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Match Report

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LAFC wins El Trafico thriller in front of watching Gareth Bale

With newly signed Gareth Bale watching from the stands, his new team, LAFC, won a 3-2 thriller at home over rivals LA Galaxy.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
4
56.1
Possession
43.9
15
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
359
Accurate Passes
264
445
Passes
357
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
14
Accurate Crosses
5
27
Crosses
11
0.5
Cross %
0.5
46
Long Balls
49
16
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
17
22
Tackles
26
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
9
12
Effective Clearances
10
12
Clearances
10

Head to Head

LA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 16Maxime CrépeauG
  2. 25Sebastien IbeaghaCD-L
  3. 3Jesús MurilloCD-R
  4. 12Diego PalaciosLB
  5. 24Ryan HollingsheadRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 23Kellyn AcostaLM
  8. 11José CifuentesRM
  9. 9Cristian ArangoF
  10. 29Daniel MusovskiLF
  11. 10Carlos VelaRF

LA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jonathan BondG
  2. 3Derrick WilliamsCD-L
  3. 4Séga CoulibalyCD-R
  4. 44Raheem EdwardsLB
  5. 2Julián AraujoRB
  6. 6Rayan RavelosonCM-L
  7. 8Mark DelgadoCM-R
  8. 11Samuel GrandsirLM
  9. 26Efrain ÁlvarezRM
  10. 99Dejan JoveljicCF-L
  11. 14Javier HernándezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Efraín Álvarez (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 17' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, LA Galaxy 0. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta with a cross following a corner.
  3. 43' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Kwadwo Opoku replaces Danny Musovski because of an injury.
  4. 45'+3' Sega Coulibaly (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, LA Galaxy 1. Samuel Grandsir (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Raveloson.
  7. 59' Raheem Edwards (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  8. 69' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Víctor Vázquez replaces Efraín Álvarez.
  9. 69' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Sacha Kljestan replaces Samuel Grandsir.
  10. 70' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, LA Galaxy 1. José Cifuentes (Los Angeles Football Club) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a cross.
  11. 71' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Kévin Cabral replaces Dejan Joveljic.
  12. 72' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, LA Galaxy 1. Cristian Arango (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela following a fast break.
  13. 74' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Latif Blessing replaces Cristian Arango.
  14. 81' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, LA Galaxy 2. Rayan Raveloson (LA Galaxy) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Víctor Vázquez with a cross following a corner.
  15. 83' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Francisco Ginella replaces José Cifuentes.
  16. 90'+1' Derrick Williams (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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