San Diego v LA Galaxy

San Diego v LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer ended 3:1. Here you will find the final score, the goals and goalscorers, every key moment of the match, the full statistics with xG and the video highlights. See the match prediction or browse the full fixture list.

Prediction and probabilities: San Diego v LA Galaxy

How the models performed

Pro AI (XGBoost) predicted Home win · San Diego at 53.4% - the match finished 3:1, so the prediction was correct.
Model 1 · San Diego X 2 · LA Galaxy Prediction Result
ELO + Poisson 57.2% 22.1% 20.7% Home win · San Diego ✔ Correct
Pro AI (XGBoost) 53.4% 23.4% 23.3% Home win · San Diego ✔ Correct
Data Providers 45.0% 45.0% 10.0% Home win · San Diego ✔ Correct
Final score 3:1 Home win · San Diego
Predictions are published before kick-off and are never edited afterwards. For information purposes only – not betting advice. 18+ · Methodology

Closing odds

Before kick-off the bookmakers were offering average odds of 1.73 on a San Diego win, 4.21 on the draw and 4.02 on a LA Galaxy win (closing odds).
Market Avg odds Best Market % Model %
San Diego win 1.73 1.84 10Bet 57.8% 53.4%
Draw 4.21 4.55 Pinnacle 23.8% 23.4%
LA Galaxy win 4.02 4.30 Dafabet 24.9% 23.3%
Over 2.5 goals 1.41 1.45 10Bet 70.9% 55.1%
Under 2.5 goals 2.85 3.00 Pinnacle 35.1% 44.9%
Both teams to score - Yes 1.42 1.45 Betano 70.4% 50.7%
Both teams to score - No 2.68 2.88 Betfair 37.3% 49.3%
Updated: 29.08.2026 22:06 · Average odds across 12 bookmakers. Informational data - not an invitation to bet and not advice. 18+ · Gamble responsibly.

Match events: San Diego v LA Galaxy

  1. 11′E. Achouri · Goal (assist: A. Dreyer)
  2. 21′M. Reus · Yellow card
  3. 23′J. Tverskov · Yellow card
  4. 30′Gabriel Pirani · Yellow card
  5. 39′A. Godoy · Yellow card
  6. 48′K. Sargeant · Goal (assist: A. Dreyer)
  7. 50′J. Tverskov · Yellow card
  8. 50′J. Tverskov · Red card
  9. 52′Gabriel Pirani · Substitution (off: A. Alvarado Jr)
  10. 55′H. Lozano · Goal
  11. 56′M. Yoshida · Substitution (off: S. Roberto)
  12. 56′I. Parente · Substitution (off: E. Thommy)
  13. 65′J. Paintsil · Yellow card
  14. 66′E. Achouri · Substitution (off: A. Pellegrino)
  15. 67′I. Murphy · Substitution (off: C. McVey)
  16. 70′A. Pellegrino · Goal (assist: A. Dreyer)
  17. 74′H. Miller · Substitution (off: R. Taylor)
  18. 74′J. Aude · Substitution (off: J. Nelson)
  19. 87′O. Valakari · Substitution (off: I. Pilcher)
  20. 87′J. Haak · Substitution (off: C. Garces)
  21. 89′dos Santos CJ · Yellow card

Match statistics: San Diego v LA Galaxy

Statistic San Diego LA Galaxy
Possession 44% 56%
Shots on target 7 7
Total shots 20 17
Shots off target 5 5
Blocked shots 8 5
Corners 7 7
Fouls 10 14
Offsides 1 3
Yellow cards 5 2
Red cards 1 0
Saves 6 3
Passes 398 516
Pass accuracy 87% 90%

Line-ups: San Diego v LA Galaxy

San Diego 4-4-2

Starting XI

  1. 1 CJ Dos Santos 8.0
  2. 5 Kieran Sargeant 7.6
  3. 6 Jeppe Tverskov 6.2
  4. 8 Onni Valakari 6.9
  5. 10 Anders Dreyer 10.0
  6. 12 Gabriel Pirani 6.9
  7. 20 Aníbal Godoy 7.3
  8. 26 Manu Duah 7.2
  9. 32 Ian Murphy 6.3
  10. 33 Oscar Verhoeven 6.0
  11. 99 Elias Achouri 7.9
Substitutes (9)
  1. 3 Dagur Dan Þórhallsson
  2. 9 Lewis Morgan
  3. 18 Duran Ferree
  4. 19 David Vazquez
  5. 25 Ian Pilcher 6.3
  6. 70 Alejandro Alvarado Jr 6.7
  7. 77 Alex Mighten
  8. 90 Amahl Pellegrino 7.2
  9. 97 Christopher McVey 6.9

LA Galaxy 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  1. 1 Novak Mićović 6.3
  2. 3 Julián Aude 5.7
  3. 4 Maya Yoshida 7.2
  4. 5 Jakob Glesnes 5.6
  5. 7 Kyogo Furuhashi 6.2
  6. 11 Hirving Lozano 7.6
  7. 15 Justin Haak 6.6
  8. 16 Isaiah Parente 6.5
  9. 18 Marco Reus 6.9
  10. 26 Harbor Miller 5.9
  11. 28 Joseph Paintsil 5.9
Substitutes (8)
  1. 6 Sergi Roberto 6.7
  2. 14 John Nelson 6.6
  3. 21 Robert Taylor 6.6
  4. 24 Ruben Ramos
  5. 25 Carlos Garcés 7.0
  6. 27 Erik Thommy 6.5
  7. 76 Troy Elgersma
  8. 88 Mason Vanney

Form and head-to-head: San Diego v LA Galaxy

San Diego

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LA Galaxy

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Major League Soccer standings

Current competition standings
# Team P W D L GD Pts Form
1 Vancouver Whitecaps 13 9 2 2 +20 29 WWWWDDWLWW
2 SJ Earthquakes 14 9 2 3 +17 29 WWWWDDLLWW
3 Real Salt Lake 13 8 1 4 +7 25 WLWLWWLWWW
4 Seattle Sounders 12 7 3 2 +7 24 WWWDDWLLDW
5 Dallas 14 6 4 4 +7 22 WDLDWLWWLW
6 Los Angeles FC 14 6 3 5 +6 21 WWWWDLWDLW
7 Minnesota United 14 6 3 5 -4 21 LLDWLLWLDW
8 Houston Dynamo 13 7 0 6 -4 21 WLLLWWWWLL
9 LA Galaxy 14 5 4 5 0 19 WWDLWDWLDL
10 San Diego 14 4 5 5 +5 17 LLDWDWDWWL
11 Colorado Rapids 14 5 1 8 +2 16 WLLWLWLWLW
12 Portland Timbers 13 4 2 7 -4 14 LWLDWWDLLL
13 Austin 14 3 5 6 -9 14 LDLLDLDDWD
14 St. Louis City 13 3 4 6 -7 13 DLLLWDDLWW
15 Sporting KC 13 3 2 8 -21 11 DDLWLLLWLL

Managers: San Diego v LA Galaxy

M. Varas
San DiegoManagerM. Varas
G. Vanney
LA GalaxyManagerG. Vanney

Match information: San Diego v LA Galaxy

Kick-off
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Competition
Major League Soccer
City
San Diego, California
Surface
grass
Capacity
35,000