Match Report
2 points and 2 places separated them: Portland Timbers 8th with 32, LA Galaxy 10th with 30. On recent form Portland Timbers sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Against a league average of 1.6 goals per team per game, Portland Timbers ran at 1.88 scored and 1.88 conceded, LA Galaxy at 1.19 and 1.54.
Portland Timbers arrived off three straight defeats.
12 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Portland Timbers 5, draws 3, LA Galaxy 4, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.
The venue was Providence Park, with room for 25,218 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Portland Timbers: Kristoffer Velde (13') · LA Galaxy: João Klauss (30')
Key stats
Possession: Portland Timbers 34% · LA Galaxy 66% · Total shots: 8-22 · On target: 2-7 · Corners: 2-9