Major League Soccer: LA Galaxy demolishes SJ Earthquakes 3-2 with 2 goals from Chicharito

SCUNTHORPE. LA Galaxy beat SJ Earthquakes 3-2 thanks to Chicharito who scored in the 12th and 69th minute.

SCUNTHORPE. LA Galaxy bested SJ Earthquakes 3-2 thanks to Chicharito who scored in the 12th and 69th minute. LA Galaxy took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stanford Stadium stadium in Scunthorpe on Sunday and it started at 3:00 am local time. The referee was Alex Chilowicz with the assistance of Adam Garner and Felisha Mariscal. The 4th official was Víctor Rivas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 7.8 degrees Celsius or 46.06 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 94%.​

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  SJ Earthquakes

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  LA Galaxy

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  25 Sep 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

LA Galaxy was in firm control of the ball 57% while SJ Earthquakes was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

LA Galaxy was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Which is one of the reasons LA Galaxy won the match.​

SJ Earthquakes shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, LA Galaxy shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

SJ Earthquakes received 3 yellow cards (Judson, N. Tsakiris and E. Remedi). On the opposite side, LA Galaxy received 3 yellow cards (Chicharito, S. Grandsir and J. Bond).

After this contest, SJ Earthquakes will stay with 31 points to stay in the 14th place. On the opposite side, LA Galaxy will have 43 points like Real Salt Lake to stay in the 7th place.

Match Events

Next match

In the upcoming Major League Soccer match, SJ Earthquakes will host Minnesota United on the 2nd of October with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Minnesota United (2 draws).

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  SJ Earthquakes

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  Minnesota United

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  2 Oct 2022 Full time

LA Galaxy will host Real Salt Lake on the 2nd of October with a 23-18 head to head record in favor of LA Galaxy (12 draws).

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  LA Galaxy

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  Real Salt Lake

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  2 Oct 2022 Full time

SJ Earthquakes: Formation and Lineups

SJ Earthquakes adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Alex Covelo chose to play with the following team: James Marcinkowski (6.0), Paul Marie (6.0), Rodrigues (6.2), Nathan Cardoso (6.3), Tanner Beason (6.6), Jackson Yueill (6.8), Judson (6.8), Niko Tsarkis (6.4), Cristian Espinoza (7.9), Jeremy Ebobisse (6.8) and Cade Cowell (6.4).

Substitutes

SJ Earthquakes made 5 changes: T. Beason for M. Trauco (58′), Judson for E. Remedi (58′), P. Marie for O. Agren (70′), C. Cowell for B. Kikanovic (70′) and N. Tsakiris for S. Salinas (78′).

Top player: Cristian Espinoza

Probably the most impressive player in SJ Earthquakes was Cristian Espinoza.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 22 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 11 crosses.

LA Galaxy: Formation and Lineups

Also LA Galaxy adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the other side, Greg Vanney played with: Jonathan Bond (6.3), Julian Araujo (7.4), Sega Coulibaly (6.7), Derrick Williams (7.1), Raheem Edwards (7.1), Marky Delgado (7.3), Gastón Brugman (7.4), Riqui Puig (6.6), Kevin Cabral (6.9), Javier Hernández (8.8) and Samuel Grandsir (7.3).

Substitutes

LA Galaxy made 5 changes: K. Cabral for E. Alvarez (61′), S. Grandsir for D. Joveljic (75′), G. Brugman for V. Vazquez (75′), Chicharito for N. DePuy (84′) and R. Puig for D. Aguirre (84′).

Top player: Javier Hernández

The player who no doubt impressed LA Galaxy the most was Javier Hernández.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 22 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.