United States - MLSDignity Health Sports ParkData current as of 23 July 2026

LA Galaxy vs St. Louis City: match statistics

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LA Galaxy vs St. Louis City: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

LA Galaxy play St. Louis City in MLS (United States). The match date is 23 July 2026 at 04:30. Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park.

Current form

LA Galaxy: 2-1-2, 1.40 points/match. St. Louis City: 4-1-0, 2.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

LA Galaxy scores 1.38 and concedes 1.56 goals per match. St. Louis City scores 1.27 and concedes 1.47. League average: 3.31 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: LA Galaxy 81%, St. Louis City 60%. Over 2.5: LA Galaxy 69%, St. Louis City 40%. League level: BTTS 61%, Over 2.5 63%.

xG, shots and style

LA Galaxy has higher xG: 1.56 vs 1.54. LA Galaxy: 13.4 shots per match, St. Louis City: 14.0.

Match halves

LA Galaxy: half-time lead 25%, second-half goals 0.69. St. Louis City: half-time lead 33%, second-half goals 0.80.

Goals by minute

LA Galaxy: 76-90+ (7 goals). St. Louis City: 46-60 (5 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

MLS: 3.31 goals per match, BTTS 61%, Over 2.5 63%.

Head-to-head

No aligned head-to-head sample is available in the database.

Before the match

1X2 odds

(1.98)
(3.65)
(3.25)

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

LA GalaxySt. Louis City
1.38Goals scored / match1.27
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
1.56Goals conceded / match1.47
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
51%Average possession50%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
5.5Shots on target / match4.33
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

13.38Shots per match14
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
5.5Shots on target4.33
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
10.3%Shot conversion9%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
51%Possession50%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
1.56xG for1.54
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
1.43xG against1.37
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

Shooting quality

LA Galaxy: BalancedSt. Louis City: Attacking
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
Accuracy (shots on target)41%31%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.11
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.250.29

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

St. Louis City is 86% better for: last-5 form.

1.4 pts / match - LA Galaxy · 2.6 pts / match - St. Louis City

LA Galaxy
WLWDL
Season result split
31% W31% R38% P
Season (W-D-L)
5-5-6
1.25 pts / match · goal difference -3
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-1-2
1.40 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
2-3-3
Last 5 at home
1-2-2
LWDDL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.2Goals conceded: 1.6xG: 1.54Opponent xG: 1.53BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%
St. Louis City
WWDWW
Unbeaten in the last 5 matches
Season result split
33% W27% R40% P
Season (W-D-L)
5-4-6
1.27 pts / match · goal difference -3
Last 5 (W-D-L)
4-1-0
2.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
1-3-4
Last 5 away
1-2-2
DLLWD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.0Goals conceded: 0.8xG: 1.36Opponent xG: 1.45BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

LA Galaxy is 9% better for: goals scored per match.

1.38 goals / match - LA Galaxy · 1.27 goals / match - St. Louis City

St. Louis City is 6% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.56 goals / match - LA Galaxy · 1.47 goals / match - St. Louis City

LA Galaxy scoring profile: very strong

LA Galaxy scores in 94% of matches (15 of 16 matches), while St. Louis City keeps a clean sheet in 13% (2 of 15 matches).

St. Louis City scoring profile: very strong

St. Louis City scores in 73% of matches (11 of 15 matches), while LA Galaxy keeps a clean sheet in 13% (2 of 16 matches).

22Goals scored (season)19
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
25Goals conceded (season)22
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
2.94Average goals in match2.73
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
6Goals scored (last 5)10
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
8Goals conceded (last 5)4
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

How often they score at least...

94%1 goal73%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
38%2 goals33%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
6%3 goals20%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
0%4 goals0%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

How often they concede at least...

