Major League Soccer · 2026Dignity Health Sports Park
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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo drew 1–1.

Shots
1810
Shots on target
65
Expected goals
2.270.91
Possession
55%45%

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots18 shots10 shotsLA Galaxy 18 shots, Houston Dynamo 10 shots
  • Shots on target6 shots5 shotsLA Galaxy 6 shots, Houston Dynamo 5 shots
  • Expected goals2.27 xG0.91 xGLA Galaxy 2.27 xG, Houston Dynamo 0.91 xG
  • Possession55%45%LA Galaxy 55%, Houston Dynamo 45%
  • Corners8 corners2 cornersLA Galaxy 8 corners, Houston Dynamo 2 corners
  • Fouls6 fouls9 foulsLA Galaxy 6 fouls, Houston Dynamo 9 fouls
  • Yellow cards1 card3 cardsLA Galaxy 1 card, Houston Dynamo 3 cards

Full time

What the match recorded

Los Angeles Galaxy and Houston Dynamo drew 1–1. Recorded in this match (Los Angeles Galaxy – Houston Dynamo): shots 18–10, shots on target 6–5, expected goals 2.27–0.91, possession 55%–45%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Recent scheduling adds useful context

weak

A compressed recent schedule is recorded for Houston Dynamo.

7.05 days Rest daysLos Angeles Galaxy · Houston Dynamo7.08 days
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Rest days and completed matches in the prior 14 days are shown directly.

Window: previous 14 days

MetricLos Angeles GalaxyHouston DynamoBaseline
Rest days7.05 days7.08 days
Matches last 14 days2 matches3 matches

Caveat: The database does not describe travel, rotation decisions or player-level workload.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1LA Galaxy
3Draws
1Houston Dynamo
Houston DynamoLA Galaxy · Major League Soccer11
LA GalaxyHouston Dynamo · Major League Soccer11
Houston DynamoLA Galaxy · Major League Soccer21
LA GalaxyHouston Dynamo · Major League Soccer21
LA GalaxyHouston Dynamo · Major League Soccer00

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: LA Galaxy favored in 7 of 11 directional metrics · Houston Dynamo in 1 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

LA Galaxy15 matchesHouston Dynamo14 matches
1.47 goals/match Goals scored15/141.36 goals/match
1.47 goals/match Goals allowed15/141.64 goals/match
1.62 xG/match Expected goals12/121.08 xG/match
13.5 shots/matchShots15/1413 shots/match
5.73 shots/match Shots on target15/144.86 shots/match
49.9% Possession15/1443%
5.2 corners/match Corners15/144.5 corners/match
2.75 cards/matchCards4/63 cards/match
9.53 fouls/matchFouls15/1410.5 fouls/match

Style profile

Style profile

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

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

LA Galaxy58.3
Houston Dynamo5.0
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

LA Galaxy61.7
Houston Dynamo44.4
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

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

LA Galaxy63.9
Houston Dynamo48.9
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

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

LA Galaxy51.7
Houston Dynamo85.0
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

LA Galaxy32.5
Houston Dynamo50.0
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 63%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

LA Galaxy60.0
Houston Dynamo28.3
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

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

LA Galaxy53.8
Houston Dynamo39.1
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7.05 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.08 days
2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/13 matches

LA Galaxy / Houston Dynamo

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidenceready
Season samples15 / 14home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 24 May 2026, 06:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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