Season Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.
Goals scored 1.59 – 1.26
Expected goals 1.27 – 1.39
Shots 14.2 – 12.9
Possession 46.6% – 49.2% Story Comparison H2H Evidence More football 30-second read
What the record shows The season records do not separate these clubs, so the strongest stored context is their shared history: 5 meetings, 2 to Los Angeles FC, 2 drawn, 1 to Los Angeles Galaxy. Past meetings are history, not a forecast.
Metric comparison
Team comparison Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.
Where the edge is Season: Los Angeles FC favored in 7 of 13 directional metrics · LA Galaxy in 3 · 3 too close
▲ recorded edge● higher value (descriptive)
Season Last 10 Last 5 Home–Away Style profile Rest and recent workload
Los Angeles FC 27 matches LA Galaxy 27 matches
1.59 goals/match ▲ Goals scored27/27 1.26 goals/match
1.07 goals/match ▲ Goals allowed27/27 1.56 goals/match
1.27 xG/match Expected goals24/24 ▲ 1.39 xG/match
14.2 shots/match ▲ Shots27/27 12.9 shots/match
4.74 shots/match Shots on target27/27 ▲ 5.15 shots/match
46.6% Possession27/27 ● 49.2%
6.33 corners/match ● Corners27/27 5.3 corners/match
2.5 cards/match Cards6/9 2.89 cards/match
10.8 fouls/match Fouls27/27 10.5 fouls/match
Los Angeles FC 10 matches LA Galaxy 10 matches
1.3 goals/match ▲ Goals scored10/10 1.1 goals/match
1.1 goals/match ▲ Goals allowed10/10 1.4 goals/match
1.3 xG/match ▲ Expected goals10/10 1.23 xG/match
14.7 shots/match ▲ Shots10/10 12.4 shots/match
4.7 shots/match Shots on target10/10 4.8 shots/match
46.8% Possession10/10 ● 47.4%
7.2 corners/match ● Corners10/10 5.2 corners/match
3 cards/match Cards3/4 2.5 cards/match
9.7 fouls/match Fouls10/10 11.7 fouls/match
Los Angeles FC 5 matches LA Galaxy 5 matches
1.4 goals/match Goals scored5/5 1.4 goals/match
1.4 goals/match ▲ Goals allowed5/5 2 goals/match
1.53 xG/match ▲ Expected goals5/5 1.29 xG/match
15 shots/match ▲ Shots5/5 13.8 shots/match
5 shots/match Shots on target5/5 5 shots/match
8.2 corners/match ● Corners5/5 6 corners/match
8 fouls/match Fouls5/5 11.2 fouls/match
Los Angeles FC 13 matches LA Galaxy 14 matches
1.92 goals/match ▲ Goals scored13/14 1.36 goals/match
0.85 goals/match ▲ Goals allowed13/14 1.86 goals/match
1.31 xG/match ▲ Expected goals11/13 1.19 xG/match
15.1 shots/match ▲ Shots13/14 12.2 shots/match
5.15 shots/match ▲ Shots on target13/14 4.64 shots/match
45.8% Possession13/14 ● 48.9%
6.85 corners/match ● Corners13/14 5.14 corners/match
2.25 cards/match Cards4/5 2 cards/match
12.2 fouls/match Fouls13/14 10 fouls/match
Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.
Possession control Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Attacking volume Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Defensive resistance Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Directness proxy Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Physicality Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 61% Set-piece relevance Corner volume relative to competition peers.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Tempo and pressure proxy Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100% Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 0 matches 36.1 days Rest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/1 36 days
Los Angeles FC / LA Galaxy
History
Head-to-head Recent meetings between these teams.
Last 5 meetings
2 Los Angeles FC
2 Draws
1 LA Galaxy
18 Jul 2026 LA Galaxy — Los Angeles FC · Major League Soccer 0–3
20 Jul 2025 Los Angeles FC — LA Galaxy · Major League Soccer 3–3
19 May 2025 LA Galaxy — Los Angeles FC · Major League Soccer 2–2
15 Sept 2024 LA Galaxy — Los Angeles FC · Major League Soccer 4–2
5 Jul 2024 LA Galaxy — Los Angeles FC · Major League Soccer 1–2
Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis Grade B · Useful evidence Useful evidence — limited
Season samples 27 / 27 home / away teams
Recent samples 5 / 5 last-five windows
Freshness 36 days stale 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: Mon, 26 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC · analysis-v4 Team rankings in Major League Soccer 
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