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FT Saturday, August 26, 2023
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LA Galaxy WLLLW 3
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Match Report

Tyler Boyd, Galaxy take advantage of short-handed Fire

Tyler Boyd scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season just moments after opposing midfielder Gaston Gimenez was sent off in the first half as the LA Galaxy went on to a methodical 3-0 victory over the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
4
35.7
Possession
64.3
12
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
305
Accurate Passes
619
353
Passes
654
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
31
Long Balls
41
21
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.7
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
5
5
Effective Tackles
7
6
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
7
14
Effective Clearances
17
14
Clearances
17

Highlights

00:26 Billy Sharp slots home penalty goal vs. Chicago Fire FC Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

LA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

LA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jonathan BondG
  2. 4Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 15Eriq ZavaletaCD-R
  4. 44Raheem EdwardsLB
  5. 2CalegariRB
  6. 6Ricard PuigAM
  7. 16Oriol RosellLM
  8. 20Edwin CerrilloRM
  9. 9Dejan JoveljicF
  10. 11Tyler BoydAM-L
  11. 10Douglas CostaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Michael BarriosSUB
  2. 27Billy SharpSUB
  3. 18Kelvin LeerdamSUB
  4. 37Daniel AguirreSUB
  5. 14Diego FagundezSUB
  6. 8Mark DelgadoSUB
  7. 35Novak MicovicSUB
  8. 3Julián AudeSUB
  9. 93Tony AlfaroSUB

CHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 34Chris BradyG
  2. 5Rafael CzichosCD-L
  3. 4Carlos TeránCD-R
  4. 6Miguel NavarroLB
  5. 24Jonathan DeanRB
  6. 10Xherdan ShaqiriAM
  7. 30Gastón GiménezLM
  8. 31Federico NavarroRM
  9. 23Kei KamaraF
  10. 17Brian GutiérrezAM-L
  11. 21Fabian HerbersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Ousmane DoumbiaSUB
  2. 2Arnaud SouquetSUB
  3. 3Daniel AcevesSUB
  4. 18Spencer RicheySUB
  5. 16Wyatt OmsbergSUB
  6. 19Georgios KoutsiasSUB
  7. 20Jairo TorresSUB
  8. 25Jeff GalSUB
  9. 7Maren Haile-SelassieSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 27' Second yellow card to Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC) for a bad foul.
  3. 29' Goal! LA Galaxy 1, Chicago Fire FC 0. Tyler Boyd (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  4. 45' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Ousmane Doumbia replaces Fabian Herbers.
  5. 69' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Tony Alfaro replaces Eriq Zavaleta.
  6. 69' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Billy Sharp replaces Dejan Joveljic.
  7. 72' Goal! LA Galaxy 2, Chicago Fire FC 0. Riqui Puig (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Douglas Costa.
  8. 77' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jairo Torres replaces Brian Gutiérrez.
  9. 78' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Maren Haile-Selassie replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
  10. 78' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Georgios Koutsias replaces Kei Kamara.
  11. 81' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Michael Barrios replaces Douglas Costa.
  12. 81' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Mark Delgado replaces Uri Rosell.
  13. 84' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Alonso Aceves replaces Miguel Navarro.
  14. 86' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Daniel Aguirre replaces Tyler Boyd.
  15. 89' Jonathan Dean (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90' Goal! LA Galaxy 3, Chicago Fire FC 0. Billy Sharp (LA Galaxy) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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