MLS

New York City FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC

Final score · Half-time 0–1 · Latest results

In the sharp price we recorded for this match, Los Angeles FC was the most likely outcome at 38% (fair odds 2.61). No value was flagged: no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule. Recent form — New York City FC: LLDLW; Los Angeles FC: WDLDL.

After the whistle

Goals and cards

  1. 28' Hannes Wolf · yellow card · New York City FC
  2. 44' Aiden O'Neill · yellow card · New York City FC
  3. 45+1' 0–1 Leo Walta · goal · Los Angeles FC
  4. 54' Agustin Ojeda · yellow card · New York City FC
  5. 59' 1–1 Andrés Perea · goal · assist Nicolás Fernández Mercau · New York City FC

Match stats

Match statsNew York City FCLos Angeles FC
Possession %6634
Expected goals (xG)0.780.58
Shots139
Shots on target33
Corners104
Yellow cards30
Red cards00
Fouls188
Offsides13
Goalkeeper saves22

What the market said before kick-off

  • New York City FC win 34% did not happen
  • Draw 27% happened
  • Los Angeles FC win 39% did not happen
  • Over 2.5 goals 56% did not happen
  • Both teams score 61% happened

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Rosendo Mendoza · Venue: Citi Field, Flushing

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

New York City FC 4-2-3-1

  1. 49 M. Freese GK
  2. 24 T. Gray DF
  3. 13 Thiago Martins DF
  4. 6 J. Sands DF
  5. 22 K. O'Toole DF
  6. 21 A. O'Neill MF
  7. 8 A. Perea MF
  8. 26 A. Ojeda MF
  9. 7 N. Fernández Mercau MF
  10. 17 H. Wolf MF
  11. 20 Luighi Hanri FW

Bench: M. Ilenič, M. Jones, A. Martínez, M. Miazga, Raul Gustavo, T. Romero, J. Shore, Talles Magno, B. Traoré

Coach: P. Jansen

Regular starters not in the XI

  • Nico Cavallo — not in the squad (started 5 of the last 5)

Los Angeles FC 4-2-3-1

  1. 1 H. Lloris GK
  2. 24 R. Hollingshead DF
  3. 33 A. Long DF
  4. 91 N. Tafari DF
  5. 23 Y. Cheberko DF
  6. 8 M. Delgado MF
  7. 6 Igor Jesus MF
  8. 81 L. Walta MF
  9. 7 Son Heung-Min MF
  10. 18 J. Shaffelburg MF
  11. 99 D. Bouanga FW

Bench: T. Boyd, M. Choinière, T. Hasal, Sergi Palencia, R. Porteous, R. Raposo, E. Segura, A. Sieb, S. Vasquez

Coach: Xavi Tamarit

Regular starters not in the XI

  • Sergi Palencia — on the bench (started 5 of the last 5)
  • A. Sieb — on the bench (started 5 of the last 5)
  • Ryan Porteous — on the bench (started 4 of the last 5)
  • E. Segura — on the bench (started 4 of the last 5)

Not in the XI does not mean injured: it can be rotation, a suspension or a knock. We only compare with the team's last 5 line-ups.

Pinnacle, margin removed (home / draw / away): 34 / 27 / 39% when the line-ups came out, 34 / 27 / 39% at kick-off. The price barely moved after the line-ups.

In the big leagues, line-up news is usually already in the price by the time it is official.

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check before kick-off

No value

No value was flagged for this match: before kick-off, no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule.

Two most likely results

1/2 Home or away 73% · as recorded

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded34%27%38%
Other estimates
Our model37%29%34%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.38
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 2.75 / 3.40 / 2.48
Pick result (single or double chance) Lost · X

Match context

New York City FC averaged 1.0 goals scored and 1.4 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Los Angeles FC averaged 1.4 and 1.6 over 5.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Market-relevant trends

New York City FC has lost its last 2 matches.
No value Already reflected in the fair price — no value on New York City FC here.

We show the trend and whether it is already in the price. Most sites show the streak and let you assume you should bet it.

Why this price?

New York City FC
L L D L W
avg 1 scored · 1.4 conceded (last 5)
Los Angeles FC
W D L D L
avg 1.4 scored · 1.6 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
02 Mar 2025 Los Angeles FC 1–0 New York City FC

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · Home or away
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.30
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.33
Prediction CLV -2.2%
Result Lost
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint a44811c0dd72a7b6

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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