The last 12 meetings between the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Los Angeles Galaxy have been split, with each side winning five times and drawing twice, including a 1-1 draw at the Los Angeles Galaxy on March 18. the Vancouver Whitecaps FC have lost only one of the last five meetings (W2 D2).
On Wednesday, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC scored a 2-1 home win over the Austin FC with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC having now scored 25 or 34 league goals at home this season. The difference from of 16 more goals at home than away is the second-largest difference in MLS this year (Columbus Crew SC – 17 – 30 at home, 13 on road).
The Los Angeles Galaxy extended their unbeaten in MLS play to seven consecutive games (W3 D4) with a 3-1 win the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. It is the longest unbeaten streak for the Los Angeles Galaxy since March-April 2019 as they are looking to reach eight straight MLS games without a loss for the first time since June-July 2018 (9).
Pedro Vite scored just 29 seconds into the Vancouver Whitecaps FC’s win over Austin FC, his second time scoring in the first 30 second of a match this season (00:15 vs the Houston Dynamo FC in May). Vite is the second player in MLS history to score two goals in the first 30 seconds of an MLS match in their career (Yordy Reyna).
Riqui Puig has delivered both a goal and an assist in each of the Los Angeles Galaxy’s last two matches, becoming the first Los Angeles Galaxy player to do so in consecutive games since Zlatan Ibrahimovic did so in three straight games in September 2019. Puig is one of the three MLS players with such a streak this season (Carles Gil, Caleb Wiley).
