Los Angeles Galaxy vs Los Angeles FC - prediction, team news, lineups

With the World Cup interruption present over, Los Angeles Galaxy and Los Angeles FC volition some look to resume their Major League Soccer campaigns with maximum points arsenic they conscionable successful Saturday’s El Trafico astatine Dignity Health Sports Park.

This weekend’s clash volition beryllium the archetypal gathering betwixt the sides successful astir a year, aft past July’s six-goal thriller saw LA Galaxy travel from 2 goals down to gain a 3-3 draw.

Match preview

For the 2nd clip successful 3 years, LA Galaxy finished second-bottom successful the Western Conference astatine the extremity of the 2025 campaign, sparking understandable calls for Greg Vanney to beryllium relieved of his managerial duties.

However, the Galaxy opted to instrumentality with their 51-year-old manager - a determination that drew further scrutiny aft conscionable 1 triumph successful their opening six matches of 2026. However, 4 wins and 3 draws from their adjacent 9 games person since lifted spirits somewhat.

A 1-1 gully with Houston Dynamo successful their astir caller league engagement near Los Galacticos 2 points shy of the last guaranteed play-off spot successful the West conscionable shy of the campaign’s midpoint.

They person scored and conceded 22 goals apiece, with a grounds of 5 wins, 5 draws, and 5 losses from 15 matches.

A triumph implicit section rivals is ever welcome, particularly for a broadside looking to physique momentum, and LA Galaxy person fared good against LAFC recently, going unbeaten successful the astir caller 3 meetings aft losing three consecutive clashes anterior to that.

Each of the past 7 Los Angeles derbies has produced astatine slightest 3 goals and seen some teams score, truthful different entertaining brushwood is expected successful what is undoubtedly the header fixture of the latest MLS round.

Los Angeles FC reached the MLS postseason for a 4th consecutive twelvemonth past clip retired but were knocked retired by eventual runners-up Vancouver Whitecaps successful the Western Conference semi-finals, extending their hold for a league rubric to 3 years.

Unlike their section rivals, LAFC opted for a managerial change, appointing Marc Dos Santos, who had been retired of enactment since leaving the Vancouver Whitecaps successful August 2021.

Charged with returning the Black and Gold Falcons to the apical of American football, Dos Santos went unbeaten successful his archetypal 12 matches successful charge.

However, a hard agelong followed, with conscionable 2 wins successful the adjacent 11 games - a tally that included 4 consecutive defeats for the archetypal clip successful 5 years - leaving the 49-year-old nether pressure.

Los Angeles FC past returned to winning ways conscionable earlier the World Cup break, defeating the Seattle Sounders 1-0 connected May 25 acknowledgment to a precocious victor from Timothy Tillman.

That marked LAFC’s 5th triumph successful 7 location league matches this season, but Saturday’s visitors person struggled connected the road, winning conscionable 2 of their 7 distant fixtures to date.

Having conceded archetypal successful 5 of their past six outings, the 2022 champions volition request to stay compact aboriginal connected to debar falling down against opponents who person opened the scoring successful 5 of their past 7 matches.

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Team News

LA Galaxy’s semipermanent absentee Riqui Puig remains sidelined with the genu wounded that kept him retired for the entirety of past season, portion Joao Klauss is inactive recovering from a ft problem.

Carlos Garces missed the hosts’ past 3 matches earlier the interruption with a toed issue, but the defender could marque his instrumentality this weekend.

Since returning from injury, Joseph Paintsil has recorded six nonstop extremity contributions successful 9 matches, making him a cardinal subordinate to ticker successful this fixture.

With Hugo Lloris sidelined by a limb injury, Thomas Hasal is expected to clasp his spot successful the LAFC goal, making his 4th quality of the season.

Igor Jesus misses retired owed to a genu wounded and is joined connected the visitors' attraction array by Sergi Palencia (groin).

Los Angeles Galaxy imaginable starting lineup:

Marcinkowski; Yamane, Glesnes, Garces, Nelson; Wynder, Cerrillo, Thommy; Pec, Reus, Paintsil

Los Angeles FC imaginable starting lineup:

Hasal; Segura, Long, Porteous, Hollingshead; Tillman, Choiniere, Delgado; Bouanga, Son, Morales

We say: Los Angeles Galaxy 3-2 Los Angeles FC

Few fixtures successful MLS person produced arsenic galore goals arsenic the LA derby implicit the years, and we expect different action-packed contention this weekend.

That said, we are backing LA Galaxy to marque location vantage number and travel retired connected apical aft 90 minutes.

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