4

61-75

3/–

76+

7/2

■ 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)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Brian White	10 G
Sebastian Berhalter	6 G	4 A
Thomas Muller	4 G	1 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A
Klauss	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Los Angeles Galaxy has kicked off!
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Vancouver Whitecaps FC that had 279 games and scored 428 goals.
7' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Leonard Owusu.
12' With 0 assists to his name this season, Javier Hernandez is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
17' Ryan Raposo has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
22' Los Angeles Galaxy have won 480 goals from 282 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
27' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
32' The 29-year-old Leonard Owusu has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
37' Uruguay international Martin Caceres has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
38' Luis Martins has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 38.
39' That is a Yellow card for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Luis Martins will be fuming at that decision.
44' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
49' Vancouver Whitecaps FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
54' Jonathan Bond is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles Galaxy tonight.
57' The deadlock is broken! Ryan Gauld gets on the scoresheet on 57 minutes.
58' Ryan Gauld with the second goal in the match!
62' It’s a booking for Vancouver Whitecaps FC player. Pedro Vite gets a Yellow card.
63' Victor Vazquez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 63.
64' It is a substitution in Vancouver Whitecaps FC team. Ryan Raposo is replaced by Julian Gressel on 64 minute.
65' Victor Vazquez makes way for Dejan Joveljic at the 65 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles Galaxy.
68' What a strike from Pedro Vite! The score is 3-0.
69' Pedro Vite doubles the advantage! 4-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
70' Time for substitution for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Leonard Owusu is replaced by Sebastian Berhalter.
75' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Joseph Paintsil scoring 1 goals.
80' Brian White makes way for Tosaint Ricketts at the 80 minute mark. A tactical switch from Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
82' The referee has no hesitation. Sebastian Berhalter is booked for Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Yellow card on 82.
86' Tosaint Ricketts doubles the advantage! 5-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
86' The whistle greets Riqui Puig as he departs to be replaced by Sacha Kljestan.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Vancouver Whitecaps FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Lineups

Starting XI

14
Luis Martins ↓ Marcus Godinho 70'
24
Brian White ↓ Tosaint Ricketts 80'
20
Andres Cubas
6
Tristan Blackmon
25
Ryan Gauld
1
Thomas Hasal
17
Leonard Owusu ↓ Sebastian Berhalter 70'
4
Ranko Veselinovic
27
Ryan Raposo ↓ Julian Gressel 64'
28
Jakob Nerwinski
45
Pedro Vite ↓ Russell Teibert 80'

Bench

Coach Vanni Sartini

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

1
Jonathan Bond
14
Javier Hernandez ↓ Efrain Alvarez 80'
3
Derrick Williams
9
Kevin Cabral ↓ Samuel Grandsir 65'
22
Martin Caceres
5
Gaston Brugman ↓ Douglas Costa 80'
6
Riqui Puig ↓ Sacha Kljestan 86'
8
Marky Delgado
7
Victor Vazquez ↓ Dejan Joveljic 65'
77
Chase Gasper
2
Julian Araujo

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Joseph Paintsil	5
Ryan Gauld	5
Tosaint Ricketts	4
Brian White	4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Javier Hernandez	3
Samuel Grandsir	2
Fredy Montero	2

Head to Head

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Form

2022-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-09-11 Colorado Rapids SC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2022-08-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Nashville SC L 2022-08-21 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2022-08-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2022-09-15 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2022-09-10 Nashville SC 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2022-09-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-08-31 Toronto FC 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2022-08-29 New England Revolution 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-08-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Seattle Sounders FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.09 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 62% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vancouver Whitecaps FC57% Draw23% Los Angeles Galaxy20%

Actual: Vancouver Whitecaps FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.27

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Draw

80%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

43%

Vancouver Whitecaps FC or Los Angeles Galaxy

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Vancouver Whitecaps FC44% Draw40% Los Angeles Galaxy16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

1 – 0

7.8%

3 – 1

6.9%

3 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

5.3%

2 – 2

5.1%

1 – 2

4.8%

4 – 1

3.8%

3 – 2

3.8%

0 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Handicap	Vancouver Whitecaps FC covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	22%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Vancouver Whitecaps FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✗

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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