Los Angeles Galaxy vs 18.10.26 02:302 – 2Full Time
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Match report
Los Angeles Galaxy and San Diego share four goals at Dignity Health Sports Park
Los Angeles Galaxy and San Diego drew 2-2 in Major League Soccer on Matchday 30 at Dignity Health Sports Park, with all four goals arriving inside the first 39 minutes. The hosts twice led, and the visitors twice pulled level, leaving the sides locked together at the interval and through the second half.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
João Klauss gave the Galaxy a fourth-minute lead, finishing from Sergi Roberto's assist. San Diego levelled in the 10th minute when Anders Dreyer scored from the penalty spot. Erik Thommy restored the home side's advantage in the 17th minute, set up by Harbor Miller, but Gabriel Pirani equalised in the 39th minute to make it 2-2.
San Diego held 69% of the possession against 31% for the Galaxy, yet the home side put nine of their 12 shots on target to the visitors' five from 14. There were no goals after the break, and neither side had a player sent off. The result left San Diego without a win in 8 games.
The point took the Galaxy to 40 points, 15th in the table, while San Diego moved up to 23rd on 34. Greg Vanney's side travel to Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer next, and San Diego host Seattle Sounders in the same competition.
Pablo Sisniega was the top-rated performer on a 7.72, ahead of goalscorers Anders Dreyer (7.53) and Gabriel Pirani (7.42), who both scored for San Diego.
San Diego had 69% of the possession, but the Galaxy's nine shots on target to five showed how direct the hosts were.
Los Angeles Galaxy and San Diego drew 2–2 (half-time 2–2).
Los Angeles Galaxy met San Diego in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 30). Kick-off was Sunday, 18 October 2026, 02:30 UTC at Dignity Health Sports Park. Referee: Rubiel Vazquez. Attendance: 21,264.
Team pages: Los Angeles Galaxy · San Diego · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 4' Goal: João Klauss (assist: Sergi Roberto) — 1–0
- 10' Goal (penalty): Anders Dreyer — 1–1
- 17' Goal: Erik Thommy (assist: Harbor Miller) — 2–1
- 39' Goal: Gabriel Pirani — 2–2
Starting line-ups
Los Angeles Galaxy (4-2-3-1)
San Diego (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Los Angeles Galaxy 48%, the draw 26%, San Diego 26%. It finished Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 San Diego.
Strong home advantage gives Galaxy a slight lean — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, the strong home advantage across Major League Soccer puts Los Angeles Galaxy in front at 48%, though San Diego's greater share of the ball pulls a little the other way. The draw sits at 26%, just under the usual 28% for sides this level, as both teams' high-scoring recent games outweigh the small lift from San Diego's control.
Why Los Angeles Galaxy in front?
Home ground, mostly. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1466 to 1462. Sides this close won 45.8% of 13,726 home games (draw 27.6%, visitors 26.6%). Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.7% vs 30.0%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.2% of 5,237 games vs 44.6% across all 101,264 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 48%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. San Diego hold 9 more possession points (56 to 47 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 39.8% across 5,486 games, from 44.0% when styles were level.
Why the draw at 26%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.6%. These teams' recent games average 4.0 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,940. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw. The control factor adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
San Diego have shed 65 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: sliding sides won 34.1% of 9,610 such games vs 33.4% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Out: Hirving Lozano, an important player, and Kyogo Furuhashi, a rotation player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Los Angeles Galaxy vs San Diego final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Major League Soccer fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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