VANCOUVER. LA Galaxy defeats Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1. LA Galaxy was truly better in terms of ball possession (85%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the BC Place Stadium stadium in Vancouver on Saturday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Ismir Pekmic with the help of Chris Wattam and Andrew Bigelow. The 4th official was Alain Ruch. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- ! 15 Ball Possession 85
Shots
- 19 Total 13
- 7 On Target 5
- 9 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 6 Attack 28
- 0 Dangerous attack 18
- 59 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 3
Fouls
- 5 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
LA Galaxy had a superior ball possession 85% while Vancouver Whitecaps was struggling with a 15% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
LA Galaxy was more aggressive with 18 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why LA Galaxy won the contest.
Vancouver Whitecaps shot 19 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, LA Galaxy shot 13 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Vancouver Whitecaps received 4 yellow cards (Brian White, Ali Ahmed, Ranko Veselinovic and A. Cubas). Talking about the opposition, LA Galaxy received 1 yellow card (Miki Yamane).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this contest, Vancouver Whitecaps stays with 13 points like Houston Dynamo to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, LA Galaxy will has 15 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps will play away against Los Angeles FC on the 10th of November with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Los Angeles FC (4 draws).
Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation
Vancouver Whitecaps
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Vancouver Whitecaps started with a 3-3-1-3 line-up (3-3-1-3).
The manager Vanni Sartini decided to play with the following team: Yohei Takaoka , Mathías Laborda , Ranko Veselinovic , Tristan Blackmon , Alessandro Schöpf , A. Cubas , Ali Ahmed , Ryan Gauld , R. Raposo , Brian White and Fafà Picault .
The home team had on the bench: Sam Adekugbe , Ralph Priso, Luís Martins, Sebastian Berhalter , Damir Kreilach , J. Brown, Levonte Johnson , I. Boehmer and P. Vite .
Vancouver Whitecaps could not rely on the presence of P. Vite (injured).
Substitutions
Vancouver Whitecaps made 5 changes: Fafà Picault for P. Vite (17′), R. Raposo for Sam Adekugbe (46′), Alessandro Schöpf for Sebastian Berhalter (84′), Ranko Veselinovic for Levonte Johnson (84′) and A. Cubas for Damir Kreilach (85′).
Player of the match: Brian White
The player that probably impressed the most for Vancouver Whitecaps was Brian White.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (59% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
LA Galaxy – Formation
LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Greg Vanney played with: John McCarthy , Miki Yamane , Maya Yoshida , Martín Cáceres , Julián Aude , Mark Delgado , Gastón Brugman , Riqui Puig , Gabriel Pec , Dejan Joveljic and Joseph Paintsil .
They had on the bench: Diego Fagúndez , John Nelson, J. Pérez, M. Cuevas , Miguel Berry , G. Vivi, Novak Micovic, Daniel Aguirre and Edwin Cerrillo .
Substitutions
LA Galaxy made 5 changes: Dejan Joveljic for Miguel Berry (79′), Miki Yamane for M. Cuevas (86′), Mark Delgado for Daniel Aguirre (86′), Gastón Brugman for Edwin Cerrillo (74′) and Gabriel Pec for Diego Fagúndez (74′).
Player of the match: Joseph Paintsil
The player that probably impressed the most for LA Galaxy was Joseph Paintsil.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Dallas – Seattle Sounders – 0-0
- Sporting KC – Inter Miami – 2-3
- Minnesota United – Houston Dynamo – 1-2
- Real Salt Lake – Columbus Crew – 0-0
- Vancouver Whitecaps – LA Galaxy – 1-3
- SJ Earthquakes – Colorado Rapids – 0-3
- Atlanta United – Philadelphia Union – 2-2
- St. Louis City – Austin – 1-0
