Los Angeles Galaxy vs Columbus Crew SC, 2018
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Match Preview
Los Angeles Galaxy vs Columbus Crew SC — MLS .
- Los Angeles Galaxy 11 games · 13 pts (2026/26)
- Columbus Crew SC 11 games · 12 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Eduardo Mariscal
- Referee Jonathan Johnson
- Referee Hilario Grajeda
- Referee Ramy Touchan
- Referee Ismir Pekmic
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 10 23 2 New England Revolution 10 19 3 Internacional CF Miami 11 19 4 Chicago Fire FC 10 17 5 D.C. United SC 11 15 6 FC Cincinnati 11 15 7 Charlotte FC 11 14 8 Toronto FC 11 14 9 New York City FC 11 12 10 Columbus Crew SC 11 12 11 New York Red Bulls 11 12 12 Atlanta United FC 11 10 13 Orlando City SC 11 10 14 Montreal Impact FC 10 9 15 Philadelphia Union 11 6 16 San Jose Earthquakes 11 28 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 25 18 Los Angeles FC 11 21 19 Seattle Sounders FC 9 20 20 Minnesota United FC 11 20 21 Real Salt Lake 10 19 22 FC Dallas 11 16 23 Houston Dynamo 10 15 24 Colorado Rapids SC 11 13 25 Los Angeles Galaxy 11 13 26 Austin FC 11 13 27 San Diego FC 11 12 28 Portland Timbers 10 10 29 St. Louis City 10 6 30 Sporting Kansas City 10 5 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 4–0 W 05 Jul D.C. United SC H 2–2 D 01 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 3–3 D 10 Jun Real Salt Lake H 3–0 W 02 Jun Portland Timbers A 1–1 D 31 May FC Dallas H 2–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Jul Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–4 L 30 Jun Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W 24 Jun Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L 13 Jun Atlanta United FC H 0–2 L 09 Jun New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D 02 Jun Toronto FC H 3–3 D Season Stats
Los Angeles Galaxy Columbus Crew SC #25 Position #10 13 Points 12 11 Played 11 3 / 4 / 4 W / D / L 3 / 3 / 5 16 Scored 16 17 Conceded 16 -1 GD +0 1.18 PPG 1.09 27% Win % 27% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history9% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season27% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this seasonLos Angeles Galaxy are 25th (13 pts). Columbus Crew SC are 10th (12 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Los Angeles Galaxy gets underway.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles Galaxy is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Columbus Crew SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Diego Rossi scoring 1 goals.
- 15' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' The travelling Columbus Crew SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Los Angeles Galaxy needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 30' It’s high time Sigi Schmid made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from David Bingham, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gyasi Zardes made 262 appearances and scored 92 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 50' Columbus Crew SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
- 55' Luis Argudo needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 60' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 65' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 70' David Romney has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 10 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 75' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 80' Columbus Crew SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 85' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Columbus Crew SC winning 100% of all matches.
- 90' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 262 games and scored 393 goals.
- Full Time. Los Angeles Galaxy beats Columbus Crew SC
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Los Angeles Galaxy
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Sheanon Williams ↑ 71'
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Romain Alessandrini ↑ 60'
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Ema Boateng ↑ 82'
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Coach Sigi SchmidColumbus Crew SC
Starting XI- 25
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Pedro Santos ↓ Niko Hansen 46'
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Luis Argudo ↓ Mike Grella 59'
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Bench- 19
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Federico Higuain ↑ 62'
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Niko Hansen ↑ 46'
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Mike Grella ↑ 59'
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Head to Head
Los Angeles Galaxy Form
2018-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–0 Columbus Crew SC W 2018-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2018-07-01 San Jose Earthquakes 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2018-06-10 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Real Salt Lake W 2018-06-02 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2018-05-31 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 FC Dallas LColumbus Crew SC Form
2018-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-06-30 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2018-06-24 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2018-06-13 Columbus Crew SC 0–2 Atlanta United FC L 2018-06-09 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2018-06-02 Columbus Crew SC 3–3 Toronto FC D