88%1 goal87%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
44%2 goals40%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
19%3 goals13%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
6%4 goals7%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

61%
League average

Goal patterns

25%BTTS at half-time13%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
0%BTTS in both halves7%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
19%Scored in both halves27%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

BTTS and goal count

56%Min. 3 goals and BTTS33%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
13%Min. 3 goals without BTTS7%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
60%BTTS - last 560%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

81%Min. 1 goal before half-time53%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
44%Min. 2 goals before half-time20%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
13%Min. 3 goals before half-time13%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

2nd half

75%Min. 1 goal after half-time93%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
50%Min. 2 goals after half-time73%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
19%Min. 3 goals after half-time13%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

St. Louis City is 24% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.19 pts / match - LA Galaxy · 1.47 pts / match - St. Louis City

LA Galaxy - half-time state
25% leading44% draw31% trailing
St. Louis City - half-time state
33% leading47% draw20% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.19Points per match (1st half)1.47
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
0.69Goals scored (1st half)0.47
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
0.75Goals conceded (1st half)0.4
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
1.44Average goals (1st half)0.87
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
44%Clean sheet before half-time67%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
50%No goal before half-time67%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

After half-time (2nd half)

1.13Points per match (2nd half)0.93
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
0.69Goals scored (2nd half)0.8
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
0.81Goals conceded (2nd half)1.07
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
1.5Average goals (2nd half)1.87
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
38%Clean sheet after half-time20%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City
38%No goal after half-time33%
LA GalaxySt. Louis City

LA Galaxy - second-half results

19% W56% R25% P
19
Half-time points
11
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
18
Second-half points
-2
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.19
PPG before half-time
Lead holding124%

Leads at half-time in 25% of matches and wins 31%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.1

Defence stays stable across the full match.

St. Louis City - second-half results

13% W53% R33% P
22
Half-time points
7
Half-time goals
+1
Goal difference (1st half)
14
Second-half points
-4
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.47
PPG before half-time
Lead holding100%

Leads at half-time in 33% of matches and wins 33%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.7

Concedes 0.7 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

LA Galaxy - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.001.60
Goals scored / match0.40.8
Goals conceded / match1.00.6
Average goals in match1.41.4
1 goal80%80%
2 goals60%40%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet40%40%
No goal60%40%
Goal difference-3+1
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2
St. Louis City - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match2.601.40
Goals scored / match1.01.0
Goals conceded / match0.20.6
Average goals in match1.21.6
1 goal80%80%
2 goals20%80%
3 goals20%0%
Clean sheet80%40%
No goal20%20%
Goal difference+4+2
Half-time: 80% leading - 20% draw - 0% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 80% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 5

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

LA Galaxy
ScoredConceded
5
2
0-15
3
2
16-30
3
8
31-45
3
3
46-60
1
6
61-75
7
4
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (7 goli). Concedes most in 31-45 (8). Late-goal balance (76-90): +3 - wins late phases.

St. Louis City
ScoredConceded
1
3
0-15
3
1
16-30
3
2
31-45
5
5
46-60
2
5
61-75
5
6
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (5 goli). Concedes most in 76-90 (6). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.84
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.4 : 1.4
Estimated goal split
home : away
86%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
71%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
69%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
2%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 50 matches
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

LA Galaxy

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.13
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.31
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.9 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.18
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.13
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
72%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
112%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+0.15
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
0.0
Late goals
32% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 23% come in the first quarter-hour.
32%

St. Louis City

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.17
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.37
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-0.2 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.27
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.10
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
91%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
77%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
+1.33
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.3
Late goals
26% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 5% come in the first quarter-hour.
26%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (MLS).

Teams vs league

LA GalaxyLigaSt. Louis City
Average goals in match 2.943.31 2.73
Both teams scored 81%61% 60%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 69%63% 40%
Clean sheets 13%22% 13%
Goal before half-time 81%77% 53%
Goal after half-time 75%80% 93%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

3.31
Average goals per match
61%
Both teams scored
63%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
22%
Clean sheets
1.92
Home goals / match
1.39
Away goals / match
+38%
Home attack advantage
+28%
Home defence advantage
+18%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
77%
1 goal
45%
2 goals
21%
3 goals
6%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
80%
1 goal
53%
2 goals
25%
3 goals
12%
4 goals

FAQ

When do LA Galaxy and St. Louis City play?

LA Galaxy face St. Louis City on 23 July 2026 in MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What do the goal statistics show before LA Galaxy vs St. Louis City?

LA Galaxy score 1.38 goals per game on average and St. Louis City 1.27. The MLS average is 3.31 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 63% of games. Both teams score in 81% of LA Galaxy's matches and 60% of St. Louis City's.

What form are LA Galaxy and St. Louis City in?

Over the last 5 games LA Galaxy have a 2-1-2 record (1.40 points per game) and St. Louis City 4-1-0 (2.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for LA Galaxy vs St. Louis City?

The statistical background for LA Galaxy vs St. Louis City — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.