Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer | Gameweek 20

Jul 31, 2021 at 3am UK

The Home Depot Center

LA Galaxy
4 - 1
Portland

Raveloson (27'), Vazquez (34'), Kljestan (53' pen.), Grandsir (56')
Villafana (62')

FT(HT: 2-1)

Ebobisse (29')
van Rankin (74'), Chara (83'), Mabiala (90+6')

The Match

Preview

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

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 43.77%. A win for Portland Timbers had a probability of 31.72% and a draw had a probability of 24.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Los Angeles Galaxy win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.09%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.71%) and 2-0 (6.91%). The likeliest Portland Timbers win was 1-2 (7.54%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.46%). The actual scoreline of 4-1 was predicted with a 1.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Los Angeles Galaxy would win this match.

Result
Los Angeles Galaxy	Draw	Portland Timbers
43.77%	24.51%	31.72%

Both teams to score 58.2%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.46%

44.54%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.09%

66.91%

Los Angeles Galaxy Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.54%

20.46%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

47.07%

52.93%

Portland Timbers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.17%

26.83%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.87%

62.12%

Score Analysis

Los Angeles Galaxy 43.77%

Portland Timbers 31.72%

Draw 24.51%

Los Angeles Galaxy	Draw	Portland Timbers
2-1 @ 9.09% 1-0 @ 8.71% 2-0 @ 6.91% 3-1 @ 4.81% 3-0 @ 3.65% 3-2 @ 3.16% 4-1 @ 1.91% 4-0 @ 1.45% 4-2 @ 1.26% Other @ 2.82% Total : 43.77%	1-1 @ 11.46% 2-2 @ 5.98% 0-0 @ 5.49% 3-3 @ 1.39% Other @ 0.2% Total : 24.51%	1-2 @ 7.54% 0-1 @ 7.22% 0-2 @ 4.75% 1-3 @ 3.31% 2-3 @ 2.62% 0-3 @ 2.08% 1-4 @ 1.09% Other @ 3.1% Total : 31.72%

How you voted: LA Galaxy vs Portland

Los Angeles Galaxy

42.9%

Draw

40.0%

Portland Timbers

17.1%