MLS

FT Wednesday, September 2, 2020
LA Galaxy LDWWW 3
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Portland Timbers WWLDL 2
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Match Report

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Cristian Pavon, Efrain Alvarez help LA Galaxy topple Portland Timbers

Cristian Pavon scored his fifth goal of the season and the streaking LA Galaxy held on to defeat Portland Timbers 3-2 on Wednesday evening.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
4
41.7
Possession
58.3
15
SHOTS
17
7
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
258
Accurate Passes
400
352
Passes
491
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
5
19
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.2
70
Long Balls
81
33
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
5
7
Effective Tackles
14
14
Tackles
21
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
10
19
Effective Clearances
13
19
Clearances
13

Head to Head

POR leads series 4-1

Lineups

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jeff AttinellaG
  2. 25Bill TuilomaCD-L
  3. 18Julio CascanteCD-R
  4. 32Marco FarfanLB
  5. 28Pablo BonillaRB
  6. 19Tomás ConechnyAM
  7. 22Cristhian ParedesLM
  8. 40Renzo ZambranoRM
  9. 9Felipe MoraF
  10. 7Andy PoloAM-L
  11. 44Marvin LoríaAM-R

LA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David BinghamG
  2. 20Nick DePuyCD-L
  3. 5Daniel SteresCD-R
  4. 3Emiliano InsúaLB
  5. 22Julián AraujoRB
  6. 17Sebastian LletgetAM
  7. 15Joe CoronaLM
  8. 2Perry KitchenRM
  9. 29Ethan ZubakF
  10. 10Cristian PavónAM-L
  11. 26Efrain ÁlvarezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Pablo Bonilla (Portland Timbers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Goal! Portland Timbers 0, LA Galaxy 1. Efrain Álvarez (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sebastian Lletget.
  3. 47' Renzo Zambrano (Portland Timbers) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 50' Goal! Portland Timbers 0, LA Galaxy 2. Cristian Pavón (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicholas DePuy.
  5. 56' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Sebastián Blanco replaces Tomás Conechny.
  6. 56' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Eryk Williamson replaces Cristhian Paredes.
  7. 56' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Jeremy Ebobisse replaces Marvin Loría.
  8. 62' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Jonathan dos Santos replaces Sebastian Lletget.
  9. 63' Julian Araujo (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Goal! Portland Timbers 1, LA Galaxy 2. Felipe Mora (Portland Timbers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 71' Goal! Portland Timbers 1, LA Galaxy 3. Joe Corona (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  12. 75' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Emil Cuello replaces Efrain Álvarez.
  13. 75' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Rolf Feltscher replaces Julian Araujo.
  14. 78' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Yimmi Chará replaces Pablo Bonilla.
  15. 87' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Cameron Dunbar replaces Ethan Zubak.
  16. 88' Substitution, Portland Timbers. Diego Valeri replaces Renzo Zambrano.
  17. 90'+2' Goal! Portland Timbers 2, LA Galaxy 3. Diego Valeri (Portland Timbers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yimmi Chará with a cross.

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