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Major League Soccer10/17/2026, 11:30 PM

New York City – Los Angeles FC1 : 1

Why the model thinks so

New York City
1.45
Total xG
2.83
Los Angeles FC
1.38
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorNew York CityLos Angeles FC
High-scoring league (3.3 goals/match)+0.77+0.77
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1 goals/match)−0.15
Declining form (1 vs 1.5 season average)−0.15
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.4 goals/match)−0.10
M. Moralez not in squad (1 goals, 6 assists)
Mathieu Choinière not in squad (2 goals, 3 assists)
Sergi Palencia not in squad (1 goals, 1 assists)

Key factors

  • Form: New York City with 1 win in their last 5 matches, Los Angeles FC with 1 win in their last 5 matches
  • Home/Away: New York City scores 1.86 goals per match at home in the league, Los Angeles FC 1.2 goals per match away

Risks

  • Table: Los Angeles FC is 6th in the league with 45 points, New York City is 10th with 33 points
  • Rest days: Los Angeles FC with 2 days since their last match

All probabilities

Result
New York City38%
Draw28%
Los Angeles FC34%
Double chance
New York City or draw66%
Los Angeles FC or draw62%
No draw72%
Goals
Over 1.579%
Under 1.521%
Over 2.554%
Under 2.546%
Over 3.531%
Under 3.569%
Both teams score
Yes59%
No41%

Most likely scores

1:1
13%
2:1
9%
1:2
8%
2:0
6%
2:2
6%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. New York City: dropped a lead in 5 of 6 games (12 points lost)
  2. New York City with Hannes Wolf starting: 1.8 goals/game, without him: 0.8 (16/6 games, last 29)
  3. New York City: 75% of all goals in the first half (9 of 12, last 12 games)
  4. Los Angeles FC: dropped a lead in 3 of 5 games (6 points lost)

Lineups

New York City 4-2-3-1 · Los Angeles FC 4-2-3-1

New York City
  • 49 F. Matthew
  • 24 T. Gray
  • 13 T. Martins Bueno
  • 6 J. Sands
  • 22 K. O'Toole
  • 21 A. O'Neill
  • 8 A. Perea Castañeda
  • 26 A. Ojeda
  • 7 N. Fernández Mercau
  • 17 H. Wolf
  • 20 L. Sousa Santos
Los Angeles FC
  • 1 H. Lloris
  • 24 R. Hollingshead
  • 33 A. Long
  • 91 Nkosi Tafari
  • 23 Y. Cheberko
  • 8 M. Delgado
  • 6 I. Lima
  • 81 L. Walta
  • 7 H. Son
  • 18 J. Shaffelburg
  • 99 D. Bouanga
Substitutes
  • 9 B. Traore
  • 35 M. Ilenčič
  • 11 T. Bacelar Martins
  • 30 T. Romero Keubler
  • 32 J. Shore
  • 34 R. Pereira Bicalho
  • 3 M. Miazga
  • 16 A. Martínez Batista
  • 88 M. Jones
  • 66 M. Choiniere
  • 9 A. Sieb
  • 4 E. Segura Martínez
  • 5 R. Porteous
  • 12 T. Hasal
  • 14 S. Palencia Hurtado
  • 19 T. Boyd
  • 21 R. Raposo
  • 20 S. Vasquez Cabrera

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