Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 8 Mar 2026, 03:30 UTCFull timeBMO StadiumFull-time recap

Los Angeles FC

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FC Dallas

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Los Angeles FC	FC Dallas
Shots	8 shots/match	14 shots/match▲
Shots on target	5 shots/match	5 shots/match
Possession	61%	39%
Corners	4 corners/match	7 corners/match
Fouls	13 fouls/match	14 fouls/match
Yellow cards	2 cards/match	2 cards/match

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Los Angeles FC have recorded the higher season possession share. A second useful context is: Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Los Angeles FC have recorded the higher season possession share.

54.7%▲PossessionLos Angeles FC · FC Dallas43.7%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 11.0 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Los Angeles FC	FC Dallas	Baseline
Possession	54.7%	43.7%	49.3%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Both teams have elevated fouls records

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Each team's season fouls average is above the competition baseline.

13.7 fouls/match▲FoulsLos Angeles FC · FC Dallas14 fouls/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Los Angeles FC	FC Dallas	Baseline
Fouls	13.7 fouls/match	14 fouls/match	12.3 fouls/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Los Angeles FC favored in 0 of 14 directional metrics · FC Dallas in 0 · 14 too close

2 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 3/31 goals/match

0 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 3/31 goals/match

—Expected goalsseason · 0/0—

—Expected goals allowedseason · 0/0—

13.7 shots/matchShotsseason · 3/312 shots/match

12.7 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 3/39 shots/match

5.67 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 3/33.33 shots/match

3.67 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 3/33.67 shots/match

54.7%Possessionseason · 3/343.7%

5.33 corners/matchCornersseason · 3/34.67 corners/match

4.67 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 3/34.67 corners/match

2 cards/matchCardsseason · 3/32 cards/match

13.7 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 3/314 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

100%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 3/333%

100%Scoring frequencyseason · 3/333%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Los Angeles FC75

FC Dallas20.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Los Angeles FC79.9

FC Dallas29.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Los Angeles FC68.8

FC Dallas68.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Los Angeles FC56.2

FC Dallas85.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Los Angeles FC56.2

FC Dallas62.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Los Angeles FC54.2

FC Dallas39.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Los Angeles FC70.3

FC Dallas44.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

3 / 3 matches

2 goals/match▲Goals scored3/31 goals/match

0 goals/match▲Goals allowed3/31 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13.7 shots/match▲Shots3/312 shots/match

5.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/33.33 shots/match

54.7%Possession3/343.7%

5.33 corners/matchCorners3/34.67 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

13.7 fouls/matchFouls3/314 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

3 / 3 matches

2 goals/match▲Goals scored3/31 goals/match

0 goals/match▲Goals allowed3/31 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13.7 shots/match▲Shots3/312 shots/match

5.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/33.33 shots/match

54.7%Possession3/343.7%

5.33 corners/matchCorners3/34.67 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

13.7 fouls/matchFouls3/314 fouls/match

Window

Season

3 / 3 matches

2 goals/match▲Goals scored3/31 goals/match

0 goals/match▲Goals allowed3/31 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13.7 shots/match▲Shots3/312 shots/match

5.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/33.33 shots/match

54.7%Possession3/343.7%

5.33 corners/matchCorners3/34.67 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

13.7 fouls/matchFouls3/314 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

2 / 1 matches

—Goals scored2/1—

—Goals allowed2/1—

—Expected goals0/0—

—Shots2/1—

—Shots on target2/1—

—Possession2/1—

—Corners2/1—

—Cards2/1—

—Fouls2/1—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7.08 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.08 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 8 Mar 2026, 07:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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