Major League Soccer · Matchweek 21
Los Angeles FC
LOS
1–1Full time
Portland Timbers
POR
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
48%Possession54%
42%Territory42%
22%From set plays29%
0.12Chance quality0.14
6.0%Directness4.5%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for LAFC, 3 for Portland. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 39 of 372 matches, not the full season.