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Major League Soccer10/31/2026, 09:00 PM

LA Galaxy – Austin4 : 1

Why the model thinks so

LA Galaxy
1.79
Total xG
2.93
Austin
1.15
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.

FactorLA GalaxyAustin
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.74+0.74
Defensive weakness (2 conceded vs 1.4 league avg)+0.57
Attack weakness (0.63x league average)−0.34
5 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (2.2 goals/match)+0.23
Rising form (2.2 vs 1.4 season average)+0.23
Defensive weakness (1.7 conceded vs 1.8 league avg)−0.10
4 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.2 goals/match)−0.05
Robert Taylor on the bench (2 goals, 3 assists)
Erik Thommy on the bench (2 goals, 1 assists)
Myrto Uzuni on the bench (9 goals, 2 assists)
Facundo Torres on the bench (4 goals, 7 assists)
J. Rosales on the bench (1 goals, 4 assists)
Brandon Vazquez on the bench (3 goals, 1 assists)
35% of goal output missing (only 57% available)
Weak away record (0.9 vs 1.4 goals/match)

Key factors

  • Home/Away: LA Galaxy conceded 1.25 goals per game at home in the league, Austin concede 2.25 goals per game away
  • Form: LA Galaxy recorded 2 wins in their last 5 games, Austin suffered 4 losses in the same period

Risks

  • Rest: Austin with 2 days since their last game
  • Head-to-head: Austin won 3 of the 5 previous meetings, LA Galaxy 2

All probabilities

Result
LA Galaxy51%
Draw26%
Austin23%
Double chance
LA Galaxy or draw77%
Austin or draw49%
No draw74%
Goals
Over 1.580%
Under 1.520%
Over 2.556%
Under 2.544%
Over 3.534%
Under 3.566%
Both teams score
Yes58%
No42%

xG score

1:1
From xG 1.79 : 1.15, rounded up only from .912% probability

Other likely scores

2:1
10%
2:0
9%
1:2
6%
3:1
6%
4:1
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. LA Galaxy: 4 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  2. Austin: 8 of 12 games without conceding in H1, but only 1 over 90 minutes
  3. Austin: 44% of all goals between minutes 76-90 (7 of 16)
  4. Austin: scored only in H2 in 3 consecutive games (7 of 12 total)
  5. LA Galaxy with João Klauss starting: 1.7 goals/game, without him: 1.1 (10/17 games, last 30)
  6. Austin: 3 comebacks in 7 games after trailing past minute 75 (3 points rescued)

Lineups

LA Galaxy 4-3-3 · Austin 3-4-3

LA Galaxy
  • 12 J. Marcinkowski
  • 26 H. Miller
  • 15 J. Haak
  • 25 C. Garcés Torres
  • 14 J. Nelson
  • 17 P. Ruíz
  • 18 M. Reus
  • 6 S. Roberto Carnicer
  • 11 H. Lozano Bahena
  • 99 J. De Mello
  • 28 J. Paintsil
Austin
  • 12 D. Las
  • 3 M. Desler
  • 6 I. Sánchez Farrés
  • 29 Guilherme Biro
  • 32 M. Burton
  • 38 E. Torres
  • 14 B. Sabovic
  • 17 J. Gallagher
  • 77 P. Płacheta
  • 21 C. Ramírez
  • 24 J. Alastuey Aperte
Substitutes
  • 7 K. Furuhashi
  • 1 N. Mićović
  • 3 J. Aude
  • 5 J. Glesnes
  • 8 L. Sanabria Magolé
  • 22 E. Wynder
  • 27 E. Thommy
  • 21 R. Taylor
  • 2 L. Calegari
  • 1 B. Stuver
  • 2 R. Thomas
  • 4 B. Hines-Ike
  • 5 O. Svatok
  • 10 M. Uzuni
  • 11 F. Torres Pérez
  • 23 Ž. Kolmanič
  • 30 J. Rosales Erazo
  • 35 M. Đorđević
  • 9 B. Vázquez Toledo
  • 25 Stefan Dobrijevic

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