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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 27

FC Dallas

FCD

Los Angeles FC

LOS

Model

Match forecast

Bivariate-Poisson goal model, from current strength ratings and home advantage.

Dallas38%
Draw25%
LAFC37%

Expected goals

1.59 – 1.58

Over 2.5

60%

Both to score

64%

Fair handicap

0.00

Most likely scorelines

  • 1110.8%
  • 218.3%
  • 128.2%
  • 107.1%
  • 017.0%
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.

44%Possession48%
43%Territory42%
12%From set plays22%
0.15Chance quality0.12
5.5%Directness6.0%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Dallas, 3 for LAFC. 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.