Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 13 Sept 2026, 02:30 UTCScheduledPre-match analysis

LA Galaxy

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vsPre-match analysis

Seattle Sounders FC

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: LA Galaxy's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: Seattle Sounders FC's away-only shot average is below their full-season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

LA Galaxy's recent record differs from the season

moderate

LA Galaxy's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.35 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1 goals/match	1.35 goals/match	1.63 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Seattle Sounders FC have a visible away split

moderate

Seattle Sounders FC's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

11.4 shots/match▲ShotsAway only · Season13.5 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	11.4 shots/match	13.5 shots/match	13 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

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

5.35 corners/match●CornersLA Galaxy · Seattle Sounders FC5.33 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	LA Galaxy	Seattle Sounders FC	Baseline
Corners	5.35 corners/match	5.33 corners/match	4.78 corners/match

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

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1LA Galaxy

0Draws

0Seattle Sounders FC

17 May 2026Seattle Sounders — Los Angeles Galaxy · Major League Soccer0–2

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

LA Galaxy favored in 4 of 13 directional metrics · Seattle Sounders FC in 2 · 7 too close

1.35 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 17/151.27 goals/match

1.65 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 17/15▲1.27 goals/match

1.51 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 14/121.48 xG/match

1.38 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 14/121.33 xG/match

13.1 shots/matchShotsseason · 17/1513.5 shots/match

11.9 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 17/1513.1 shots/match

5.35 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 17/155.33 shots/match

4.71 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 17/154.53 shots/match

50.2%Possessionseason · 17/15●52.7%

5.35 corners/match●Cornersseason · 17/155.33 corners/match

3.35 corners/match▲Corners allowedseason · 17/156.27 corners/match

2.75 cards/matchCardsseason · 4/32 cards/match

9.82 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 17/159.07 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—

12%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 17/15▲33%

94%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 17/1580%

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.

LA Galaxy55

Seattle Sounders FC70

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

LA Galaxy51.7

Seattle Sounders FC53.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

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

LA Galaxy50.5

Seattle Sounders FC55

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

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

LA Galaxy51.7

Seattle Sounders FC48.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

LA Galaxy35.9

Seattle Sounders FC13.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 60%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

LA Galaxy75

Seattle Sounders FC70

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

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

LA Galaxy55.9

Seattle Sounders FC55.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

LA Galaxy17 matchesSeattle Sounders FC15 matches

1.35 goals/match▲Goals scored17/151.27 goals/match

1.65 goals/matchGoals allowed17/15▲1.27 goals/match

1.51 xG/matchExpected goals14/121.48 xG/match

13.1 shots/matchShots17/1513.5 shots/match

5.35 shots/matchShots on target17/155.33 shots/match

50.2%Possession17/15●52.7%

5.35 corners/match●Corners17/155.33 corners/match

2.75 cards/matchCards4/32 cards/match

9.82 fouls/matchFouls17/159.07 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

LA Galaxy9 matchesSeattle Sounders FC8 matches

1.22 goals/match▲Goals scored9/80.75 goals/match

1.56 goals/matchGoals allowed9/8▲0.88 goals/match

1.73 xG/match▲Expected goals7/61.1 xG/match

13.6 shots/match▲Shots9/811.4 shots/match

5.56 shots/match▲Shots on target9/84.38 shots/match

50.8%Possession9/8●53%

5.89 corners/match●Corners9/84.88 corners/match

—Cards2/2—

11.1 fouls/matchFouls9/810.1 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

52 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/152.1 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/10 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples17 / 15home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness52 daysstale at cutoff

At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 13 Sept 2026, 02:30 UTC · analysis-v4