Los Angeles Galaxy vs Seattle Sounders — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 13 September 2026

MLS·Sunday, 13 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 18.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Los Angeles Galaxy

44%

top pick

Draw

24%

result

Seattle Sounders

32%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 24.0% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Los Angeles Galaxy win. Expected goals 1.69–1.48 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals62%2 scored
Both teams score64%yes
Los Angeles Galaxy clean sheet23%no
Seattle Sounders clean sheet18%no
Los Angeles Galaxy score 2+51%no
Seattle Sounders score 2+43%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1479
1X2 Brier score0.8736
Probability on the result24.0%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (10.8%), 2–1 (9.8%), 1–2 (7.2%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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Los Angeles Galaxy

23 FebHvs New York City1–1D
1 MarHvs Charlotte3–0W
8 MarAvs Colorado Rapids1–4L
15 MarHvs Sporting Kansas City1–2L
22 MarAvs Portland Timbers1–1D

Seattle Sounders

23 FebHvs Colorado Rapids2–0W
1 MarAvs Real Salt Lake1–2L
8 MarAvs St. Louis City1–0W
15 MarAvs San Jose Earthquakes1–0W
22 MarAvs Minnesota United0–0D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatLos Angeles Galaxy
(Home · 17 matches)
Seattle Sounders
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate70.6%52.9%
Over 2.5 rate58.8%41.2%
Clean sheet23.5%29.4%
Avg goals2.762.41

Home stats use Los Angeles Galaxy's home record; away stats use Seattle Sounders's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.