Los Angeles Galaxy vs New York City FC — Friendlies Clubs 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 6+ matches
Los Angeles Galaxy43%
New York City FC31%✓ 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: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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.
Los Angeles Galaxy creates 23% more chances
Season form · 13 home / 6 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under50
- Over50
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Los Angeles Galaxy ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% 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
Los Angeles Galaxy at home — creates 1.77, concedes 1.23 · 13 matches
New York City FC away — creates 1.17, concedes 1.17 · 6 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Los Angeles Galaxy attack 1.77 + New York City FC defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.47
New York City FC attack 1.17 + Los Angeles Galaxy defence 1.23 → ÷2 → 1.20
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 43%?"
Los Angeles Galaxy at 43% 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 43% does not mean "Los Angeles Galaxy 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.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Los Angeles Galaxy host New York City FC on Monday, 27 January 2025 at 20:00. The match is part of the Friendlies Clubs 2026/2027 season.
Friendlies Clubs: Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 New York City FC
New York City FC beat Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 in Friendlies Clubs on January 27, 2025.
The match was played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.