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Major League Soccer · 2026

Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles FC · Major League Soccer

vsPre-match analysis

Season

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Goals scored
1.31.54
Expected goals
1.341.25
Shots
13.714.1
Possession
51.1%46.7%

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What the record shows

The story here is recent context rather than season averages: seattle Sounders's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Seattle Sounders's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Seattle Sounders's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

2.2 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.3 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

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

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for2.2 goals/match1.3 goals/match1.53 goals/match

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

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Seattle Sounders FC favored in 3 of 13 directional metrics · Los Angeles FC in 7 · 3 too close

recorded edge higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Seattle Sounders FC27 matchesLos Angeles FC28 matches
1.3 goals/matchGoals scored27/28▲ 1.54 goals/match
1.3 goals/matchGoals allowed27/28▲ 1.07 goals/match
1.34 xG/match ▲Expected goals24/251.25 xG/match
13.7 shots/matchShots27/2814.1 shots/match
5.04 shots/match ▲Shots on target27/284.68 shots/match
51.1% ●Possession27/2846.7%
5.3 corners/matchCorners27/28● 6.18 corners/match
2.25 cards/matchCards4/62.5 cards/match
10.3 fouls/matchFouls27/2810.9 fouls/match

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Seattle Sounders FC
1Draws
3Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer1–0
Los Angeles FC — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer4–0
Seattle Sounders FC — Los Angeles FC · Major League Soccer5–2
Los Angeles FC — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer1–1
Seattle Sounders FC — Los Angeles FC · Major League Soccer0–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited
Season samples27 / 28home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
Freshness42 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, 8 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in Major League Soccer

Goals per match rankingxG per match rankingShots per match ranking
TeamsSeattle Sounders FCLos Angeles FC
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Head-to-headSeattle Sounders FC — Los Angeles FC
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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