Major League Soccer

Mar 19, 2022 at 7.30pm UK

The Home Depot Center

LA Galaxy
0 - 1
Orlando City

FT(HT: 0-1)

Torres (9')
Ruan (44'), Moutinho (70'), Araujo (90+3')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Major League Soccer clash between Los Angeles Galaxy and Orlando City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy

Last Six:

Last Game: LA Galaxy 4-1 Austin
Sunday, May 29 at 11pm in Major League Soccer

Next Game: LA Galaxy vs. Portland
Saturday, June 18 at 10pm in Major League Soccer

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
2	Real Salt Lake	15	-1	25
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	14	1	23
4	Colorado Rapids	14	2	18

We said: Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Orlando City

Given the quality in each of their ranks, we predict a close encounter on Saturday between two well-matched sides. LA Galaxy have been slightly more convincing in the early stages of the campaign, and for that reason, alongside the benefit of home advantage, we fancy them to scrape a narrow win. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Los Angeles Galaxy win with a probability of 48.35%. A win for Orlando City had a probability of 26.85% and a draw had a probability of 24.8%.

The most likely scoreline for a Los Angeles Galaxy win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.4%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.44%) and 2-0 (8.35%). The likeliest Orlando City win was 0-1 (7.33%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.76%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7.3% likelihood.

Result
Los Angeles Galaxy	Draw	Orlando City
48.35%	24.8%	26.85%

Both teams to score 54.13%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.52%

48.48%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.39%

70.61%

Los Angeles Galaxy Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.91%

20.09%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.67%

52.33%

Orlando City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.74%

32.26%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.24%

68.76%

Score Analysis

Los Angeles Galaxy 48.35%

Orlando City 26.85%

Draw 24.79%

Los Angeles Galaxy	Draw	Orlando City
1-0 @ 10.4% 2-1 @ 9.44% 2-0 @ 8.35% 3-1 @ 5.05% 3-0 @ 4.47% 3-2 @ 2.86% 4-1 @ 2.03% 4-0 @ 1.79% 4-2 @ 1.15% Other @ 2.82% Total : 48.35%	1-1 @ 11.76% 0-0 @ 6.48% 2-2 @ 5.34% 3-3 @ 1.08% Other @ 0.13% Total : 24.79%	0-1 @ 7.33% 1-2 @ 6.66% 0-2 @ 4.15% 1-3 @ 2.51% 2-3 @ 2.02% 0-3 @ 1.56% Other @ 2.62% Total : 26.85%