San Diego vs Los Angeles Galaxy — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 11′San Diego, goal:1–0assist
- 21′Los Angeles Galaxy, yellow card:
- 23′San Diego, yellow card:
- 30′San Diego, yellow card:
- 39′San Diego, yellow card:
- Half-time1 – 0
- 48′San Diego, goal:2–0assist
- 50′San Diego, second yellow card:
- 52′San Diego, substitution:off
- 55′Los Angeles Galaxy, goal:2–1
- 56′Los Angeles Galaxy, substitution:off
- 56′Los Angeles Galaxy, substitution:off
- 61′Los Angeles Galaxy, goal disallowed:Goal Disallowed
- 65′Los Angeles Galaxy, yellow card:
- 67′San Diego, substitution:off
- 67′San Diego, substitution:off
- 70′San Diego, goal:3–1assist
- 73′Los Angeles Galaxy, substitution:off
- 73′Los Angeles Galaxy, substitution:off
- 87′San Diego, substitution:off
- 87′Los Angeles Galaxy, substitution:off
- 89′San Diego, yellow card:
- Full-time3 – 1
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San Diego brush aside ten-man setback to sink Galaxy 3-1
San Diego beat Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 at Snapdragon Stadium in Major League Soccer's Regular Season - 22, a result that lifted the hosts to 30 points from 22 games while the Galaxy remain down in 20th place.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Elias Achouri opened the scoring in the 11th minute, finishing off an Anders Dreyer assist, and San Diego doubled their advantage two minutes into the second half when K. Sargeant converted another Dreyer delivery. San Diego then had Jeppe Tverskov sent off in the 50th minute, and five minutes later Hirving Lozano pulled one back for the Galaxy to make it 2-1. Despite playing a man short, San Diego restored their two-goal cushion in the 70th minute through Amahl Pellegrino, once more teed up by Dreyer.
San Diego finished with less of the ball, at 44 percent possession to the Galaxy's 56, yet they were the far more incisive side going forward, striking 20 shots to the visitors' 17 and racking up 2.41 expected goals against the Galaxy's 0.91. Even after Tverskov's dismissal, San Diego held firm to see out the win under referee Tori Penso.
Anders Dreyer was central to San Diego's win, laying on all three goals with assists for Achouri, Sargeant and Pellegrino, and earned the highest rating on the pitch at 10.0.
San Diego's 2.41 expected goals dwarfed the Galaxy's 0.91, underlining how much more clinical the home side's chances were despite finishing with ten men.
San Diego beat Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 (half-time 1–0).
San Diego met Los Angeles Galaxy in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 22). Kick-off was Sunday, 30 August 2026, 02:30 UTC at Snapdragon Stadium. Referee: Tori Penso. Attendance: 27,971.
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Key moments
- 11' Goal: Elias Achouri (assist: Anders Dreyer) — 1–0
- 48' Goal: Kieran Sargeant (assist: Anders Dreyer) — 2–0
- 55' Goal: Hirving Lozano — 2–1
- 70' Goal: Amahl Pellegrino (assist: Anders Dreyer) — 3–1
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San Diego (4-3-3)
Los Angeles Galaxy (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave San Diego 59%, the draw 27%, Los Angeles Galaxy 14%. It finished San Diego 3–1 Los Angeles Galaxy.
San Diego's rating edge, but the draw is in play — San Diego are the stronger side on our strength rating, and Major League Soccer home advantage plus their control of the ball on top give San Diego a clear lead. The draw at 27% is up from the usual 24.2% for a gap this size, as small adjustments add up.
Why San Diego at 59%?
San Diego sit 111 points higher on our strength rating — 1597 to 1486. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,750 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.2%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.4% of 5,116 games vs 44.9% across all 99,457 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. San Diego hold 12 more possession points (60 to 48 in recent games) across a 111-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 75–150-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,634 such games where the class table expected 41.3%. The 300 most similar past games finished 55–27–18.
Why only 59%?
Los Angeles Galaxy sit -0.44 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.7% of 2,392 such games where the class table expected 36.3%.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Los Angeles Galaxy win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,679. The goals environment adds 1.2 points to the draw. The control factor adds 1.2 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
San Diego scored +0.33 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,799 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. San Diego are missing 2 regular starters — Anders Dreyer, Marcus Ingvartsen — about 25% of their usual starting-XI weight. Our measured receipt covers one-sided absences only, and the picture here isn't one-sided — both squads are short. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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