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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 28

Los Angeles FC

LOS

Vancouver Whitecaps

VAN

Model

Match forecast

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

LAFC38%
Draw26%
Vancouver36%

Expected goals

1.50 – 1.45

Over 2.5

55%

Both to score

60%

Fair handicap

0.00

Most likely scorelines

  • 1111.6%
  • 218.4%
  • 108.3%
  • 128.1%
  • 018.0%
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.

48%Possession52%
42%Territory43%
22%From set plays24%
0.12Chance quality0.13
6.0%Directness5.1%

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