CS Herediano vs Los Angeles Galaxy — CONCACAF Champions League 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 5+ matches
CS Herediano38%
Los Angeles Galaxy38%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Both teams create about equally
Season form · 7 home / 5 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over59
- Under41
3+ goals likely
Both teams score
- Yes61
- No39
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
CS Herediano ↓
Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
CS Herediano at home — creates 1.29, concedes 1.43 · 7 matches
Los Angeles Galaxy away — creates 1.60, concedes 1.80 · 5 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
CS Herediano attack 1.29 + Los Angeles Galaxy defence 1.80 → ÷2 → 1.54
Los Angeles Galaxy attack 1.60 + CS Herediano defence 1.43 → ÷2 → 1.52
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 38%?"
CS Herediano at 38% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 38% does not mean "CS Herediano will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
2 previous meetings · small sample
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Universidad O&MIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
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Statistics
CS Herediano host Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday, 6 March 2025 at 01:30. The match is part of the CONCACAF Champions League 2018/2019 season.
CONCACAF Champions League: CS Herediano 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy
CS Herediano beat Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 in CONCACAF Champions League on March 6, 2025.
Goals: E. Aguilar (65').
Los Angeles Galaxy controlled possession (63%) and registered 10 shots to 11.
The match was played at Estadio José Rafael Fello Meza in Cartago.