Where the Galaxy are · updated after every match

The table still has them 13th, 5 points below what the underlying numbers say they've earned. On expected points they sit 7th.

Last match
Sat 15 Aug · away
01
Houston Dynamo

Goals against expected, both sides

LA Galaxy0 goals
SM n/aAF n/aASA n/a
Houston Dynamo1 goal
0123 xG
AF n/aSM n/aASA n/a
Goals scoredEach model's xG

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Wed 19 Aug · 7:30 PM PDT
vs San Jose Earthquakes
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Last ten

xG difference per match, coloured by performance not result

created moreconceded moredepth of colour shows the size of the gapmost recent

LA Galaxy created more than they conceded in 3 of the last 9 matches with a published sheet.

The season, by process

xG difference per match, with a five-match rolling mean

Season mean
+0.04 per match
Creating moreConceding more
Creating more that matchConceding more that matchFive-match rolling mean
Week 1 → 20 · bar capped past ±1.45 xG

LA Galaxy's underlying process is close to level, +0.04 xG a match on average.

Western Conference

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Points against expected points

Team
P
Pts
xPts
Diff
1
Vancouver Whitecaps
17
34
35.9
−1.9
2
Los Angeles FC
19
34
28.8
+5.2
3
San Jose Earthquakes
18
33
27.8
+5.2
4
Houston Dynamo
18
32
25.2
+6.8
5
Real Salt Lake
17
27
25.0
+2.0
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12
LA Galaxy
19
22
26.6
−4.6

Nobody in the conference is owed more points than the Galaxy. 5 sides above them have a worse expected-points total.

Form in the squad

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Last five matches against the five before

João Klauss
ST · −0.72 rating
−0.72
Erik Thommy
LW · −0.68 rating
−0.68
Jakob Glesnes
CB · +0.58 rating
+0.58
L. Sanabria
CM · +0.42 rating
+0.42
J. Marcinkowski
GK · +0.42 rating
+0.42

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